(December 1945)

DC, 1941 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1945-10-01
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.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Jack Kirby
Inks
Steve Brodie
Colors
?
Letters
Ira Schnapp

Genre
superhero
Characters
Guardian; Newsboy Legion
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Kirby pencils credit from collected edition. We formerly credited Curt Swan.

Ira Schnapp letterer credit via Todd Klein through a post from his blog Kleinletters, 16 October 2016 (retrieved 19 November 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/star-spangled-schnapp/).

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

C Is for Cat (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page (report information)

The Style Show of Suicide Slum (Table of Contents: 3)

The Newsboy Legion / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Don C. Cameron
Pencils
Joe Kubert (signed as Simon and Kirby)
Inks
Joe Kubert (signed as Simon and Kirby)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Guardian [Jim Harper]; The Newsboy Legion [Tommy Tompkins; Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]]; Pushcart Pete; Soupy Slater (villain)
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Emergency Kit for Crime! (Table of Contents: 5)

Robotman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Samachson
Pencils
Jimmy Thompson
Inks
Jimmy Thompson
Colors
?
Letters
Jimmy Thompson

Genre
superhero
Characters
Robotman; Robbie the Robotdog

Indexer Notes

writer credit by Martin O'Hearn

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Mr. Gadget Breaks Jail! (Table of Contents: 7)

The Star-Spangled Kid / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Samachson
Pencils
Jon Small
Inks
Jon Small
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Star-Spangled Kid; Stripesy; S.J. Pemberton; Mr. Mallard; Mr. Gadget (villain)

Indexer Notes

writer id by Martin O'Hearn

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Post Grape-Nuts Flakes; Volto from Mars / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

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

Freddy Fixit / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Wat
Pencils
Wat
Inks
Wat
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
H-mm-m. Smells like motor trouble...
Genre
humor
Characters
Freddy Fixit

K'Oro Goes to War (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Whitney Ellsworth
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

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

Jasper / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Lit-Win
Pencils
Lit-Win
Inks
Lit-Win
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gosh!
Genre
humor
Characters
Jasper

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

History's Mysteries; Smith Brothers Cough Drops / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Thar's Gold in Them Thar Chills (Table of Contents: 13)

Penniless Palmer / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Whitney Ellsworth
Pencils
Thurston Harper
Inks
Thurston Harper
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Penniless Palmer

Indexer Notes

writer id by Martin O'Hearn

Bronko Nagurski (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Escape to Switzerland! (Table of Contents: 15)

Liberty Belle / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Joe Samachson (ghosted for Don C. Cameron)
Pencils
Chuck Winter (signed)
Inks
Chuck Winter (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Liberty Belle [Libby Lawrence]; Rickey Cannon; Von Blutzendorfer (villain)
Keywords
Switzerland

Indexer Notes

writer id by Martin O'Hearn

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Newsboy Legion
  2. 1. Editorial Advisory Board
  3. 2. C Is for Cat
  4. 3. The Style Show of Suicide Slum
    The Newsboy Legion
  5. 4. ["Hey, I said send up some quinine, not K-9!"]
    Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries
  6. 5. Emergency Kit for Crime!
    Robotman
  7. 6. ["That's the kind of cramming I like to see!"]
    Wheaties
  8. 7. Mr. Gadget Breaks Jail!
    The Star-Spangled Kid
  9. 8. ["His marvelous magnetic powers save the town..."]
    Post Grape-Nuts Flakes; Volto from Mars
  10. 9. ["H-mm-m. Smells like motor trouble..."]
    Freddy Fixit
  11. 10. K'Oro Goes to War
  12. 11. ["Gosh!"]
    Jasper
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    History's Mysteries; Smith Brothers Cough Drops
  14. 13. Thar's Gold in Them Thar Chills
    Penniless Palmer
  15. 14. Bronko Nagurski
    Wheaties
  16. 15. Escape to Switzerland!
    Liberty Belle
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    Baby Ruth
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