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Daredevil Comics (1941 Lev Gleason) comic books 1948

  • Issue #47
    Daredevil Comics (1941 Lev Gleason) 47
    • 1 1/4" cumulative spine split. Miscut.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Virginia Hubbell, Jerry Robinson and Carl Hubbell. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. Football introduces the Little Wise Guys to cheerleaders Anita and Amy, as well as their abusive father. Daredevil gives a speech on juvenile delinquency, a topic under much discussion at the time, in a story with art by legendary Batman artist Jerry Robinson. Sniffer becomes the fall Dude when a rich man's wife decides to kidnap herself. Daredevil and the Little Wise Guys; Daredevil; This'll Kill You!; Crimebuster: One For the Record; Sniffer. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #48
    Daredevil Comics (1941 Lev Gleason) 48

    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Virginia Hubbell, and Carl Hubbell. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. Daredevil tries to prevent a mad doctor from operating on himself. The Little Wise Guys befriend a homeless runaway boy who's been framed and sent to reform school. Sniffer gets mixed up with a Betty Page-type in fishnets, whose gangster boyfriend looks just like Sniffer. Also featuring a vintage ad spoofing the many imitators of "Crime Does Not Pay," similar to a famous MAD ad a few years later. Daredevil and the Little Wise Guys; Daredevil; This'll Kill You!; Crimebuster: Dagger of Death; Sniffer. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #49
    Daredevil Comics (1941 Lev Gleason) 49
    • Cover detached. Staple rust with migration. Chew to cover.
    • Interior is complete. Remaindered copy. Remainder cut in first 4 pages (partially taped).

    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Mike Roy, John Belfi and Carl Hubbell. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. Curly gets caught up in a secret society of hooded kids with a subterranean base and a mob mentality right out of Lord of the Flies. Daredevil tries to find out the truth behind a murder in broad daylight, and hears a sad tale from the killer. The origin of Sniffer's super-smelling powers, involving a limburger-cheese factory and the toughest neighborhood in America. Daredevil and the Little Wise Guys; Daredevil; Crimebuster: Fourteen Carat Heels; Sniffer: Who Is Sniffer? 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #50
    Daredevil Comics (1941 Lev Gleason) 50
    • Staple rust. Water damage.
    • Remaindered copy. Remainder cut on first two pages. Staples added (not manufacturing). Staple rust.

    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Virginia Hubbell and Carl Hubbell. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. Promising athlete Petey stars in two alternate-timeline stories, Sliding Doors-style: in one, he becomes an Olympic athlete; in the other, he starts hanging out with a bad crowd and becomes the dreaded juvenile delinquent. Sniffer dons an Irving Forbush-like disguise to elude a gangster and return stolen money to an impoverished widow. Daredevil and the Little Wise Guys; Crimebuster: Overdone Alibi; Sniffer. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #51
    Daredevil Comics (1941 Lev Gleason) 51
    • Only one staple (manufacturing). Cover and interior oxidation.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Mike Roy, John Belfi and Carl Hubbell. 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 get involved when Pee Wee enters a soap-box derby. A double-page promotional spread from the publisher offers comics as a remedy to juvenile delinquency, a hot topic in that era. The Little Wise Guys film a boxing movie with themselves as stars, and Daredevil watches it from start to finish. Daredevil and the Little Wise Guys; A Force for Good in Your Community!; Daredevil; Daredevil: The Carnival Murder; Sniffer. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.