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Issue Details

Issue #28
Published January 1944
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 60
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Cover Details - "Poor Man's Rich Man!"

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 (layout) [as Kirby] (signed)
Inks Arturo Cazeneuve [as Simon] (signed)
Reprinted in Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby, The (DC, 2010 series) #1

11 page The Newsboy Legion story "Poor Man's Rich Man"

Characters The Guardian [Jim Harper]; The Newsboy Legion: [Tommy Tompkins; Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]]; Pop O'Leary (night watchman); Gopher Finchley (villain); Conker (villain)
Synopsis Upon the death of his uncle, "Pop" O'Leary receives news that he has inherited all of his uncle's property including factories and shipyards in New Zealand, and with his new found wealth, he treats people in Suicide Slum to luxuries, racking up a slew of unpaid bills. Then it happens: a few criminals tell him that they sent the letter, he is poor and he owes all that money, but they will "help out" if Pops helps them rob the gashouse he is guarding.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Simon (signed); Jack Kirby (signed)
Pencils Jack Kirby (layout) (signed)
Inks Arturo Cazeneuve [as Joe Simon] (signed)
Reprinted in Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby, The (DC, 2010 series) #1

10 page The Star Spangled Kid story "The Mirror of Madness"

Characters The Star Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]
Genre superhero
Pencils Hal Sherman
Inks Hal Sherman

6 page Penniless Palmer story "The Cruise to Nowhere"

Characters Penniless Palmer
Genre humor
Pencils George Storm
Inks George Storm

10 page Liberty Belle story "The All-American Way"

Characters Liberty Belle [Libby Lawrence]
Genre superhero
Script Don Cameron
Pencils Chuck Winter
Inks Chuck Winter

7 page Robotman story "The Mobster and the Millionaire"

Characters Robotman [Robert Crane aka Paul Dennis]
Genre superhero
Pencils Jimmy Thompson
Inks Jimmy Thompson
Letters Jimmy Thompson