Daredevil Comics (1941 Lev Gleason) comic books 1952

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.

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. Aboard a freighter at sea, the Little Wise Guys try to get a blind man's fortune back from crooks. Dilly Duncan names his dog Spunky, after a suggestion sent in by a Daredevil Comics reader. The Little Wise Guys build and launch their own houseboat and soon get involved in a naval battle with bad guys. Little Wise Guys: The Gold Coin of Pacificus; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: Dilly Names the Dog; Little Wise Guys: The Strange Battle of Fort McTarvish; Crimebuster: The Ignorant Sleuths. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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 organize a cross-country bicycle club, but on their first outing they get captured by escaped convicts. Dilly Duncan decides to play detective while reading Sherlock Holmes, little realizing that crooks have infiltrated the school. The Little Wise Guys build and race a soap-box derby racer and attract the attention of an automotive designer. Also featuring a vintage ad for a "striptease" novelty tie from the Glow in the Dark Necktie Co. Final appearance of Daredevil on the cover title logo, the last trace of the character (other than his name) anywhere in the comic. Little Wise Guys: Vicious Cycles; Laff Dis Off!; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: Sherlock Duncan; Little Wise Guys: Scarecrow Does It Again; Crimebuster: Sneezy's Scandal. 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.

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 and their aviator pal race to Mexico City to prevent an elderly shopkeeper and his wife from being swindled out of their life savings. Dilly Duncan's prank war with his rival Gruesome Jones may sabotage Gruesome's chances of graduating high school. The Little Wise Guys get mixed up with spies and are trapped on a boat at sea, with the Coast Guard in close pursuit. Also featuring a vintage ad for Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards. Little Wise Guys: 'Not So' Easy Money; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: Gruesome Graduates?; Little Wise Guys: Swimmer in the Night; Crimebuster: The Hayseed and the Haystack. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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 involved in a race between two steam locomotives. Dilly Duncan and his pals start a junk-collecting business that's complicated by Gruesome's pranks and a pair of fugitive robbers. The Little Wise Guys discover that their local newspaper has been taken over by a corrupt publisher, and decide to free the press. Also featuring a vintage ad for Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards. Little Wise Guys: 67-76 Or Which Is It?; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: Give 'Em The Business; Little Wise Guys: The Not-So-Free Press; Crimebuster: Contents of the Cave. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Frank Frazetta, 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 enter a poetry contest and win a trip to the United Nations. Dilly Duncan and a pal go ballooning and get mistaken for a flying saucer. A classic religious PSA featuring early art by fantasy and comics legend Frank Frazetta. Also featuring a vintage ad for Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards. Little Wise Guys: Handsome Is As Handsome Does-n't; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: Beemis & His Flying Saucer; Crimebuster: The Chemist and the Crooks; Little Wise Guys: The Horse That Had Ulcers; Prayer Works Wonders. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro and Norman Maurer. 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 race a crook to find the lost gold of outlaw Jesse James. Dilly Duncan gets a summer job at the circus and encounters a gorilla, whom he assumes to be his rival Gruesome Jones in a gorilla suit. The Little Wise Guys help the fire department track down a serial arsonist who's obsessed with the number 3. Also featuring a vintage ad for Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards. Little Wise Guys: The Pistol Of Jesse James; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: Circus Daze; Crimebuster; Little Wise Guys: Out Of The Firehouse Into The Fire. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer and Claude Moore. 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 mix it up with a malevolent magician. Dilly Duncan and his pals encounter kidnappers during a dangerous river-rapids trip. The Little Wise Guys try to help a boy paroled from reform school after he's framed for a new crime. Also featuring a vintage ad for Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards. Little Wise Guys: The Impossible Magic Trick; Famous Eccentrics; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: Heading For A Fall; Crimebuster: The Mystery of the Living Scarecrow; Little Wise Guys: In The Tunnel of Horror; Laff Dis Off! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Claude Moore and William Overgard. This boys' adventure title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. While helping a professor with his research, the Little Wise Guys get trapped in a plane's cargo hold with a jaguar. Dilly Duncan and his pals set out to stop two crooks after a blizzard paralyzes the town. The Little Wise Guys form a winning bobsled team, but a jealous competitor plots sabotage. Also featuring a vintage ad for Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards. Little Wise Guys: The Haunted Jungle; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: Snowed Under; Crimebuster: A Case of Frostbite; Little Wise Guys: Lose, Or Else; Deny It If You Can. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.