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Boy Comics comic books issue 29

  • Issue #29
    Boy Comics (1942) 29
    • Paper: Cream to off white
    • Slab: Minor side edge crack; Scuffing on front and back of case; Scuffing to inner well of case
    • Label #0062059018

    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dick Briefer, Alan Mandel, Dick Wood and Charles Biro. An anthology title from publisher Lev Gleason and his primary creator, Charles Biro, featuring teen hero Crimebuster and his nemesis Iron Jaw. Crimebuster helps to get an important new educational system tested in a reform school, but first he must overcome some young hoods. A living skeleton can't scare anyone on Halloween, because they all think he's wearing a costume, featuring art by Dick Briefer. Crimebuster gets into the boxing ring to prove a point to some young toughs. Also featuring a vintage ad for Pepsi starring Pepsi the Pepsi-Cola Cop, and a photo of the Lev Gleason creative staff: Bob Wood, Lev Gleason and Charles Biro. Crimebuster; The Three That Bring You the Big Three; Crimebuster: Silver Gloves Trophy; Little Dynamite; Skelly the Liberated Skeleton; Daredevil: Even Break; Boy Comics Hero of the Month; Swoop Storm; Inside Dope for the Boy Athlete; Young Robinhood; All Gagged Up; Double Trouble. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #29
    Cowboy Western Comics (1948) 29
    • Cover and centerfold detached. Staple rust with migration. Staple rust with migration.

    Stories and art by Mario DeMarco, Bill Allison and Clint Harmon. Western adventure tales from the early days of Charlton Publishing. A focus on Western star Sunset Carson in this issue includes a 5-page comics biography of the cowboy actor. The movie tie-ins continue with an adaptation of 1949 film Rio Grande (not the John Ford classic but a Sunset Carson film). Then an adaptation of Jimmy Stewart's movie Winchester '73, which IS a bona fide Western classic. Rio Grande; Rodeo Facts; Sunset Carson Handles a Tough Situation; Winchester 73; Paul Bunyan; Pecos Bill: Swingin' High; The Carson Story. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.