Comic Title: Star Spangled Comics #74
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: November 1947
Approx. On Sale Date: September 5, 1947 Copyright Date September 3, 1947
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1946-1947
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: "Looters of the Lake"
Pages: 7

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

Artist: J. Winslow Mortimer

Feature Character(s)

• Star-Spangled Kid (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #73; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #75)

Supporting Character(s)

• Stripesy (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #73; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #75)
• John Pemberton (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #71; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #78)
• Gloria Pemberton (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #6; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #81)

Villain(s)

• The Looters (a criminal gang; Merckle named; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Admiral Vanderpool (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Sylvester Pemberton joins his parents for a summer vacation at the lake. A gang of crooks known as the Looters is operating in the area. After the Star-Spangled Kid is unable to apprehend the crooks when they strike he checks out the area.

The Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy visit the island of ships owned by retired Admiral Vanderpool. They discover the crooks operating from Vanderpool's island using a submarine to escape capture. The Kid and Stripesy are able to defeat the Looters and stop their escape this time.