About this Collection
This volume collects the second half of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby's 1940s run on The Newsboy Legion, featuring the adventures of the scrappy street kids—Big Words, Gabby, Scrapper, and Tommy Tompkins—alongside their adult guardian, Jim Harper, who also operates as the costumed hero The Guardian. The stories showcase the team's dynamic blend of youthful mischief and crime-fighting action in the Golden Age of comics.
Contains 32 stories
The Case of the Baleful Bride!
11 pp · Superhero
Sloppy Sam (villain)Sissy Daniels (villain)
From Rags to Ruin!
11 pp · Superhero
Manny (villain)Hippy (villain)
The Proud Poppas!
11 pp · Superhero
The Newsboy Legion [Tommy TompkinsGabbyBig WordsScrapper]The Guardian [Jim Harper]Short-Pants PeteSam (villain)
The Cowboy of Suicide Slum!
11 pp · Superhero
Hawkeye HawkinsDodo (villain)
Diamonds in the Rough!
10 pp · Superhero
Roll Out the Barrels!
10 pp · Superhero
Mr. MorrellMrs. De RoxTwenty Percent O'Toole (villain)
Two Guardians Are a Crowd!
11 pp · Superhero
Slug Denvers (villain)
Farewell to Crime!
11 pp · Superhero
The Guardian [Jim Harper]The Newsboy Legion [Tommy TompkinsBig Words [Anthony Rodriguez]Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]]Danny the Dip (villain)Slugger (villain)
Time Out for the Guardian!
10 pp · Superhero
Vince McClain (villain)
The Power of the Press!
10 pp · Superhero
Satchelmouth JacksonMr. DickensenUndertaker Garth (villain)
Trials of a Tenor!
10 pp · Superhero
The Newsboy Legion [Tommy TompkinsGabbyBig WordsScrapper]The Guardian [Jim Harper]Mr. CutterPipes Ferguson
Etiquette Comes to Suicide Slum!
10 pp · Superhero
The Newsboy Legion [Tommy TompkinsGabbyBig WordsScrapper]The Guardian [Jim Harper]Ethelreda WinkleCuthbertLongshore LouieHarry the HoodMousie
Crime Gets Clipped!
10 pp · Superhero
The Guardian [Jim Harper]The Newsboy Legion [Tommy TompkinsBig Words [Anthony Rodriguez]Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]]Mr. SharpA. Jackson PeltzerPuffy Belden (villain)
Clothes Make the Criminal!
10 pp · Superhero
John Henry HayesSlim (villain)
The Triumph of Tommy!
10 pp · Superhero
Clinker Niles (villain)Guzzler Grady (villain)
Booty and the Blizzard!
10 pp · Superhero
The Guardian [Jim Harper]The Newsboy Legion [Tommy TompkinsBig Words [Anthony Rodriguez]Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]Mr. MulkeyBull Roscoe (villain)Roddie (villain)
One Ounce to Victory!
10 pp · Superhero
The Guardian [Jim Harper]The Newsboy Legion [Tommy TompkinsBig Words [Anthony Rodriguez]Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]]Mr. HigginsTightlips Leo
The Leopard Man Changes His Spots!
11 pp · Superhero
Gary WilkensMr. SummitLeo (villain)
The Style Show of Suicide Slum
11 pp · Superhero
The Guardian [Jim Harper]The Newsboy Legion [Tommy TompkinsBig Words [Anthony Rodriguez]Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]]Pushcart PeteSoupy Slater (villain)
Rehearsal for a Crime!
10 pp · Superhero
The Guardian [Jim Harper]The Newsboy Legion [Tommy TompkinsBig Words [Anthony Rodriguez]Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]]Blackie Evers (villain)
The Poet of Suicide Slum!
10 pp · Superhero
The Guardian [Jim Harper]The Newsboy Legion [Tommy TompkinsBig Words [Anthony Rodriguez]Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]]Inky SmithBugs Birch (villain)
Dead-Shot Dade's Revenge!
10 pp · Superhero
Deadshot DadeGaspipe Gosser (villain)
Gabby Strikes a Gusher!
10 pp · Superhero
J. Destry Shearer (villain)Pretty Boy (villain)Needles (villain)Stogie (villain)
Treasure of Araby
10 pp · Superhero
Willy Wetsell (villain)Two-Ton Toohey (villain)Jiggers Jackel (villain)
A Recruit for the Legion!
10 pp · Superhero
Snake Huggins (villain)Timothy Tuck (villain)Ashes (villain)
Matadors of Suicide Slum!
10 pp · Superhero
Juan "Juanito" PerezSeñor GonzalezMr. Walker
Answers, Inc.!
10 pp · Superhero
Glinty Gimmick (villain)
Steve Brodie da Second!
10 pp · Superhero
Joe (villain)Mike (villain)The Boy Commandos [Captain Rip CarterBrooklyn [Dan Turpin]Alfie TwidgettAndre Chavard] (cameo)
The Great Balloon Race!
10 pp · Superhero
Rooftop Baldy (villain)Elmer Voss (villain)Scar (villain)Mopey (villain)
Prevue of Tomorrow
10 pp · Superhero
"Big Train" CostelloJ. Kearns Heisler
Code of the Newsstand!
10 pp · Superhero
Ha ChuStiletto Mike (villain)
Criminal Cruise!
10 pp · Superhero
MillerAgent McCracken
