Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 60
On-sale Date: 1943-05-29
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series) #23 Edit Cover
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Art for Scrapper's Sake
(Table of Contents)

The Newsboy Legion / cover / 1 page

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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Newsboy Legion
Reprints (1)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

Editorial Advisory Board
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

Tree in the Train
(Table of Contents: 2)

Good Books Worth Reading / text article / 0.67 page

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Art for Scrapper's Sake
(Table of Contents: 3)

The Newsboy Legion / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
Joe Simon (signed)
Jack Kirby (signed)
Pencils:
Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks:
Colors:
?
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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Newsboy Legion juvenile gang members: [Butch, Spike, Beefy]; Dudley Dabb (villain, artist); Sanford Greentree (villain, art dealer)
Synopsis:
A washed up artist and a shrewd art dealer combine their evil talents, convincing Scrapper that is the greatest surrealist painter of all time, hoping to make a fortune off of him with rich art clients who are conned into buying Scrapper's works.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Inker credit revised from John Daly? to Cazeneuve by Craig Delich. Daly only did inks on this strip in 1946.

[no title indexed]
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Sweet Land of Liberty!
(Table of Contents: 5)

The Star-Spangled Kid / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
?
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?
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?
  • Genre:superhero
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Too Many Sleuths!
(Table of Contents: 6)

Penniless Palmer / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
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?
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?
  • Genre:humor
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An American Joan of Arc!
(Table of Contents: 7)

Liberty Belle / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Chuck Winter (signed)
Inks:
Chuck Winter (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:

[no title indexed]
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Popsicle / advertisement / 1 page

Hero of Peace
(Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:western-frontier
Characters:
Johnny Thompson

The Clumsy Criminals!
(Table of Contents: 10)

TNT and Dan the Dyna-Mite / comic story / 5.25 pages

Script:
?
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?
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?
  • Genre:superhero
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Indexer Notes

Final Golden Age appearance. Next in Super Friends (DC, 1976 series) #12 (June-July 1978).

[no title indexed]
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Boy Commandos; World's Finest Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.75 page

The Vanishing Vandals!
(Table of Contents: 12)

Robotman / comic story / 6.67 pages

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:

Indexer Notes

Credits supplied by Craig Delich.

[no title indexed]
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Leading Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

[no title indexed]
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Lightning Ju-Jitsu / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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Publishers Art Service / advertisement / 1 page

Captain Tootsie Battles Monster Man!
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Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll / comics-form advertising / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Art for Scrapper's Sake
    The Newsboy Legion
  2. Editorial Advisory Board
  3. Tree in the Train
    Good Books Worth Reading
  4. Art for Scrapper's Sake
    The Newsboy Legion
  5. ["Be sure to get these top favorites for the best in comics!"]
  6. Sweet Land of Liberty!
    The Star-Spangled Kid
  7. Too Many Sleuths!
    Penniless Palmer
  8. An American Joan of Arc!
    Liberty Belle
  9. [no title indexed]
    Popsicle
  10. Hero of Peace
  11. The Clumsy Criminals!
    TNT and Dan the Dyna-Mite
  12. [no title indexed]
    Boy Commandos; World's Finest Comics
  13. The Vanishing Vandals!
    Robotman
  14. [no title indexed]
    Leading Comics
  15. [no title indexed]
    Lightning Ju-Jitsu
  16. [no title indexed]
    Publishers Art Service
  17. Captain Tootsie Battles Monster Man!
    Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll
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  • John Censullo
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Merlin Haas
  • Bob Hughes
  • Mike Nielsen
  • John Pannozzi
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Len Wolinsky
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