#8

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.

Credits

Script

Josette Frank, Joe Simon, Jack Kirby, Jerry Siegel, Manly Wade Wellman, Russell Cole, R. L. Ross, John Hilton

Pencils

Jack Kirby, Harold Sherman, Hal Sharp, Russell Cole, R. L. Ross, Fred Ray, Paul Norris, Leo Nowak

Inks

Joe Simon, Harold Sherman, Hal Sharp, Russell Cole, R. L. Ross, Fred Ray, Paul Norris, Paul Cassidy

Colours

Jack Kirby

Letters

Howard Ferguson, Russell Cole

Editor

Whitney Ellsworth

Characters

• Jim Harper
• Gabby
• The Guardian
• Tommy
• Big Words
• Scrapper
• Pat Dugan
• The Star-Spangled Kid
• Stripesy
• Sylvester Pemberton
• John Law
• Tarantula
• Penniless Palmer
• Vigilante
• Sir Justin
• Green Arrow
• Greg Sanders
• The Shining Knight
• Speedy
• Lee Travis
• Roy Harper
• The Crimson Avenger
• Oliver Queen
• The Black Star
• Mowse
• Sandy the Golden Boy
• The Sandman
• Sandy Hawkins
• Wesley Dodds
• Dan Dunbar
• TNT
• Dan the Dyna-Mite
• Tex N. Thomas
• Robert Crane / Paul Dennis
• Chuck Grayson
• Joan Carter
• Robotman