Comic Title: Star Spangled Comics #5
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: February 1942
Approx. On Sale Date: December 3, 1941 Copyright Date November 28, 1941
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1942
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

Title: (The Menace of Moonglow)
Pages: 17

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

Writer: Jerry Siegel
Artist: Harold Sherman

Feature Character(s)

• Star-Spangled Kid (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #4; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #5)

Supporting Character(s)

• Stripesy (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #4; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #5)

Villain(s)

• Moonglow (Professor Egbert Whipple; no further appearances)
• Chips McGurk and his gang (McGurk dies in this story; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• The dean of Southeastern University (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
Timid Professor Egbert Whipple invents a device that concentrates moonbeams which amplify his thinking ability. Whipple is then capable of making tremendous scientific discoveries. However the moon beams also warp his mind, making him evil.

When the moon is out, Whipple becomes the criminal known as Moonglow. Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy battle Moonglow, but the crook escapes them. Whipple wants to turn himself in. Each time he tries though, he is transformed into Moonglow. The Star-Spangled Kid eventually learns Moonglow's true identity, then apprehends the crook.