| Issue | #13 |
| Published | October 1942 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 68 |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
| Notes | Cover colors credit from Greg Theakston, via the GCD Error List (5 April 2008) |
| 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 | Joe Simon [as Simon] (signed) |
| Colors | Jack Kirby |
| Notes | Cover colors credit from Greg Theakston, via the GCD Error List (2008-4-5). |
| Reprinted | in Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby, The (DC, 2010 series) #1 |
| Characters | The Guardian [Jim Harper]; The Newsboy Legion: [Tommy Tompkins; Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]]; Franklin D. Clark (villain, publisher of "The Observer"); Windy Wicks (villain); Slim Slavin (villain); Butch Benson (villain); Big Al Fenner (villain) |
| Synopsis | The boys get a loan from Officer Harper to start publishing their own local newspaper, and Harper suggests they run a contest called "Cops and Robbers", with photos of known criminals on the lam, and offering a $1000 reward to citizens who can finger the criminals' whereabouts. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Joe Simon (signed); Jack Kirby (signed) |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby (signed) |
| Inks | Joe Simon (signed) |
| Letters | Howard Ferguson |
| Reprinted | in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #147 (March 1972); in Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby, The (DC, 2010 series) #1 |
| Characters | The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripsey [Pat Dugan] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Hal Sherman |
| Inks | Hal Sherman |
| Characters | The Tarantula [John Law]; Solomon Grundy (villain) |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Harold Sharp |
| Inks | Harold Sharp |
| 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 some stories for this strip in 1942. |
| Characters | TNT [Thomas N. Thomas]; Dan [Daniel Dunbar] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Louis Cazeneuve |
| Inks | Louis Cazeneuve |
| Characters | Robotman [Robert Crane, aka Paul Dennis]; Chuck Grayson; Adolf Hitler (villain, cameo); The Blaster (villain, death); Slug (villain, death); Louie (villain); Fitz (villain) |
| Synopsis | Robotman has a real task on his hands in trying to keep 5th Columnists from blowing up the vital Bower Dam. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Sam Citron |
| Inks | Sam Citron |
| Notes | Art identification based on correspondence between Whitney Ellsworth and Jerry Siegel in 1942. |