(January 1943)
DC,
1941 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-10-31
- 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 Playboy of Suicide Slum!
The Newsboy Legion / cover / 1 page
- 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]]
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
Cover colors credit from Greg Theakston, via the GCD Error List.
Editorial Advisory Board
promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
[no title indexed]
Good Books Worth Reading / text article / 0.67 page
- Script
- Josette Frank
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
The Playboy of Suicide Slum!
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]]; Willis Thornton (banker); Mrs. Thornton; Betty Thornton; Marie (Thornton's maid); Melvin Rudd (villain, Thornton's nephew)
- Synopsis
- When Tommy saves a young girl from being killed by the automobile of wealthy Mr. Thornton, the man decides to adopt Tommy and give him the best of everything. But Thornton's nephew detests this as he feels that it may cut him out of Thornton's will, so he and his gang decide to rob the rich banker and blame it on Tommy.
- Reprints
The Perils of the Penny Plunderers
The Star-Spangled Kid / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]
[no title indexed]
Private Pete / comic story / 0.45 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I think I'll go over and practice shooting the rifle!
- Genre
- humor; military
Truants in Trouble!
Tarantula / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Tarantula [John Law]
Pulling Boners
Stamps / text article / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Page includes several small ads from stamps dealers.
Riddle of the Magic Fiddle!
Penniless Palmer / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Penniless Palmer
[no title indexed]
Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh-boy - Wait'll the fellers hear about this!
- Genre
- humor; teen
[no title indexed]
Laffs / cartoon / 0.5 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look - We have neighbors...
- Genre
- humor
The Case of the Spy-Proof Catapult!
TNT and Dan the Dyna-Mite / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- TNT [Thomas N. Thomas]; Dan [Daniel Dunbar]
Robotman Takes an Hour Off!!
Robotman / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Robotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]
Indexer Notes
Credits supplied by Craig Delich.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Playboy of Suicide Slum!
The Newsboy Legion -
1.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
2.
[no title indexed]
Good Books Worth Reading -
3.
The Playboy of Suicide Slum!
The Newsboy Legion -
4.
The Perils of the Penny Plunderers
The Star-Spangled Kid -
5.
["I think I'll go over and practice shooting the rifle!"]
Private Pete -
6.
[no title indexed]
Leading Comics -
7.
[no title indexed]
-
8.
Truants in Trouble!
Tarantula -
9.
Pulling Boners
Stamps -
10.
Riddle of the Magic Fiddle!
Penniless Palmer -
11.
["Oh-boy - Wait'll the fellers hear about this!"]
Jerry the Jitterbug -
12.
["Look - We have neighbors..."]
Laffs -
13.
How Can They Do It??
World's Finest Comics -
14.
The Case of the Spy-Proof Catapult!
TNT and Dan the Dyna-Mite -
15.
The Man on the Bridge
-
16.
Robotman Takes an Hour Off!!
Robotman -
17.
Don't Miss Your Favorites!
-
18.
The Boy Commandos Are Here!
Boy Commandos -
19.
[no title indexed]
Wonders of Science Simplified
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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