(September 1943)
DC,
1941 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1943-06-28
- 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.
[no title indexed]
The Newsboy Legion / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Guardian [Jim Harper]; The Newsboy Legion [Tommy Tompkins; Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]]
- Reprints
in 
Shadow in the Pines
Good Books Worth Reading / text article / 0.67 page
- Script
- Josette Frank
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
Death Strikes a Bargain
The Newsboy Legion / comic story / 13 pages
- 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]]; Police Chief Blaine; Mr. Masterson (villain, philanthropist); Giraffe Fontanne (villain, death); the Mystery Mob (villains)
- Synopsis
- Faced with mass murders occurring in Suicide Slum, a wealthy philanthropist offers to conduct an experiment in "environmental change" by putting the Legion members up in his home in plush surroundings. But the Guardian discovers Mr. Masterson's efforts are actually a front to get the boys out of the way so they could commit their crimes.
- Reprints
The Mail-Order Mob!
The Star-Spangled Kid / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]
The Mystery of the Leaping Lothario!
Penniless Palmer / comic story / 5.67 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Penniless Palmer
[no title indexed]
Private Pete / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And the first thing to remember...
- Genre
- humor; military
[no title indexed]
Jitters' Jeep / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tsk-tsk! -- A jeep can get you anywhere...
- Genre
- humor
The Beggars' Masquerade!
Liberty Belle / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Don C. Cameron (signed)
- Pencils
- Chuck Winter (signed)
- Inks
- Chuck Winter (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Liberty Belle [Libby Lawrence]
The Bandit Beasties!
Robotman / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Robotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]
Indexer Notes
Credits by Craig Delich.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
The Newsboy Legion -
1.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
2.
Shadow in the Pines
Good Books Worth Reading -
3.
Death Strikes a Bargain
The Newsboy Legion -
4.
["Be sure to get these top favorites for the best in comics!"]
-
5.
The Mail-Order Mob!
The Star-Spangled Kid -
6.
The Mystery of the Leaping Lothario!
Penniless Palmer -
7.
[no title indexed]
Leading Comics -
8.
["And the first thing to remember..."]
Private Pete -
9.
[no title indexed]
Wheaties -
10.
["Tsk-tsk! -- A jeep can get you anywhere..."]
Jitters' Jeep -
11.
Series Incident
-
12.
The Beggars' Masquerade!
Liberty Belle -
13.
The Bandit Beasties!
Robotman -
14.
[no title indexed]
Charles Atlas -
15.
[no title indexed]
Metro Publications
This issue was modified by, among others
- Katie
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Merlin Haas
- Bob Hughes
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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