(July 1943)
- Volume:
- ?
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 60
- 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
Brains for Sale!
The Newsboy Legion / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Fred Ray ?; Joe Simon ?; Jack Kirby ?
- Inks:
- Fred Ray ?; Joe Simon ?; Jack Kirby ?
- Colors:
- ?
- 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
Pencils:
1. Original indexer stated: Fred Ray
2. West Stephan stated (GCD error list, 2005-09-22): Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Inks:
1. Original indexer stated: Fred Ray
2. West Stephan stated (GCD error list, 2005-09-22): Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Brains for Sale!
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]]; Sam the Muscle (villain); Doc Logus (villain); Squeegee (villain); Bones (villain)
- Synopsis:
- Sam the Muscle and his mob can't operate in Suicide Slum with the Legion and Guardian around, so they create an elaborate scheme to get rid of them.......one at a time, and Gabby is their first target.
- Reprints: show reprint note before migration
- in The Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2010 series) #1 (February 2010)
-
Stripesy Becomes a Brain Truster
The Star Spangled Kid / comic story / 10 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]
Enigma of the Nickel Knaves
Penniless Palmer / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- George Storm
- Inks:
- George Storm
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- humor
- Characters:
- Penniless Palmer
Wings of Treachery
Liberty Belle / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Don Cameron
- Pencils:
- Chuck Winter
- Inks:
- Chuck Winter
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Liberty Belle [Libby Lawrence]
The Hunter Who Aimed to Miss
TNT and Dan the Dyna-Mite / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- ?
- Pencils:
- Louis Cazeneuve
- Inks:
- Louis Cazeneuve
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- TNT [Thomas N. Thomas]; Dan [Daniel Dunbar]
Raids of the Rubbish Robbers
Robotman / comic story / 7 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Jerry Siegel
- Pencils:
- John Daly
- Inks:
- Chuck Winter
- 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.
Brains for Sale!
The Newsboy Legion -
1.
Brains for Sale!
The Newsboy Legion -
2.
Stripesy Becomes a Brain Truster
The Star Spangled Kid -
3.
Enigma of the Nickel Knaves
Penniless Palmer -
4.
Wings of Treachery
Liberty Belle -
5.
The Hunter Who Aimed to Miss
TNT and Dan the Dyna-Mite -
6.
Raids of the Rubbish Robbers
Robotman
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