Anthony Rodriguez, Jr. (Earth-One)

Big Words
Mainstream Universe‎, 1950s-1986
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Real Name	Anthony Rodriguez, Jr.
Main Alias	Big Words
Relatives	Anthony Rodriguez (father)
Affiliation	Newsboy Legion II
Status
Alignment	Good
Citizenship	American
Characteristics
Gender	Male
Eyes	Brown
Hair	Brown
Origin
Universe	Earth-One
Creators	Jack Kirby · Al Plastino
First Appearance	Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #133 (October, 1970)
Last Appearance	Superman Family #194 (April, 1979)

Anthony "Big Words " Rodriguez was the son of Anthony Rodriguez, Sr. a member of the original Newsboy Legion.

History

Anthony, Jr. became banded together with the sons of the other original Legion members and a lad named Walter Johnson to form a new Newsboy Legion. As a Newsie, Anthony often shared in adventures with Jimmy Olsen and Superman.

Powers and Abilities

Abilities

• Driving
• Hand-to-Hand Combat (Basic)
• Mechanical Engineering
  

Paraphernalia

Transportation

• Whiz Wagon

Notes

• This version of Big Words, including all history and corresponding appearances, was erased from existence following the collapse of the original Multiverse in the 1985–86 Crisis on Infinite Earths event and later restored following the rebirth of the infinite Multiverse during the Dark Crisis of 2022-2023. Even though other versions of the character may have appeared, this information does not apply to those versions.
• In Post-Crisis/New Earth continuity, this member of the second generation of the Newsboy Legion was a young clone of his predecessor, not his biological son.

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