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 Return of the Needle)
Pages: 8

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 #5; next appearance in Leading Comics #1)

Supporting Character(s)

• Stripesy (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #5; next appearance in Leading Comics #1)
• John Pemberton (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #5; next appearance in Leading Comics #1)
• Gloria Pemberton (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #5; next appearance in Leading Comics #1)

Villain(s)

• Phillipe Cardoza (an underworld jeweler; no further appearances)
• Pierre Legetta (a museum director; no further appearances)
• Needle (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #4; next appearance in Leading Comics #1)

Other Character(s)

• Emil Vanderhopf and Haggerty (a gem collector and a detective; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
The Needle escpaes from jail then plans the theft of a valuable diamond. First he has a counterfeit created, then the Needle impersonates the diamond's owner in order to swap jewels. The Star-Spangled Kid interrupts the robbery and apprehends the Needle.

With the crook in police custody, someone hands the Needle a gun. He briefly escapes before being recaptured. The Star-Spangled Kid then realizes that both gems are fake. The real one was stolen by a museum director. He gave the Needle the gun in order to cover up his own crime. The second thief is caught, and the real gem is recovered.