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: "The Case of the Poison Parrot"
Pages: 8

Feature(s):
TNT and Dyna-Mite (of Earth-2)

Artist: Paul Norris

Feature Character(s)

• TNT (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #5; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #9)

Supporting Character(s)

• Dan the Dyna-Mite (last appearance in World's Finest Comics #5; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #9)

Villain(s)

• The Parrot (Handsome Harry Hicks; no further appearances)
• Tony and Nick (the Parrot's henchmen; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Mrs. Van Torney (dies in this story; no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• TNT (origin revealed; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #7)
• Dan the Dyna-Mite (origin revealed; earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #7)

Comments:
The origins of TNT and Dan the Dyna-Mite are revealed in flashback.

TNT's first name is given as Tom in this story.

Synopsis:
A crook known as the Parrot uses a real parrot with poisonous claws to help him with crime. When the parrot kills wealthy Mrs. Torney and steals her jewels, TNT and Dyna-Mite begin pursuing the crook. The heroes battle the Parrot on two occasions and are nearly killed during one of their encounters. They survive and return to defeat the Parrot.