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Issue Details

Issue	#29
Published	February 1944
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	60
Editing	?

Cover Details - "Cabbages and Comics!"

Characters	The Guardian [Jim Harper]; The Newsboy Legion: [Tommy Tompkins; Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]]; Beetlenose Butts
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Jack Kirby (layout)
Inks	Arturo Cazeneuve
Reprinted	in Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby, The (DC, 2010 series) #1

11 page The Newsboy Legion story "Cabbages and Comics"

Characters	The Guardian [Jim Harper]; The Newsboy Legion: [Tommy Tompkins; Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]]; Beetlenose Butts (villain); Pinky the Pooch (villain)
Synopsis	Trying to increase their revenue, the Legion members decide to publish their own comic book, Suicide Slum Comics, and they create a hero team called the Fearless Defenders to battle villains based on actual ones in the area in which they live. The Guardian reads an issue and confirms a suspicion he has had about some crooks in the slum area, so he moves in to capture them and save the Legion members.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Jack Kirby (layout) (signed)
Inks	Arturo Cazeneuve [as Joe Simon] (signed)
Reprinted	in Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby, The (DC, 2010 series) #1

10 page The Star Spangled Kid story "The Picadilly Seal"

Characters	The Star Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Hal Sherman
Inks	Hal Sherman

4 page Super Sleuth McFooey story "Found: the Lost Chord"

Characters	Super Sleuth McFooey
Genre	humor; crime
Script	Jack Farr
Pencils	Jack Farr
Inks	Jack Farr
Letters	Jack Farr

6 page Penniless Palmer story "Thar's Gold in Them Thar Hills"

Characters	Penniless Palmer
Genre	humor
Pencils	George Storm
Inks	George Storm

10 page Liberty Belle story "Catalyst for Catastrophe"

Characters	Liberty Belle [Libby Lawrence]
Genre	superhero
Script	Don Cameron
Pencils	Chuck Winter
Inks	Chuck Winter

7 page Robotman story "Robbie, the Robotdog"

Characters	Robotman [Robert Crane aka Paul Dennis]; Robbie the Robotdog (introduction)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Jimmy Thompson
Inks	Jimmy Thompson
Letters	Jimmy Thompson