However, Big Words finds his new job isn't allowing him the opportunities he had hoped for. Even Jim Harper couldn't offer any words to cheer up the remaining Newsboys. Naturally, Gabby, Tommy, and Scrapper are disheartened and a little angry at Big Words' choice, but he being the oldest, he had a future to think about, too. The young boy couldn't refuse an offer like that, though it meant he'd be leaving his friends behind. Working for the Observer would net him a bigger paycheck, and make sure his words reach a larger audience. Clark, publisher of the city's most popular newspaper "The Observer, asks Big Words if he would consider a career change. One morning, a well-dressed gentleman enters the office to speak with the editor, Big Words. Another crook has been captured because of their paper, and they print the story the next day. He leaps up, grabs the bomb, and removes the burning wick thereby rendering it harmless. In his attempt to run away, Benson slams into the Guardian, who delivers a one-two punch that knocks him flat! The Guardian arrives at the Newsboys office, and they warn him about the bomb about to go off. Meanwhile back at the Sentinel office, Butch Benson, one of the Wanted gangsters, tosses a bomb onto a high shelf where Gabby and Scrapper can't reach it. Proud, but worried for the boys' safety, Jim Harper dons his Guardian outfit and visits the bowling alley to nip the crooks in the bud, before they retaliate for the paper's mention of them. Gabby even gets a scoop printed that he shares with Jim, two of the wanted section were spotted hanging around Benny's Bowling Alley. The legion has no trouble selling out every issue. The Slum Sentinel is a huge success on its first day in print. Jim brings the boys some photos of Wanted men that they can print daily to help with the capture of the crooks. Gabby and Tommy could interview people and work the printing press, Scrapper would go out and take pictures, and Big Words wanted to write crusading editorials for the more cultured folk.
Their pal Jim Harper happens to overhear them, and he agrees to help out by putting a down payment on an old printing shop that was for sale, which they can use as an office. Newspapers in Suicide Slum aren't selling as well as they used to, so the Newsboy Legionnaires figure they should start their own newspaper, one that talks about local news happening in the slums. Synopsis for Newsboy Legion: "The Scoop of Suicide Slum!" 12 Appearing in Robotman: "Menace of the Blaster".11 Synopsis for Robotman: "Menace of the Blaster".10 Appearing in TNT & Dyna-Mite: "The Perilous Passage".9 Synopsis for TNT & Dyna-Mite: "The Perilous Passage".8 Appearing in Penniless Palmer: "Case of the Smiling Statue".7 Synopsis for Penniless Palmer: "Case of the Smiling Statue".