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Issue Details

Issue #141
Published September 1971
Frequency Monthly with the exception of Feb., May and Nov.
Cover Price 0.25 USD
Pages 52
Editing Jack Kirby; E. Nelson Bridwell

Cover Details

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; The Guardian [Jim Harper]; Jimmy Olsen; Goody Rickles; a photograph of Don Rickles
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Neal Adams
Reprinted in Jimmy Olsen: Adventures by Jack Kirby (DC, 2003 Series) #nn [1]; in Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus (DC, 2007 series) #2

22 page Jimmy Olsen story "Will The Real Don Rickles Panic?!?"

Characters Superman [Clark Kent]; Lightray; Jimmy Olsen; The Guardian [Jim Harper]; Goody Rickles; Don Rickles; Laura Conway; Morgan Edge; Ugly Mannheim; Intergang; Apokolips; a Boom Tube; Para-Demons
Synopsis Lightray helps Superman escape the UFO, while Jimmy, Goody Rickles, and the Guardian foil Ugly Mannheim's plot to kill them.
Genre superhero
Script Jack Kirby
Pencils Jack Kirby; Murphy Anderson (Superman and Jimmy Olsen heads)
Inks Vince Colletta
Notes Jimmy Olsen and Superman heads redone by Murphy Anderson.
Reprinted in Jimmy Olsen: Adventures by Jack Kirby (DC, 2003 Series) #nn [1]; in Jack Kirby's Fourth World Omnibus (DC, 2007 series) #2

1 page Jimmy Olsen's Pen-Pals letters page

Script E. Nelson Bridwell
Letters Typeset

1 page The Newsboy Legion text story "The Newsboy Legion Returns"

Genre superhero
Script Mark Evanier; Steve Sherman
Pencils Jack Kirby
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Jimmy Olsen: Adventures by Jack Kirby (DC, 2003 Series) #2

1 page illustration "Kirby's the Name!"

Characters Jack Kirby
Synopsis Kirby at his drawing board
Script Jack Kirby
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Vince Colletta
Notes Intro page for Newsboy Legion reprint.

1 page Newsboy Legion cover reprint (on interior page) "Star Spangled Comics #7"

Characters Guardian [Jim Harper]; The Newsboy Legion [Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]; Tommy Thompkins]
Genre Superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Joe Simon
Reprinted from Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series) #7

13 page Newsboy Legion story "The Guardian"

Characters The Newsboy Legion [Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]; Tommy Thompkins] (Intro); The Guardian [Jim Harper] (Intro); Frankie the Fence; Chips Carder
Synopsis Jim Harper becomes the Guardian for the first time, and also stops a local gang of kids from being sent to jail, hoping he can help them turn their lives around.
Genre superhero
Script Jack Kirby; Joe Simon
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Joe Simon
Letters Howard Ferguson
Reprinted From Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series) #7