(July 1943)

DC, 1941 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
60
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1943-05-01
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.

Brains for Sale (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Fred Ray ?; Joe Simon ?; Jack Kirby ?
Inks
Fred Ray ?; Joe Simon ?; Jack Kirby ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Newsboy Legion: Big Words; Gabby; Scrapper; Tommy Tompkins
The Guardian [Jim Harper]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pencils and inks credits:
1. Original indexer stated: Fred Ray
2. West Stephan stated (GCD error list, 2005-09-22): Joe Simon; Jack Kirby

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Take Your Pick! (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Crowell-Collier Publishing Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Brains for Sale! (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script
Joe Simon (signed); Jack Kirby (signed)
Pencils
Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks
Arturo Cazeneuve (ghosted for Joe Simon) (signed as Joe Simon)
Colors
?
Letters
Howard Ferguson
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Newsboy Legion: Big Words; Gabby; Scrapper; Tommy Tompkins
The Guardian [Jim Harper]; 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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Popsicle Products / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Stripesy Becomes a Brain-Truster! (Table of Contents: 4)

The Star-Spangled Kid / comic story / 9.75 pages (report information)

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

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

Spencer Fireworks Co. / advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

Enigma of the Nickel Knaves! (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script
?
Pencils
George Storm
Inks
George Storm
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor
Characters
Penniless Palmer

Wings of Treachery! (Table of Contents: 7)

Liberty Belle / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Don C. Cameron (signed)
Pencils
Chuck Winter (signed)
Inks
Chuck Winter (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Liberty Belle [Libby Lawrence]

The Perfectionist (Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Norman Goss
Letters
typeset

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

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

The Hunter Who Aimed to Miss! (Table of Contents: 10)

TNT and Dan the Dyna-Mite / comic story / 5.5 pages (report information)

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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

Raids of the Rubbish Robbers! (Table of Contents: 12)

Robotman / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry Siegel
Pencils
John Daly
Inks
Chuck Winter
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Robotman

Indexer Notes

Credits supplied by Craig Delich.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Muscle Power Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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

Metro Publications / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Brains for Sale
    The Newsboy Legion
  2. 1. Take Your Pick!
    Crowell-Collier Publishing Co.
  3. 2. Brains for Sale!
    The Newsboy Legion
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Popsicle Products
  5. 4. Stripesy Becomes a Brain-Truster!
    The Star-Spangled Kid
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Spencer Fireworks Co.
  7. 6. Enigma of the Nickel Knaves!
    Penniless Palmer
  8. 7. Wings of Treachery!
    Liberty Belle
  9. 8. The Perfectionist
  10. 9. ["Be sure to get these top favorites for the best in comics!"]
  11. 10. The Hunter Who Aimed to Miss!
    TNT and Dan the Dyna-Mite
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Morrow Coaster Brake
  13. 12. Raids of the Rubbish Robbers!
    Robotman
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Muscle Power Co.
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Metro Publications
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