(September 1971)
DC,
1954 Series
- Price
- 0.25 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly, with the exception of Feb., May and Nov.
- On-sale Date
- 1971-07-08
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- National Periodical Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
DC [character]
- Editing
- Jack Kirby; E. Nelson Bridwell (associate editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
Jimmy Olsen / cover / 1 page
- Job Number
- X192
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Superman [Clark Kent]; The Guardian [Jim Harper's clone]; Jimmy Olsen; Goody Rickles; Don Rickles (photograph)
- Reprints
-
in Jimmy Olsen: Adventures by Jack Kirby (DC, 2003 series) #1 ([September] 2003) [roughly 40% of the size] - in Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([November] 2007)
- in The Fourth World Omnibus by Jack Kirby (DC, 2017 series) (2017 [February 2018])
- in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen by Jack Kirby (DC, 2019 series) ([June] 2019)
-
Will The Real Don Rickles Panic?!?
Jimmy Olsen / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Vince Colletta; Murphy Anderson (Superman and Jimmy Olsen heads)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Costanza
- Job Number
- X-172
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Clark Kent [Superman]; Lightray; Jimmy Olsen; The (Golden) Guardian [Jim Harper's clone]; Goody Rickles; Don Rickles; Laura Conway; Morgan Edge; Ugly Mannheim; Intergang; Para-Demons
- Synopsis
- Lightray helps Superman escape the UFO, while Jimmy, Goody Rickles, and the Guardian foil Ugly Mannheim's plot to kill them.
- Reprints
- in Jimmy Olsen: Adventures by Jack Kirby (DC, 2003 series) #1 ([September] 2003)
- in Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus (DC, 2007 series) #2 ([November] 2007)
- in The Fourth World Omnibus by Jack Kirby (DC, 2017 series) (2017 [February 2018])
- in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen by Jack Kirby (DC, 2019 series) ([June] 2019)
-
- Keywords
- a Boom Tube; Apokolips
Indexer Notes
Jimmy Olsen and clark Kent/Superman heads inked by Murphy Anderson.
[no title indexed]
Jimmy Olsen's Pen-Pals / letters page / 1 page
- Job Number
- N-348
Indexer Notes
Includes letters from Peter Gillhelm, Gary Skinner, Randy Hiteshew and Scott Berfield.
The Newsboy Legion Returns
The Newsboy Legion / text story / 1 page
- Job Number
- X147
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Newsboy Legion [Flipper Dipper; Gabby, Jr.; Big-Words; Scrapper, Jr.; Tommy]
- Reprints
- in Jimmy Olsen: Adventures by Jack Kirby (DC, 2003 series) #2 ([December] 2004)
-
Indexer Notes
The history of the Newsboy Legion.
Kirby's the Name!
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Job Number
- X-195
- Characters
- Jack Kirby
- Synopsis
- Kirby at his drawing board.
- Reprints
-
in All Star Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #74 ([April 1972] ?) -
in Superboy (Editora Brasil-América [EBAL], 1966 series) #73 (May 1972) - in The Newsboy Legion and the Boy Commandos Special (DC, 2017 series) #1 (October 2017)
- in The Sandman Special (DC, 2017 series) #1 (October 2017)
-
Indexer Notes
Intro page for Newsboy Legion reprint.
[Star Spangled Comics #7]
The Newsboy Legion / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Guardian [Jim Harper]; The Newsboy Legion [Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]; Tommy Thompkins]
- Reprints
- from Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series) #7 (April 1942)
-
[The Story of the Newsboy Legion]
The Newsboy Legion / comic story / 13 pages
- Job Number
- X-204
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Newsboy Legion [Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]; Tommy Thompkins] (introduction, origin); The Guardian [also appears as Officer Jim Harper] (introduction, origin); Judge Collins; Frankie the Fence; Chips Carder
- Synopsis
- Jim Harper becomes the Guardian for the first time, and also stops a local gang of kids from being sent to jail, hoping he can help them turn their lives around.
- Reprints
- from Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series) #7 (April 1942)
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Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Jimmy Olsen -
1.
Will The Real Don Rickles Panic?!?
Jimmy Olsen -
2.
[no title indexed]
Jimmy Olsen's Pen-Pals -
3.
The Newsboy Legion Returns
The Newsboy Legion -
4.
Kirby's the Name!
-
5.
[Star Spangled Comics #7]
The Newsboy Legion -
6.
[The Story of the Newsboy Legion]
The Newsboy Legion
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