Collects stories from STAR-SPANGLED COMICS #23-37.
Coming soon: Newsboy Legion by Simon and Kirby Vol. 2
Out May 10, 2016.
Set in the early 1940s, the Newsboy Legion is the first of Joe Simon and
Jack Kirby's very successful "kid gang" comics, featuring a group of
scrappy pre-teen boys who work together to stop crime in their home of
Suicide Slum. Watched over by adult hero The Guardian--a.k.a. policeman
Jim Harper--The Newsboy Legion battle crime through their own newspaper
reporting, taking on con artist, counterfeiters, arsonists, and more.
Collects stories from STAR-SPANGLED COMICS #23-37.
Collects stories from STAR-SPANGLED COMICS #23-37.
More DC Comics 100-pagers
Continuing our cover gallery spotlight on DC Comics' giant comics of the Seventies.
Pop focus: DC Comics' 100-page Super Spectaculars
Back Issue magazine recently did a full issue dedicated to DC Comics' "giant" comics of the 1970s.
Following on the heels of the great 80-page annuals of the 1960s, these new comics featured mostly re-printings of vintage stories, although blended both old and new.
Before the days of DC's line of Archives hardcovers and thick Showcase black-and-white collections, these thick 1970s comics were the cheapest, easiest way to see stories from the Gold and Silver Age of Comics.
I still have vivid memories of picking up a Justice Page 100-pager that I picked up on summer vacation and read over and over again. These comics helped me fall in love with the whole history of the medium. As a kid, I wanted to see what my heroes were up to before I came on board - before I was even born. As an adult, I love seeing the classic work of all the great creative minds who wrote and drew these stories.
If you remember these books, too, or just want to read about them, I highly recommend Back Issue #81, which you can order here.
Meanwhile, today we launch our own look back with the first of several cover galleries spotlighting those "spectacular" comics.
Following on the heels of the great 80-page annuals of the 1960s, these new comics featured mostly re-printings of vintage stories, although blended both old and new.
Before the days of DC's line of Archives hardcovers and thick Showcase black-and-white collections, these thick 1970s comics were the cheapest, easiest way to see stories from the Gold and Silver Age of Comics.
I still have vivid memories of picking up a Justice Page 100-pager that I picked up on summer vacation and read over and over again. These comics helped me fall in love with the whole history of the medium. As a kid, I wanted to see what my heroes were up to before I came on board - before I was even born. As an adult, I love seeing the classic work of all the great creative minds who wrote and drew these stories.
If you remember these books, too, or just want to read about them, I highly recommend Back Issue #81, which you can order here.
Meanwhile, today we launch our own look back with the first of several cover galleries spotlighting those "spectacular" comics.
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