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Issue Details

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