Comic Title: Star Spangled Comics #14
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: November 1942
Approx. On Sale Date: September 2, 1942 Copyright Date August 30, 1942
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1942
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Editor: Fredric Whitney Ellsworth

Title: "The Meanest Man on Earth"
Pages: 13

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

Writer/Inker: Joe Simon
Penciller: Jack Kirby

Reprinted In:
Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #148 (1972)
Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby Vol. 1 HC (2010)

Feature Character(s)

• Newsboy Legion (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #13; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #15)
• Gabby (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #13; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #15)
• Big Words (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #13; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #15)
• Tommy (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #13; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #15)
• Scrapper (last appearance in Star Spangled Comics #13; next appearance in Star Spangled Comics #15)

Supporting Character(s)

• Guardian (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #54; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #59)

Villain(s)

• Wilbur Whilling and J. Willswiper Hawk (a con artist and a lawyer; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Mrs. Morey, Dr. Hart, Alan Martin, and Dan Logan (residents of Suicide Slum; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
The Newsboy Legion is approached by Wilbur Whilling to begin a project which will give the residents of Suicide Slum a better place to live. The boys rally the citizens of the slum together to finance the construction of a modern apartment building. However, when the building is completed, Whilling takes the money, leaving the boys stuck with the bill. The boys go after Whilling, but are imprisoned in an ice house. The Guardian rescues them and captures both Whilling and his accomplice.