(February 1943)
- Volume:
- ?
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 68
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- ?
- 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 Newsboy Legion Battles the Rafferty Mob!
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 Rafferty Mob
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]]; Sugarfoot Sam (soda shop owner); Tony (fruit market owner); the Rafferty Mob [Maggie Rafferty; Skinnay]; Desmond Depew (villain, lawyer); Aces (villain)
- Synopsis:
- Suicide Slum is being intimidated by a young gang led by Maggie Rafferty, whose brother Spike is in jail. But when she learns that a certain lawyer has framed her brother, the Rafferty Mob suddenly turns on the crooks and helps the Legion bring them to justice.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in The Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2010 series) #1 (February 2010)
Spy City
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]
The Captain of Crime
Tarantula / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- E. J. Smalle
- Inks:
- E. J. Smalle
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Tarantula [John Law]
Mystery of the Missing Cat's Meow
Penniless Palmer / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Stan Kaye
- Inks:
- Stan Kaye
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Pennliness Palmer
Rings of Peril
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]
Man against Machine
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 by Craig Delich (March, 2005).
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
The Rafferty Mob
The Newsboy Legion -
2.
Spy City
The Star Spangled Kid -
3.
The Captain of Crime
Tarantula -
4.
Mystery of the Missing Cat's Meow
Penniless Palmer -
5.
Rings of Peril
TNT and Dan the Dyna-Mite -
6.
Man against Machine
Robotman
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Craig Delich
- Daniel Thingvold
- Mike Nielsen
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Gene Reed
- Jim Walls
- Mark Gordon
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