| Issue | #12 |
| Published | September 1942 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 68 |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
| Characters | The Guardian [Jim Harper]; The Newsboy Legion [Tommy Tompkins; Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]]; Jack Dalton (villain) |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby [as Kirby] (signed) |
| Inks | Jack Kirby [as Simon] (signed) |
| Colors | Jack Kirby |
| Notes | Cover inks and colors credits from Greg Theakston, via the GCD Error List (2008-4-5). The original indexer credited the inks to Joe Simon. |
| Reprinted | in Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby, The (DC, 2010 series) #1 |
| Characters | The Guardian [Jim Harper]; The Newsboy Legion [Tommy Tompkins; Big Words [Anthony Rodriguez]; Gabby [Jonathan Gabrielli]; Scrapper [Patrick MacGuire]]; Tony (merchant); Bing Crosby (cameo); Bob Hope (cameo); Hedy Lamar (cameo); Clark Gable (cameo); Carmen Miranda (cameo); un-named gangsters (villains) |
| Synopsis | Touched by the needs of poor, starving people in Suicide Slum, the Legion asks Jim Harper for help, and he loans them a movie camera to make a movie on how bad the conditions are so that city residents can help out once they see it. But a gang of crooks decide to steal the film and put Officer Harper and the boys out of the way. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Joe Simon (igned); Jack Kirby (signed) |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby (signed) |
| Inks | Joe Simon (signed) |
| Letters | Howard Ferguson |
| Reprinted | in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen (DC, 1954 series) #146 (February 1972); in Newsboy Legion by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby, The (DC, 2010 series) #1 |
| Characters | The Star-Spangled Kid [Sylvester Pemberton]; Stripesy [Pat Dugan] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Hal Sherman |
| Inks | Hal Sherman |
| Characters | The Tarantula [John Law]; Steeplejack Stolle (villain) |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | ? [as E. J. Smalle] (signed) |
| Inks | Ed Smalle [as E. J. Smalle] (signed) |
| Notes | Pencil revision from E. J. Smalle to ? by Craig Delich 2010-3-6. The Who's Who states that Smalle only inked this strip in 1942. |
| 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 of the stories for this strip in 1942. |
| Characters | TNT [Thomas N. Thomas]; Dan [Daniel Dunbar] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Louis Cazeneuve |
| Inks | Louis Cazeneuve |
| Characters | Robotman [Robert Crane, aka Paul Dennis]; Chuck Grayson |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Leo Nowak; Shuster Shop |
| Inks | Leo Nowak; Shuster Shop |
| Notes | Credits by Bob Hughes. |