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Issue Details

Issue	#7
Published	April 1942
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details - "Introducing the Newsboy Legion with the Guardian!"

Characters	The Guardian [Jim Harper]; The Newsboy Legion: Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]; Tommy Thompkins
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Joe Simon
Colors	Jack Kirby
Letters	typeset
Notes	Cover colors credit from Greg Theakston, via the GCD Error List (2008-4-5)
Reprinted	in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #141; in Newsboy Legion By Joe Simon & Jack Kirby, The (DC, 2010 series) #1

13 page The Newsboy Legion story "The Story Of The Newsboy Legion"

Characters	The Newsboy Legion: Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]; Tommy Thompkins (introduction); The Guardian [Jim Harper] (introduction); Frankie the Fence (villain); Chips Carder (villain)
Synopsis	Jim Harper becomes the Guardian for the first time, and also stops a local gang of kids from being sent to jail, hoping he can help them turn their lives around.
Genre	superhero
Script	Joe Simon; Jack Kirby
Pencils	Jack Kirby
Inks	Joe Simon
Letters	Howard Ferguson
Reprinted	in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #141 (September 1971); in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #503 (September 1983); in Newsboy Legion By Joe Simon & Jack Kirby, The (DC, 2010 series) #1

8 page The Tarantula story "The Crime Escradille"

Characters	The Tarantula [John Law]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Harold Sharp
Inks	Harold Sharp

8 page Captain X story "The Gas Bombs"

Characters	Captain X [Richard Dare]
Genre	war
Pencils	Arturo Cazeneuve
Inks	Arturo Cazeneuve

13 page Robotman story "The Birth of Robotman"

Characters	Robotman [Robert Crane, aka Paul Dennis](introduction); Chuck Grayson; Joan Carter
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Leo Nowak (pages 1-5); Paul Cassidy (pages 6-13)
Inks	Paul Cassidy

7 page TNT and Dan the Dyna-Mite story "The Dwarf"

Characters	TNT [Thomas N. Thomas]]; Dan [Daniel Dunbar]; The Dwarf (villain)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Paul Norris
Inks	Paul Norris

13 page The Star-Spangled Kid story "The Picture That Killed"

Characters	The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]
Genre	superhero
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Hal Sherman
Inks	Hal Sherman