Star Spangled Comics is a comics anthology published by DC Comics which ran for 130 issues from October 1941 to July 1952. It was then retitled Star Spangled War Stories and lasted until issue #204 (February–March 1977).
Publication history
Star Spangled Comics debuted with an October 1941 cover date.[1] The series began as a superhero title featuring the adventures of the Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy who appeared until #86 (November 1948).[2] This feature had the distinction of a teen hero with an older sidekick (the reverse of the usual arrangement).[3] With issue #7 (April 1942), the title starred the Joe Simon and Jack Kirby-created Newsboy Legion