Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1945-10-30
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
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Rehearsal for Crime
(Table of Contents)

The Newsboy Legion / cover / 1 page

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

Indexer Notes

Art credits confirmed from collected edition.

Ira Schnapp letterer credit via Todd Klein through a post from his blog Kleinletters, 16 October 2016 (retrieved 19 November 2016, http://kleinletters.com/Blog/star-spangled-schnapp/).

Signed "Simon - Kirby."

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of November 2 in ad in Sensation Comics #48.

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

D Is for Donkey
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 2)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page

Rehearsal for a Crime!
(Table of Contents: 3)

The Newsboy Legion / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Guardian [Jim Harper]; The Newsboy Legion [Tommy Tompkins; Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]]; Blackie Evers (villain)
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from Martin O'Hearn. Inks credit confirmed from collected edition.

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

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

How Thom McAn Blitzed the "Bullet Proof Men"
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 5)

Thom McAn Shoes / comics-form advertising / 1 page

The Ghost Dog!
(Table of Contents: 6)

Robotman / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Robotman [Robert Crane; aka Paul Dennis]; Robbie the Robotdog; Stubs Morgan (villain)

Indexer Notes

writer credit by Martin O'Hearn

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

Post Grape-Nuts Flakes; Volto from Mars / comics-form advertising / 1 page

The Beggar Band!
(Table of Contents: 8)

The Star-Spangled Kid / comic story / 9 pages

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

Indexer Notes

writer credit by Martin O'Hearn

Big Red
(Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 2 pages

Script:
Eddie Bell (house name)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

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

Daffy & Doodle / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
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?
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?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Somebody following you, Daffy?

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

History's Mysteries; Smith Brothers Cough Drops / comics-form advertising / 0.5 page

The Pills and the Pottage
(Table of Contents: 12)

Penniless Palmer / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
?
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor

Nat Holman
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 13)

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 14)

Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
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?
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?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Jeepers, this football game should be a humdinger!

Why Everybody Goes for Fleers!
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 15)

Fleers Candy Coated Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page

Seasick Mikado!
(Table of Contents: 16)

Liberty Belle / comic story / 9 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Chuck Winter (signed)
Inks:
Chuck Winter (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Liberty Belle [Libby Lawrence]; Rickey Cannon; Captain Fuyosho; Lun Fo

Indexer Notes

writer credit by Martin O'Hearn

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

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

National Radio Institute Home Study Course / advertisement / 1 page

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

Eveready Batteries / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Rehearsal for Crime
    The Newsboy Legion
  2. Editorial Advisory Board
  3. D Is for Donkey
  4. Rehearsal for a Crime!
    The Newsboy Legion
  5. ["Get that package out of sight!"]
    Wheaties
  6. How Thom McAn Blitzed the "Bullet Proof Men"
    Thom McAn Shoes
  7. The Ghost Dog!
    Robotman
  8. ["Volto and Jimmy are flying over jungle..."]
    Post Grape-Nuts Flakes; Volto from Mars
  9. The Beggar Band!
    The Star-Spangled Kid
  10. Big Red
  11. ["Somebody following you, Daffy?"]
    Daffy & Doodle
  12. [no title indexed]
    History's Mysteries; Smith Brothers Cough Drops
  13. The Pills and the Pottage
    Penniless Palmer
  14. Nat Holman
    Wheaties
  15. ["Jeepers, this football game should be a humdinger!"]
    Jerry the Jitterbug
  16. Why Everybody Goes for Fleers!
    Fleers Candy Coated Gum
  17. Seasick Mikado!
    Liberty Belle
  18. [no title indexed]
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
  19. [no title indexed]
    National Radio Institute Home Study Course
  20. ["Clancy, I think you done that on purpose!"]
    Eveready Batteries
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