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Boy Comics (1942) comic books 1945-1947

  • Issue #21
    Boy Comics (1942) 21
    • Cover and centerfold detached.

    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Rudy Palais, Radcliffe, R.W. Hall, 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. Little Dynamite investigates Counterfeit War Bonds, a wartime fundraising effort. Yankee Longago meets Leonardo Da Vinci, featuring art by Dick Briefer. Swoop Storm uses his new Flying Suit to take on Axis forces during WWII, featuring art possibly by Archie creator Bob Montana and a cameo by fellow teen inventor Dickie Dean. Crimebuster; Swoop Storm; Boy Comics Hero of the Month; Daredevil Meets Downtown Dan; Little Dynamite; Young Robinhood: The Clueless Killing; Yankee Longago. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #25
    Boy Comics (1942) 25
    • 4" Cumulative spine split. Internal tearing. Staples added (not manufacturing). Tape. Water damage.

    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Carl Hubbell, Paul Reinecke, Rudy Palais, 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 investigates a series of pawn-shop thefts that netted a priceless gem. Yankee Longago helps Isaac Newton win a trial for discovering gravity, featuring art by Dick Briefer. Swoop Storm builds a two-man helicopter out of a common barrel and battles enemy agents who are flying in a dirigible. Crimebuster; Swoop Storm; Boy Comics Hero of the Month; Daredevil: The Man Who Couldn't Be Killed; Little Dynamite: The Clever Crime; Young Robinhood; Yankee Longago. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #26
    Boy Comics (1942) 26
    • Paper: Off white to white
    • Slab: Scuffing to inner well of case
    • Three center wraps detached.
    • Label #2127167005
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Sidney Mason, Alan Mandel, Jack Alderman, Norman Maurer, Dick Briefer, 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 tries to rescue a man marked for death by mobsters. Yankee Longago meets Haroun Al-Raschid, the caliph at the center of the Arabian Nights tales, featuring art by Dick Briefer. Young Robinhood tries to figure out how to cope after Friar Tuck falls in love, complicating their crimefighting. Crimebuster; Swoop Storm; Boy Comics Hero of the Month; Daredevil: Death In a White Suit; Little Dynamite: The Clever Crime; Young Robinhood; Yankee Longago. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • 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 #30
    Boy Comics (1942) 30
    • Cover and centerfold detached at single center staple. Water damage. Cover and interior oxidation.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
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    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Virginia Hubbell, Dick French, Bob Wood, Norman Maurer, George Tuska, Chic Stone, 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. Swoop Storm's latest invention takes him all the way to the moon. Young Robinhood investigates an art gallery heist, featuring art possibly by Flash Gordon's Dan Barry. A revised version of Crimebuster's origin, as the military cadet dons a cape after the murder of his parents by Nazi villain Iron Jaw. Also featuring a profile and photo of Lev Gleason creative force Charles Biro. Crimebuster; So Here's the Dope On Charles Biro; How Crimebuster Came to Be; Little Dynamite: Kidnap For Ransom; Inside Dope; Daredevil: Subway Suckers; Boy Comics Hero of the Month; Swoop Storm; Young Robinhood. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #35
    Boy Comics (1942) 35
    • 1/2" Spine split from top. Cover coming loose at the staple. Oxidation.

    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Dan Barry, Fred Guardineer, Norman Maurer, Bob 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. An aging millionaire's greedy relatives smell trouble when they learn about his young fishing buddy. Crimebuster seeks the truth about the murder of a knife-thrower's assistant on stage, featuring early art by Flash Gordon's Dan Barry. Famous Eccentrics presents the story of Captain Bligh and the Mutiny on the Bounty. Crimebuster; Famous Eccentrics; Daredevil: Blind Justice; Little Dynamite. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #36
    Boy Comics (1942) 36
    • INCOMPLETE. Multiple pages missing, interrupts art and story.

    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Norman Maurer, Dan Barry, Ed Moore, 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. An ambitious actress lets neither friendship nor ethics stand in her way, in a story featuring vintage good-girl and bad-girl art by Norman Maurer. A wealthy man is tricked into getting drunk and marrying a floozy, featuring early art by Flash Gordon's Dan Barry. Famous Eccentrics features Diogenes, who wandered Greece with a lantern in broad daylight, searching for an honest man. Also featuring a vintage ad for an "Authentic Dick Tracy Tommy Gun and Detective Badge." Crimebuster; Famous Eccentrics; Daredevil: Rejected Script; Little Dynamite. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.