Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 60
On-sale Date: 1943-09-28
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (editor)
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Turn on the Heat!
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The Newsboy Legion / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Jack Kirby (layout, signed)
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Guardian [Jim Harper]; The Newsboy Legion [Tommy Tompkins; Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]]
Reprints (1)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed]
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Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page

Turn on the Heat
(Table of Contents: 2)

The Newsboy Legion / comic story / 11 pages

Script:
Joe Simon (signed)
Jack Kirby (signed)
Pencils:
Jack Kirby (layout, signed)
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Guardian [Jim Harper]; The Newsboy Legion [Tommy Tompkins; Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]]; Mr. Clinker (villain, private detective for insurance company); Slappy Frolin (villain)
Synopsis:
Because of a series of mysterious fires in Suicide Slum, the Fire Commissioner is forced to ask for civilian help, and the Legion members volunteer their services.
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[no title indexed]
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Buddy / comic story / 1 page

Script:
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  • Genre:humor; children; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I wouldn't have a dog so fulla fleas...

[no title indexed]
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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

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

Patron of Plunder!
(Table of Contents: 6)

The Star-Spangled Kid / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
?
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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]

[Dastard Lee]
(Table of Contents: 7)

Super Sleuth McFooey / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor; crime; detective-mystery
Characters:
Super-Sleuth McFooey

Fighter Pilot
(Table of Contents: 8)

text story / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
?
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Colors:
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Letters:
typeset

The Case of the Moaning Mummy!
(Table of Contents: 9)

Penniless Palmer / comic story / 5.67 pages

Script:
?
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
Characters:
Penniless Palmer

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

[no title indexed]
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Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page

The Haunted Emblem!
(Table of Contents: 12)

Liberty Belle / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Chuck Winter (signed)
Inks:
Chuck Winter (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Liberty Belle [Libby Lawrence]

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 13)

Pix Puzzles / cartoon / 1 page

Script:
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?
Letters:
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:1 - There is a fresh strawberry pie...

The Dude Cowboys!
(Table of Contents: 14)

Robotman / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Robotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]

[no title indexed]
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Training Cockpit / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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National Radio Institute / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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Metro Publications / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Turn on the Heat!
    The Newsboy Legion
  2. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
  3. Turn on the Heat
    The Newsboy Legion
  4. ["I wouldn't have a dog so fulla fleas..."]
    Buddy
  5. [no title indexed]
    Wheaties
  6. ["Be sure to get these top favorites for the best in comics!"]
  7. Patron of Plunder!
    The Star-Spangled Kid
  8. [Dastard Lee]
    Super Sleuth McFooey
  9. Fighter Pilot
  10. The Case of the Moaning Mummy!
    Penniless Palmer
  11. [no title indexed]
    Leading Comics
  12. [no title indexed]
    Baby Ruth
  13. The Haunted Emblem!
    Liberty Belle
  14. ["1 - There is a fresh strawberry pie..."]
    Pix Puzzles
  15. The Dude Cowboys!
    Robotman
  16. [no title indexed]
    Training Cockpit
  17. [no title indexed]
    National Radio Institute
  18. [no title indexed]
    Metro Publications
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