Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 52
On-sale Date: 1945-12-03
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Star Spangled Comics (DC, 1941 series) #53 Edit Cover
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The Poet of Suicide Slum
(Table of Contents)

The Newsboy Legion / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Jack Kirby (see notes)
Inks:
Steve Brodie (see notes)
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Guardian; Newsboy Legion
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Art credits confirmed from the 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/).

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration. An on-sale date of December 5 appeared in a house advertisement in All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 series) #27.

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

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page

E Is for Elephant
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 2)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.67 page

The Poet of Suicide Slum!
(Table of Contents: 3)

The Newsboy Legion / comic story / 10 pages

Script:
Don C. Cameron (credited as Simon & Kirby) (sourced)
Pencils:
Jack Kirby (credited as Simon & Kirby)
Inks:
Steve Brodie (credited as Simon & Kirby) (see notes)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Guardian [Jim Harper]; The Newsboy Legion [Tommy Tompkins; Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]]; Inky Smith; Bugs Birch (villain)
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Inks credit confirmed from the collected edition.

Story by-lined "Simon & Kirby."

[no title indexed]
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Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

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

The Rascals / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Football Game Today

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 6)

Fleer's Gum / advertisement / 0.5 page

Lightning Strikes Twice!
(Table of Contents: 7)

Robotman / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Robotman [Robert Crane; Paul Dennis]; Robbie the Robotdog; Gloves (villain)

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

Kellogg's Pep / advertisement / 1 page

Mission to Manchukuo!
(Table of Contents: 9)

Liberty Belle / comic story / 9 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Liberty Belle [Libby Lawrence]; Rickey Cannon

Indexer Notes

The script was previously credited to Joe Samachson.

Unlucky Night
(Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 2 pages

Script:
Ted Udall (credited as Ted Loury)
Letters:
typeset

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

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

The Scent of the Straying Schnauzer
(Table of Contents: 12)

Penniless Palmer / comic story / 5 pages

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

Indexer Notes

Story title corrected by Jeffrey Saltarella via the GCD Error Tracker.

Henry Iba
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 13)

Wheaties / advertisement / 1 page

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

Casey the Cop / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Chief - send the squad car out here right away!

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 15)

Smith Brothers Cough Drops / advertisement / 0.5 page

Clip-Joint for Crime!
(Table of Contents: 16)

The Star-Spangled Kid / comic story / 9 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; Gloria Pemberton; Charlie; Mr. Van Uppa; the Zebra (villain)

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 17)

Illinois Merchandise Mart / advertisement / 1 page

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

National Radio Institute Home Study Course / advertisement / 1 page

"Vest Pocket" Power
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 19)

Eveready Batteries / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. The Poet of Suicide Slum
    The Newsboy Legion
  2. Editorial Advisory Board
  3. E Is for Elephant
  4. The Poet of Suicide Slum!
    The Newsboy Legion
  5. [no title indexed]
    Wheaties
  6. ["Football Game Today"]
    The Rascals
  7. [no title indexed]
    Fleer's Gum
  8. Lightning Strikes Twice!
    Robotman
  9. [no title indexed]
    Kellogg's Pep
  10. Mission to Manchukuo!
    Liberty Belle
  11. Unlucky Night
  12. ["His super-fantastic powers avert disaster when the Atom-Express runs wild!"]
    Post Grape-Nuts Flakes; Volto from Mars
  13. The Scent of the Straying Schnauzer
    Penniless Palmer
  14. Henry Iba
    Wheaties
  15. ["Chief - send the squad car out here right away!"]
    Casey the Cop
  16. [no title indexed]
    Smith Brothers Cough Drops
  17. Clip-Joint for Crime!
    The Star-Spangled Kid
  18. [no title indexed]
    Illinois Merchandise Mart
  19. [no title indexed]
    National Radio Institute Home Study Course
  20. "Vest Pocket" Power
    Eveready Batteries
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