Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1944-05-31
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series) #35 Edit Cover
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The Proud Poppas
(Table of Contents)

The Newsboy Legion / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Guardian; Newsboy Legion
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Art credits from collected edition.

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

[no title indexed]
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page

Short Weight Blues!
(Table of Contents: 3)

The Star-Spangled Kid / comic story / 10 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:When a field oh honest enterprise is invaded by a murderous mob of foul-fighting marauders
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The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; S.J. Pemberton; Bert Cartwright; Grunner (villain);

[no title indexed]
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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

The Fighting Wonder from Down Under!
(Table of Contents: 5)

Penniless Palmer / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Gangland's headach, Penniless Palmer, plus the blue-eyed Bunny South and the ever-empty Oxie...

[no title indexed]
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Eveready Batteries / comics-form advertising / 1 page

The Proud Poppas!
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The Newsboy Legion / comic story / 11 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Never could the lads of the Newsboy Legion have tackled a tougher task than that of being ... four fathers!
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The Newsboy Legion [Tommy Tompkins; Gabby; Big Words; Scrapper]; The Guardian [Jim Harper]; Short-Pants Pete; Sam (villain)
Synopsis:
The Legion finds a wayward waif and "adopts" him.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Art revision from Arturo Cazeneuve to Kane per Daniel Herman in Alter Ego (TwoMorrows, 1999 series) #149 (November 2017). Cazeneuve credited in the collected edition.

Though Kane was illustrating at this time under his birth name, Eli Katz, and sometimes signed his stories, he did not sign this one.

[no title indexed]
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Popsicle Products / advertisement / 1 page

Robbie Turns Sleuth
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Robotman / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Who is the super-sleuth of dogdom, the Sherlock Holmes of the canine world?
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Robotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]; Robbie the Robot Dog; Sport Morey
Synopsis:
After reading some Sherlock Holmes stories, Robbie the Robotdog is inspired to become a detective.

Murder on Schedule
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text story / 2 pages

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typeset

The Painted Planes!
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Liberty Belle / comic story / 10 pages

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Chuck Winter (signed)
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Chuck Winter (signed)
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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The twisted double-cross of the sinister swastika swoops down out of the sky ...
Characters:
Liberty Belle [Libby Lawrence]; Rickey Cannon; Tom Revere
Synopsis:
Liberty Belle uncovers a German plot to conquer New York City by tricking the U.S. forces protecting the city to destroy each other.

[no title indexed]
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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
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Private Pete / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; military
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hey, Sarge. Look - It finally came in the mail...

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Inside back cover.

The Mysterious Blonde
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Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola / comics-form advertising / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Proud Poppas
    The Newsboy Legion
  2. Editorial Advisory Board
  3. ["For spine-tingling action..."]
  4. Short Weight Blues!
    The Star-Spangled Kid
  5. ["Why not? They helped give me the energy..."]
    Wheaties
  6. The Fighting Wonder from Down Under!
    Penniless Palmer
  7. ["Don't worry, darling! There's nobody around!"]
    Eveready Batteries
  8. The Proud Poppas!
    The Newsboy Legion
  9. [no title indexed]
    Popsicle Products
  10. Robbie Turns Sleuth
    Robotman
  11. Murder on Schedule
  12. The Painted Planes!
    Liberty Belle
  13. [no title indexed]
    Wheaties
  14. ["Hey, Sarge. Look - It finally came in the mail..."]
    Private Pete
  15. The Mysterious Blonde
    Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola
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