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Issue Details

Issue #9
Published June 1942
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details - "Featuring the Newsboy Legion in another high-speed adventure with the Guardian!"

Characters The Guardian [Jim Harper]; The Newsboy Legion [Tommy Tompkins; Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]]
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby [as Kirby] (signed)
Inks Jack Kirby [as Simon] (signed)
Colors Jack Kirby
Notes Cover inks and colors credits from Greg Theakston, via the GCD Error List (2008-4-5). The original indexer credited the inks to Joe Simon.
Reprinted In Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #143; in Newsboy Legion By Joe Simon & Jack Kirby, The (DC, 2010 series) #1

13 page The Newsboy Legion story "The Rookie Takes the Rap!"

Characters The Guardian [Jim Harper]; The Newsboy Legion [Tommy Tompkins; Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]]; "Sure Thing" Kelly; Dippy the Pickpocket; Inspector Bevins
Synopsis "Sure Thing" Kelly has Jim Harper framed for bribery to get him to stop raiding his illegal gambling ring. The Guardian and the Newsboys must uncover proof to clear Jim Harper's name.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Joe Simon
Letters Howard Ferguson
Reprinted in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #143 (November 1971); in Newsboy Legion By Joe Simon & Jack Kirby, The (DC, 2010 series) #1

13 page The Star-Spangled Kid story "Crime by the Chapter"

Characters The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; The Needle (villain); Dr. Weerd (villain); Moonglow (villain)
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Hal Sherman
Inks Hal Sherman

8 page The Tarantula story "Storm Over Souciyan"

Characters The Tarantula [John Law]
Genre superhero
Pencils Harold Sharp
Inks Harold Sharp

6 page Penniless Palmer story "Case of the Warbling Worm"

Characters Penniless Palmer
Genre humor
Script R. L. Ross ?
Pencils R. L. Ross
Inks R. L. Ross
Notes Writer revision from R. L. Ross to R. L. Ross? by Craig Delich 2010-3-6. The Who's Who states that Ross MAY have written stories in 1942.

7 page TNT and Dan the Dyna-Mite story "Mystery of the Mother Goose Mob"

Characters TNT [Thomas N. Thomas]; Dan [Daniel Dunbar]; the Mother Goose Mob (villains)
Genre superhero
Pencils Paul Norris
Inks Paul Norris

10 page Robotman story "The Vanishing Millions"

Characters Robotman [Robert Crane, aka Paul Dennis]; Chuck Grayson; the Human Magnet (villain)
Synopsis Robotman must battle a nefarious gang whose leader has developed a portable mechanism that generates large amounts of magnetism, allowing them to be able to steal their loot in a near invisible fashion.
Genre superhero
Script Jerry Siegel
Pencils Leo Nowak
Inks John Sikela
Notes Credits via Craig Delich, inker identification by Bob Hughes (March, 2005).