Who Is Scrapper? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Scrapper is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Patrick MacGuire, with over 87 comic issue appearances. A member of the new incarnation of the Newsboy Legion, and clone of the original Patrick "Scrapper" MacGuire.

Who is Scrapper?

Origin "Naw, Dum-Dum! We're just carrying on our four dads! Let's show the wise guy, fellas! Fall in! Look smart!" -- Scrapper. Scrapper was originally introduced as the nearly-identical son of Patrick MacGuire , one of the founding members of the original Newsboy Legion . He was later revealed to actually be a clone of his father, created by Project Cadmus as part of an abortive plot. Following in the steps of his surrogate father, Scrapper joined the new Newsboy Legion with the clones of the other original members. Creation The Pre-Crisis Scrapper was created by Jack Kirby . The Post-Crisis Scrapper was created by Roger Stern and Ron Frenz . Character Evolution Initially simply the son of the original Patrick MacGuire, Scrapper was eventually revealed as a clone who had been aged up to the age his surrogate father had been when he was first involved in the Newsboy Legion. As such he shares his personality with his surrogate father, and he has all the memories of his father, but only up till the age to which he has been artificially aged.

Key facts

Scrapper is of human origin and first appeared in "The Newsboy Legion!". The character is published by DC Comics. With 87 recorded issue appearances, Scrapper ranks among the most featured characters in comics.