Comic Title: Star Spangled Comics #49
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1945
Approx. On Sale Date: August 3, 1945 Copyright Date August 1, 1945
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1945
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 48
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "Rose of the Rising Sun"
Pages: 10

Feature(s):
Liberty Belle (of Earth-2)

Writer: Joe Samachson
Artist: Chuck A. Winter

Feature Character(s)

• Liberty Belle (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #48; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #50)

Supporting Character(s)

• Rickey Cannon (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #48; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #50)

Villain(s)

• Tokyo Rose (a Japanese radio announcer; no further appearances)
• Nakimo and Tushiro (Japanese officers; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Liberty Belle and Rickey Cannon go behind enemy lines in the Pacific. They locate radio announcer Tokyo Rose who broadcasts propaganda to decrease American morale. Liberty Belle disguises herself as Tokyo Rose and performs a broadcast of her own. Belle tells the truth on both sides the real conditions in Japan. As a result, American morale increases, and the Japanese morale declines. Liberty Belle and Rickey then escape the country before they can be apprehended.