Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 60
On-sale Date: 1944-01-03
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series) #30 Edit Cover
Cover Gallery 

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

The Newsboy Legion / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Jack Kirby (signed as Kirby) (layout)
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.

Editorial Advisory Board
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 1)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

Keystone Kids
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 2)

Good Books Worth Reading / in-house column / 0.67 page

The Lady of Linden Lane
(Table of Contents: 3)

The Newsboy Legion / comic story / 11 pages

Script:
?
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]]; Denny Malloy; Mrs. Malloy; Mrs. Smith; Easy Zanger (villain); Mopey (villain); Joe (villain)
Synopsis:
An ex-con is being used by a group of criminals as a scapegoat while they fleece a wealthy lady of her money.
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 4)

Clancy the Cop / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:That deserted house seems suspicious to me...

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 5)

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page

Pennies from Heaven!
(Table of Contents: 6)

The Star-Spangled Kid / comic story / 10 pages

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

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 7)

Good Ol' Judge Jollopy / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Have you a burning problem?

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 8)

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

The Case of the Phoney Fireworks!
(Table of Contents: 9)

Penniless Palmer / comic story / 5.67 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
Characters:
Penniless Palmer

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 10)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 11)

Prof. Pipp / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Pull up your chairs, folks...

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 12)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

The Riddle of the Arctic!
(Table of Contents: 13)

Liberty Belle / comic story / 10 pages

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

Help Me Smash This Menace!
(Table of Contents: 14)

Superman / public service announcement / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero

Luck of the Irish
(Table of Contents: 15)

text story / 2 pages

Script:
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 16)

Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; teen
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:It's a beautiful day...

Crime's Kiddie Cart!
(Table of Contents: 17)

Robotman / comic story / 6.67 pages

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

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 18)

public service announcement / 0.33 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Wow! You sure are in a hurry, my friend!!

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 19)

Illinois Merchandise Mart / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 20)

Metro Publications / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 21)

American Seeds / advertisement / 1 page

my.comics.org
Tracked in 3 collections.
Issue at www.comics.org
View Change History
Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    The Newsboy Legion
  2. Editorial Advisory Board
  3. Keystone Kids
    Good Books Worth Reading
  4. The Lady of Linden Lane
    The Newsboy Legion
  5. ["That deserted house seems suspicious to me..."]
    Clancy the Cop
  6. [no title indexed]
    Baby Ruth
  7. Pennies from Heaven!
    The Star-Spangled Kid
  8. ["Have you a burning problem?"]
    Good Ol' Judge Jollopy
  9. ["Butch ain't got de nerve to hit this new kid..."]
    Wheaties
  10. The Case of the Phoney Fireworks!
    Penniless Palmer
  11. [no title indexed]
  12. ["Pull up your chairs, folks..."]
    Prof. Pipp
  13. ["Be sure to get these top favorites for the best in comics!"]
  14. The Riddle of the Arctic!
    Liberty Belle
  15. Help Me Smash This Menace!
    Superman
  16. Luck of the Irish
  17. ["It's a beautiful day..."]
    Jerry the Jitterbug
  18. Crime's Kiddie Cart!
    Robotman
  19. ["Wow! You sure are in a hurry, my friend!!"]
  20. [no title indexed]
    Illinois Merchandise Mart
  21. [no title indexed]
    Metro Publications
  22. [no title indexed]
    American Seeds
Related Links
Issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • mcomics
  • Craig Delich
  • Jim Doty
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Merlin Haas
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Steven Rowe
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore
contact us
donate
If you believe any of this data to be incorrect, please let us know.
Cover thumbnails are used for identification purposes only. All rights to cover images reserved by the respective copyright holders.
Creative Commons License
All portions of the Grand Comics Database™, except where noted otherwise, are copyrighted by the GCD and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.
The GCD Privacy Policy. The GCD Web Site code is licensed under the GNU General Public License.