Daredevil Comics (1941 Lev Gleason) comic books 1951-1953

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Alden McWilliams, C. H. Moore and William Overgard. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. The Little Wise Guys try to get juvenile delinquent Weazy to reform, but he rejects their gestures of goodwill. Ace pilot "Hot Rock" Flanagan gets stuck escorting a female war correspondent while trying to prevent an enemy offensive. A Forrest Gump-like millionaire helps the Little Wise Guys produce the play that Jock has written. Also featuring a vintage ad for Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards! Little Wise Guys: Weazy Does It; Air Devils Starring "Hot Rock" Flanagan, Part 6; Little Wise Guys: The Angel; Crimebuster: Monkey Business; Happy Daze; Deny It... If You Can. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, William Overgard, Claude Moore and Alden McWilliams. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. The Little Wise Guys have a Jonny Quest-style adventure in the African jungle. Ace pilot "Hot Rock" Flanagan makes a hotshot maneuver right when a visiting senator is conducting a base inspection. The Little Wise Guys are trapped on a runaway hot-air balloon that drifts out to sea, and only Daredevil can save them. One of the final Daredevil appearances in the series. Also featuring a vintage ad for Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards! Little Wise Guys: Danger in Dark Africa; Air Devils Starring "Hot Rock" Flanagan, Part 10; Little Wise Guys: The Runaway Balloon; Crimebuster: Gordy and the Gorham Ghost; Deny It - If You Can! 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, and Frank Frazetta. This boys' adventure title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. Scarecrow accidentally helps a convict escape and is hunted by police as an accomplice. Dilly Duncan gets a chance to save the day when the school football team is getting beaten, but no one believes he can do it. A classic anti-drug PSA featuring early art by fantasy and comics legend Frank Frazetta. This issue has perhaps one of the most unusual non-MAD covers of the '50s, with no art whatsoever, just a note referring the reader to the "Scramblehead" puzzle game and mail-in contest inside. Little Wise Guys: The Human Bullet; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: Anything for Kicks; Little Wise Guys: Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Spook; Crimebuster: The Crime That Snowballed; We Can Stop the Enemies of Youth. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, and William Overgard. This boys' adventure title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. The Little Wise Guys get mixed up with a brain-damaged boxer whose scheming relatives are trying to cheat out of his inheritance. Dilly Duncan goes out for boxing and is soon taking his lumps. The Little Wise Guys risk their lives as stunt performers for spoiled Hollywood child stars. Little Wise Guys: Anything Can Happen; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: Dilly In The Ring; Little Wise Guys: Four Little Stunt Men; Crimebuster: Andys Accurate Aim. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, and William Overgard. This boys' adventure title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. The Little Wise Guys are mortified when their baseball team is beaten by a girls' team, but it turns out to be a prank. Dilly Duncan is targeted by hoods who mistake him for a wealthy architect while he's working for the school paper. The Little Wise Guys get involved in boys' roller derby (then a new sport) and try to find out why pal Silky threw a game. Little Wise Guys: Lumps, Bumps and Speed; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: Scoop Duncan Returns; Little Wise Guys: The Athletic Slacker; Crimebuster: Perils of a Paper Route. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, and William Overgard. This boys' adventure title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. Curly's uncle donates land for a school, but The Little Wise Guys have to convince the miser to provide books and supplies. Dilly Duncan's rival Gruesome Jones convinces Dilly that he's been recruited by the FBI for a top-secret mission. The Little Wise Guys get jobs as window washers, and Slugger witnesses an attempted murder. Also featuring a vintage ad for Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards, and another for forming a Little Wise Guys Club. Little Wise Guys: The Tightwad; How Do You Feel About Forming A Little Wise Guys Club?; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: Dilly's Secret Mission; Little Wise Guys: Peeping Toms; Crimebuster: Similar Suitcases. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.