Issue Details

Issue	#21
Published	August 1942
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Leon Harvey*
Notes	CHAMP COMICS, VOLUME 1, NUMBER 21, AUGUST 1942. PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY FAMILY COMICS, INC., 420 DESOTO AVE., ST. LOUIS, MO. Cover penciller ID from Mike Burkey via GCD Errors List and confirmed by Romitaman.com and Heritage Comics Auction (April 2-3, 2004). The last source also provided inker credit.

Cover Details

Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Joe Simon
Notes	CHAMP COMICS, VOLUME 1, NUMBER 21, AUGUST 1942. PUBLISHED MONTHLY BY FAMILY COMICS, INC., 420 DESOTO AVE., ST. LOUIS, MO. Cover penciller ID from Mike Burkey via GCD Errors List and confirmed by Romitaman.com and Heritage Comics Auction (April 2-3, 2004). The last source also provided inker credit.

8 page The Human Meteor story "Duke O'Dowd, cab driver, possesses the priceless invention of an ancient Tibetan prince..."

8 page Liberty Lads story "Crime wages vicious warfare in a constant effort to dim the beacon lights of democracy..."

Pencils	H. C. Kiefer
Inks	H. C. Kiefer
Notes	Art identification by Gary Watson, May 2008.

8 page The Champ story "The Champ, the greatest athlete in the history of Midwest College..."

3 page The Story Behind the Cover text story "The Nazi pocket battleship, Von Hipper, ran amuck in the North Atlantic."

Pencils	Jack Kirby (illustrations)
Inks	Joe Simon (illustrations)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Includes the cover illustration, minus the airplane.

4 page Slim Jim and the Force story "To-day, kidlets, I'm going to tell you about my adventures on a South Sea island."

Script	? [as Armstrong] (signed)
Pencils	? [as Armstrong] (signed)
Inks	? [as Armstrong] (signed)

8 page Twinkle Twins story "Dan and Diane are Weston's adventurous high school twins..."

1 page Private Pinky filler Never again!"

Script	Art Helfant (signed)
Pencils	Art Helfant (signed)
Inks	Art Helfant (signed)

1 page Roddle filler "Boy, it's a perfeck day!"

Script	? [as Jordan] (signed)
Pencils	? [as Jordan] (signed)
Inks	? [as Jordan] (signed)

6 page The Adventures of Padlock Homes story "Last month we left the great detective, Padlock Homes, and his American assistant in an autogiro..."

Script	Ed Wheelan (signed)
Pencils	Ed Wheelan (signed)
Inks	Ed Wheelan (signed)

2 page Private Puns filler "It's a birthday cake for the sergeant!"

6 page A Champ Complete Short Story story "City Girl"

Notes

only appearance

1 page Champ Confusers activity "By starting from any letter you wish and moving along a line to the next letter..."

Script	A. W. Nugent
Pencils	A. W. Nugent
Inks	A. W. Nugent

8 page Dr. Miracle story "A magician versed in all the strange lore of his art..."