Star Spangled Comics #10
Star Spangled Comics #10
Cover Credits
Penciller: Jack Kirby
Inker: Joe Simon

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Title: "Kings for a Day"
Pages: 13

Feature(s):
Newsboy Legion (of Earth-2)

Writer/Inker: Joe Simon
Penciller: Jack Kirby

Reprinted In:
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #144 (1971)
Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby Vol. 1 HC (2010)

Feature Character(s)

Supporting Character(s)

Villain(s)

  • Mark Mangle (also called "the Mark"; a gang boss; no further appearances)
  • Crawler, Tiny, Tops, and Gunner (Mark’s lieutenants; no further appearances)
  • Mark's other men (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

  • The Mayor of York City, the Police Commissioner, the District Attorney, and the Commissioner of Sanitation (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
The boys of the Newsboy Legion are each elected as city officials for a day. Big Words becomes Mayor, Scrapper the Police Commissioner, Gabby the District Attorney, and Tommy the Commissioner of Sanitation.

The boys are disappointed to learn that the positions are only honorary though. However, when a gang boss, Mark Mangle, decides to use the boys for his crimes, the boys foil his men and become heroes.

For revenge, the Mark kidnaps the boys. The Guardian rescues them from danger and rounds up the rest of the gang.


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