(February 1943)

DC, 1941 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1942-12-01
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Brand
A Superman DC Publication
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

The Newsboy Legion Battles the Rafferty Mob! (Table of Contents)

The Newsboy Legion / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks
Joe Simon (signed)
Colors
Jack Kirby
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Guardian [Jim Harper]; The Newsboy Legion [Tommy Tompkins; Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]]
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Indexer Notes

Cover colors credit from Greg Theakston, via the GCD Error List.

Cover Thumbnail for Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series) #17
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Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Good Books Worth Reading / text article / 0.67 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Rafferty Mob (Table of Contents: 3)

The Newsboy Legion / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Simon (signed); Jack Kirby (signed)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks
Arturo Cazeneuve (signed as Joe Simon)
Colors
?
Letters
Howard Ferguson
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.
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Leading Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

Comic Cavalcade / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Spy City! (Table of Contents: 6)

The Star-Spangled Kid / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harold Sherman (signed)
Inks
Harold Sherman (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]

Names of Money (Table of Contents: 7)

Stamps / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sidney Elias
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Page includes several small ads from stamps dealers.

The Captain of Crime (Table of Contents: 8)

Tarantula / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ed Smalle
Inks
Ed Smalle
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Tarantula [John Law]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

Morrow Coaster Brake / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Laffs / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Pencils
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inks
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hello Al - Remember that new parachute...
Genre
humor

The Mystery of the Missing Cat's Meow! (Table of Contents: 11)

Penniless Palmer / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Stan Kaye
Inks
Stan Kaye
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor
Characters
Pennliness Palmer

Rings of Peril! (Table of Contents: 12)

TNT and Dan the Dyna-Mite / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Louis Cazeneuve
Inks
Louis Cazeneuve
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
TNT [Thomas N. Thomas]; Dan [Daniel Dunbar]

[The Boy Commandos Are Here!] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.45 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Lionel Trains / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.22 page (report information)

The Singing Knife (Table of Contents: 16)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Don Blake
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Man against Machine! (Table of Contents: 17)

Robotman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Siegel
Pencils
Ed Dobrotka
Inks
Ed Dobrotka
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Robotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]

Indexer Notes

Credits by Craig Delich.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

National Radio Institute / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Newsboy Legion Battles the Rafferty Mob!
    The Newsboy Legion
  2. 1. Editorial Advisory Board
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Good Books Worth Reading
  4. 3. The Rafferty Mob
    The Newsboy Legion
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Leading Comics
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Comic Cavalcade
  7. 6. Spy City!
    The Star-Spangled Kid
  8. 7. Names of Money
    Stamps
  9. 8. The Captain of Crime
    Tarantula
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Morrow Coaster Brake
  11. 10. ["Hello Al - Remember that new parachute..."]
    Laffs
  12. 11. The Mystery of the Missing Cat's Meow!
    Penniless Palmer
  13. 12. Rings of Peril!
    TNT and Dan the Dyna-Mite
  14. 13. [The Boy Commandos Are Here!]
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Lionel Trains
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
  17. 16. The Singing Knife
  18. 17. Man against Machine!
    Robotman
  19. 18. ["Be sure to get these top favorites for the best in comics!"]
  20. 19. [no title indexed]
    National Radio Institute
  21. 20. [no title indexed]
    Baby Ruth
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