(June 1990)
- Price:
- 1.75 USD; 2.25 CAD; 0.70 GBP
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- bi-monthly
- Indicia Publisher:
- DC Comics, Inc.
- Brand:
- DC
- Barcode:
- ?
- Editing:
- Mark Waid (co-editor); Michael Eury (co-editor)
- Format:
- Color; Standard Modern Age US; Saddle-Stitched (#50 Squarebound); Ongoing
[no title indexed]
Newsboy Legion; Bouncing Boy; Silent Knight / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Karl Kesel
- Inks:
- Karl Kesel
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Newsboy Legion (younger clones) [Big Words; Gabby; Scrapper; Tommy; Flip]; Guardian; Angry Charlie; Bouncing Boy; Shining Knight
The Not-So-Secret Origin of Bouncing Boy
Bouncing Boy / comic story / 2 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Ty Templeton
- Pencils:
- Ty Templeton
- Inks:
- Ty Templeton
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- Ty Templeton
Content Information
- Genre:
- Superhero
- Characters:
- Bouncing Boy [Chuck Taine]; Cosmic Boy (cameo); Saturn Girl (cameo); Dr. F'toora (cameo)
- Synopsis:
- A lab assistant drinks a super-plastic fluid by mistake, becomes super-bouncy, and gets rejected and then accepted as a member of the Legion of Super-Heroes.
Secrets of the Cadmus D. N. A. Project
Newsboy Legion / comic story / 17 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Karl Kesel
- Pencils:
- Karl Kesel
- Inks:
- Karl Kesel
- Colors:
- Tom Ziuko
- Letters:
- John Costanza
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Newsboy Legion (younger clones) [Gabby; Flip; Tommy; Big Words; Scrapper]; Newsboy Legion (adults) [Gabby [John Gabrielli]; Tommy Thompkins; Big Words; Scrapper; Flip [Walter Johnson, Jr.]]; Guardian; Dabney Donovan; Dubblex (flashback, cameo); Angry Charlie; Dragorin (cameo)
- Synopsis:
- The adult Newsboy Legion discuss the history of Project Cadmus. Their younger clones explore an underground world beneath the Project, where they meet DNAlien Angry Charlie and mad scientist Dabney Donovan.
Indexer Notes
This story shows the origins of the original Guardian and Newsboy Legion, and their DNA descendents in the contemporary Superman books.
The Silent Knight
Silent Knight / comic story / 19 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Jan Strnad
- Pencils:
- John Koch
- Inks:
- Gary Martin
- Colors:
- Tom McCraw
- Letters:
- John Workman
- Editing:
- Mark Waid
Content Information
- Genre:
- period; adventure
- Characters:
- Silent Knight [Brian]; Lady Celia Penbrook; King Edwin Penbrook; Sir Oswald; Sir Grot; Slasher
- Synopsis:
- When young, stuttering stable boy Brian is bullied, King Edwin orderes Sir Grot to train him in self-defense. King Edwin is slain in a joust by his evil brother Oswald, who assumes the throne. Brian finds King Edwin's enchanted armor, puts it on, saves Lady Celia from being killed, and allows Oswald to think that he is being haunted by the ghost of his brother.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
The Not-So-Secret Origin of Bouncing Boy
Bouncing Boy -
2.
Secrets of the Cadmus D. N. A. Project
Newsboy Legion -
3.
The Silent Knight
Silent Knight
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Roy Lyons
- Mark Waid
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
- Bob Klein
- Gregory Fischer
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