Star Spangled Comics #39

The Guardian tears into a pair of tough-looking thugs on the cover of this December 1944 DC ten-center, with the Newsboy Legion scrambling and reacting in the chaos all around him — a wonderfully kinetic scene penciled by Jack Kirby. The headline story, "Two Guardians Are a Crowd!," promises a mile-a-minute Newsboy Legion adventure that lives up to the frenetic energy splashed across every inch of the cover. With interior art by Arturo Cazeneuve and inks by Steve Brodie, this is a solid slice of wartime DC comics at full throttle.