Newsboy Legion

Newsboy Legion
The original Newsboy Legion (from left to right: Gabby, Bigwords, Tommy, and Scrapper) in Star Spangled #7 (April 1942).
Art by Jack Kirby.
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceStar-Spangled Comics #7 (April 1942)
Created byJoe Simon
Jack Kirby
In-story information
Member(s)Tommy Tompkins
Big Words
Gabby
Scrapper
Flippa Dippa

The Newsboy Legion is a teenage vigilante group in the DC Comics Universe. Created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, they appeared in their own self-titled feature which ran from Star-Spangled Comics #7 (April 1942)[1] to #64 (January 1947). In 1970, Jack Kirby introduced a new Newsboy Legion, made up of the sons of the original Golden Age characters.

  1. ^ Wallace, Daniel (2010). "1940s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.). DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. p. 41. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. Joe Simon and Jack Kirby took their talents to a second title with Star-Spangled Comics, tackling both the Guardian and the Newsboy Legion in issue #7.