(January 1943)
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 68
- Indicia frequency:
- monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- Detective Comics, Inc.
- Brand:
- A Superman DC Publication
- Editing:
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
- Format:
- Standard Golden Age U.S.; Full Color; Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched; Ongoing Series; Anthology
Issue Notes
Cover colors credit from Greg Theakston, via the GCD Error List (5 April 2008)
The Playboy of Suicide Slum!
The Newsboy Legion / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks:
- Joe Simon (signed)
- Colors:
- Jack Kirby
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Guardian [Jim Harper]; The Newsboy Legion: [Tommy Tompkins; Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]]
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
-
in The Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2010 series) #1 (February 2010)
-
Indexer Notes
Cover colors credit from Greg Theakston, via the GCD Error List (2008-4-5).
The Playboy of Suicide Slum!
The Newsboy Legion / comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Joe Simon (signed); Jack Kirby (signed)
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks:
- Arturo Cazeneuve [as Joe Simon] (signed)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Howard Ferguson
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Guardian [Jim Harper]; The Newsboy Legion: [Tommy Tompkins; Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]]; Willis Thornton (banker); Mrs. Thornton; Betty Thornton; Marie (Thornton's maid); Melvin Rudd (villain, Thornton's nephew)
- Synopsis:
- When Tommy saves a young girl from being killed by the automobile of wealthy Mr. Thornton, the man decides to adopt Tommy and give him the best of everything. But Thornton's nephew detests this as he feels that it may cut him out of Thornton's will, so he and his gang decide to rob the rich banker and blame it on Tommy.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in The Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2010 series) #1 (February 2010)
-
Perils of the Penny Plunderers
The Star Spangled Kid / comic story / 13 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Hal Sherman
- Inks:
- Hal Sherman
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Star Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]
Truants in Trouble
Tarantula / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Manly Wade Wellman
- Pencils:
- Al Anders
- Inks:
- Al Anders
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Tarantula [John Law]
Riddle of the Magic Fiddle
Penniless Palmer / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Stan Kaye
- Inks:
- Stan Kaye
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Penniless Palmer
Case of the Spy Proof Catapult
TNT and Dan the Dyna-Mite / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Louis Cazeneuve
- Inks:
- Louis Cazeneuve
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- TNT [Thomas N. Thomas]; Dan [Daniel Dunbar]
Robotman Takes an Hour Off
Robotman / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils:
- Ed Dobrotka
- Inks:
- Ed Dobrotka
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Robotman [Robert Crane aka Paul Dennis]
Indexer Notes
Credits supplied by Craig Delich (March, 2005).
Editing
Table of Contents
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0.
The Playboy of Suicide Slum!
The Newsboy Legion -
1.
The Playboy of Suicide Slum!
The Newsboy Legion -
2.
Perils of the Penny Plunderers
The Star Spangled Kid -
3.
Truants in Trouble
Tarantula -
4.
Riddle of the Magic Fiddle
Penniless Palmer -
5.
Case of the Spy Proof Catapult
TNT and Dan the Dyna-Mite -
6.
Robotman Takes an Hour Off
Robotman
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