Comic Title: Star Spangled Comics #8
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: May 1942
Approx. On Sale Date: March 4, 1942 Copyright Date February 28, 1942
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: "King Midas"
Pages: 13

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 #7; next appearance in Leading Comics #2)

Supporting Character(s)

• Stripesy (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #7; next appearance in Leading Comics #2)

Villain(s)

• King Midas (Henry King; dies in this story; no further appearances)
• King's hired henchmen (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Mr. Fenston and Tom Nearing (a teacher and a student; no further appearances)
• Everett Kelsey and Mary (a factory owner and his daughter; both die in this story; no further appearances)
• Andrew Chenny (King's co-worker; no further appearances)
• Penelope (King's adopted daughter; dies in this story; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Chemist Henry King grew up poor and was sent to reform school. He continues to blame his problems on lack of wealth, so he invents a means to transform ordinary objects into gold. King makes a fortune, then seeks to take revenge on those people who have wronged him in the past.

The radiations from his experiments have given King a golden touch which he uses on his former boss Everett Kelsey. The Star-Spangled Kid and Stripesy see the gold statue and begin investigating. King, now calling himself King Midas, hires thugs to kill the Kid and his partner. They escape and continue to pursue King.

When King's golden touch turns the two people he loves into gold accidentally, his mind completely snaps. The Star-Spangled Kid is eventually able to turn the golden touch against King. King is turned into a golden statue and dies in a fire.