Newsboy Legion
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Newsboy Legion is a Golden Age DC Comics kid-gang created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, known for its streetwise orphans who fight crime alongside the superhero Guardian.
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
DC Comics team
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Golden Age comics group ⓘ fictional superhero team ⓘ |
| allyOf | Guardian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Star-Spangled Comics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInUniverse | DC Universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Jim Harper
NERFINISHED
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Project Cadmus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| baseOfOperations |
Metropolis
NERFINISHED
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Suicide Slum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| comicBookDebut | Star-Spangled Comics #7 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator |
Jack Kirby
NERFINISHED
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Joe Simon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| debutYear | 1942 ⓘ |
| era | Golden Age of Comic Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | fictional characters ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure
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superhero ⓘ |
| hasReboot |
Post-Crisis reinterpretation
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Silver Age revival ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | urban street gangs of the 1940s ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | comic books ⓘ |
| member |
Big Words
NERFINISHED
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Gabby NERFINISHED ⓘ Scrapper NERFINISHED ⓘ Tommy Tompkins NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic | streetwise orphans ⓘ |
| notableFor | early kid-gang concept in superhero comics ⓘ |
| originalPublisherImprint | DC Comics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryActivity |
fighting crime
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selling newspapers ⓘ |
| publisher | DC Comics ⓘ |
| relatedTeam | Newsboy Legion (second generation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | American inner-city neighborhood ⓘ |
| teamRole | crime-fighting street gang ⓘ |
| teamType | kid gang ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.