Issue | #13 |
Published | October 1942 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Notes | Cover colors credit from Greg Theakston, via the GCD Error List (5 April 2008) |
Characters | The Guardian [Jim Harper]; The Newsboy Legion: Tommy Tompkins; Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire] |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Jack Kirby [as Kirby] (signed) |
Inks | Joe Simon [as Simon] (signed) |
Colors | Jack Kirby |
Notes | Cover colors credit from Greg Theakston, via the GCD Error List (2008-4-5). |
Reprinted | in Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby, The (DC, 2010 series) #1 |
Characters | The Guardian [Jim Harper]; The Newsboy Legion: [Tommy Tompkins; Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]]; Franklin D. Clark (villain, publisher of "The Observer"); Windy Wicks (villain); Slim Slavin (villain); Butch Benson (villain); Big Al Fenner (villain) |
Synopsis | The boys get a loan from Officer Harper to start publishing their own local newspaper, and Harper suggests they run a contest called "Cops and Robbers", with photos of known criminals on the lam, and offering a $1000 reward to citizens who can finger the criminals' whereabouts. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Joe Simon (signed); Jack Kirby (signed) |
Pencils | Jack Kirby (signed) |
Inks | Joe Simon (signed) |
Letters | Howard Ferguson |
Reprinted | in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #147 (March 1972); in Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby, The (DC, 2010 series) #1 |
Characters | The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripsey [Pat Dugan] |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Hal Sherman |
Inks | Hal Sherman |
Characters | The Tarantula [John Law]; Solomon Grundy (villain) |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Harold Sharp |
Inks | Harold Sharp |
Characters | Penniless Palmer |
Genre | humor |
Script | R. L. Ross ? |
Pencils | R. L. Ross |
Inks | R. L. Ross |
Notes | Writer revision from R. L. Ross to R. L. Ross? by Craig Delich 2010-3-6. The Who's Who states that Ross MAY have written some stories for this strip in 1942. |
Characters | TNT [Thomas N. Thomas]; Dan [Daniel Dunbar] |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Louis Cazeneuve |
Inks | Louis Cazeneuve |
Characters | Robotman [Robert Crane, aka Paul Dennis]; Chuck Grayson; Adolf Hitler (villain, cameo); The Blaster (villain, death); Slug (villain, death); Louie (villain); Fitz (villain) |
Synopsis | Robotman has a real task on his hands in trying to keep 5th Columnists from blowing up the vital Bower Dam. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jerry Siegel |
Pencils | Sam Citron |
Inks | Sam Citron |
Notes | Art identification based on correspondence between Whitney Ellsworth and Jerry Siegel in 1942. |