| Issue | #8 |
| Published | May 1942 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 68 |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
| Characters | 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 credits from Greg Theakston, via the GCD Error List (2008-4-5). |
| Reprinted | in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #142; in Newsboy Legion By Joe Simon & Jack Kirby, The (DC, 2010 series) #1 |
| Characters | The Guardian [Jim Harper]; The Newsboy Legion: Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]; Tommy Thompkins; Black Leo Lucas; Frisco; River Rats [Larry] (villains, gang); The Big Boss (villain); Trigger (villain) |
| Synopsis | The Newsboys decide to peddle their papers in some of the worst sections of Suicide Slum, leading to three of them being captured by crooks working for the Big Boss. The Guardian has to rescue them, with the help of Big Words, the only Newsboy to not be captured. |
| 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) #142 (October 1971); in Newsboy Legion By Joe Simon & Jack Kirby, The (DC, 2010 series) #1 |
| Characters | The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan]; King Midas (villain) |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Hal Sherman |
| Inks | Hal Sherman |
| Characters | The Tarantula [John Law] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Harold Sharp |
| Inks | Harold Sharp |
| Characters | Penniless Palmer |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | R. L. Ross ? |
| Pencils | R. L. Ross |
| Inks | R. L. Ross |
| Notes | Writer revision from R. L. Ross to R. L. Ross? by Craig Delich 2010-3-6. The Who's Who states that Ross MAY have written some stories in 1942. |
| Characters | TNT [Thomas N. Thomas]; Dan [Daniel Dunbar] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Paul Norris |
| Inks | Paul Norris |
| Characters | Robotman [Robert Crane, aka Paul Dennis]; Chuck Grayson; Joan Carter |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Leo Nowak |
| Inks | Paul Cassidy ? |
| Notes | Credits via Craig Delich (March, 2005). |