Comic Title: Star Spangled Comics #1
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: October 1941
On Sale Date: August 6, 1941 Newsstand Date August 6, 1941
Source: House Ad, Action Comics #40, Page 54,
More Fun Comics #71, Page 11,
Adventure Comics #66, Page 27,
Detective Comics #55, Page 20

Copyright Date July 23, 1941
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1941
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: 64
Editor: Fredric Whitney Ellsworth

Notes:
A three page preview of this issue featuring the Star-Spangled Kid appeared in Action Comics #40.

Title: (The Bund Saboteurs)
Pages: 20

Feature(s):
Star-Spangled Kid (of Earth-2)

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: Harold Sherman

Feature Character(s)

• Star-Spangled Kid (Sylvester Pemberton; first appearance; last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #18; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #1)

Supporting Character(s)

• Stripesy (Pat Dugan; first appearance; last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #18; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #1)
• John Pemberton (Sylvester's father; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #1)
• Gloria Pemberton (Sylvester's mother; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #1)

Villain(s)

• Ferd Klaug and a gang of saboteurs (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
The Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy stop a gang of saboteurs at a steel factory. They question one of the perpetrators and get him to lead them to a castle where more saboteurs are hiding. The saboteurs attempt to kill the Kid, but he escapes the danger. Many of the saboteurs are killed when the castle collapses, but not before giving the Kid a tip about a bund meeting.

The Kid and Stripesy reutrn home to make a plan. They arrive outside the meeting as Sylvester Pemberton and Pat Dugan. Sylvester is kidnapped by the Nazis which allows him to infiltrate the meeting. The Kid and Stripesy are then able to break up the gang and apprehend the leader Ferd Klaug.