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Star Spangled Comics#8
Cover: Jack Kirby & Joe Simon
Star Spangled Comics #8
“Last Mile Alley”
The Newsboys decide to peddle their papers in some of the worst sections of Suicide Slum, leading to three of them being captured by crooks working for the Big Boss. The Guardian has to rescue them, with the help of Big Words, the only Newsboy to not be captured.
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writer Joe Simon · writer Jack Kirby · artist Jack Kirby · inker Joe Simon · letterer Howard Ferguson · cover Jack KirbyJoe Simon
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Cast · 37 characters
Big WordsChuck GraysonDan DunbarDan the Dyna-MiteGabbyGreen ArrowGreg SandersJim HarperJoan CarterJohn LawLee TravisMowseOliver QueenPat DuganPenniless PalmerRobert Crane / Paul DennisRobotmanRoy HarperSandy HawkinsSandy the Golden BoyScrapperSir JustinSpeedyStripesySylvester PembertonTarantulaThe Black StarThe Crimson AvengerThe GuardianThe SandmanThe Shining KnightThe Star-Spangled KidThe VigilanteTNTTommy TompkinsTom N. ThomasWesley Dodds
Full credits
writer Joe Simon
writer Jack Kirby
artist Jack Kirby
inker Joe Simon
letterer Howard Ferguson
cover pencils Jack Kirby
cover inks Joe Simon
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The Newsboys decide to peddle their papers in some of the worst sections of Suicide Slum, leading to three of them being captured by crooks working for the Big Boss. The Guardian has to rescue them, with the help of Big Words, the only Newsboy to not be captured.
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