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

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Jerry Fasano, Fred Kida, Claude Moore, Bill Norman and Carl Wessler. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. Scarecrow and Pee Wee adopt a baby elephant, but neighborhood bully Willy pushes the pachyderm too far. In Air Force training, ace pilot "Hot Rock" Flanagan forms a friendly rivalry with a superior officer and gets ground support from radar operator "Sure Shot." Pee Wee discovers the secret of Marvello the Magician's self-driving car, but the wizard has diabolical plans for wealthy billionaire Mr. Lottaworth. Little Wise Guys: Willy Gets His Lumps; The Classroom Secret; Introducing Air Devils Starring "Hot Rock" Flanagan, Part 1; Crimebuster: 2 Skis + 2 Skiers = 1 Champ; Famous Eccentrics; Happy Daze; Little Wise Guys: The World's Richest Phoney. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, and Claude Moore. 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 risk their lives all over town to save people and win the Boy Heroes competition. Ace pilot "Hot Rock" Flanagan targets the mysterious enemy ace known only as "R" who targets Red Cross relief caravans. The Little Wise Guys investigate strange doings at a ski resort and uncover a killer. Little Wise Guys: Heroes by the Dozen; A Strange but True Story of Animal Passion; Air Devils Starring "Hot Rock" Flanagan, Part 2; Deny It If You Can; Crimebuster: He Fiddled While Jerome Burned; Famous Eccentrics; Laff It Off!; Little Wise Guys: Jumped or Fell. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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. The Little Wise Guys become passengers in an experimental helicopter flight across the Atlantic. Ace pilot "Hot Rock" Flanagan is assigned to find a safe hiding place for a top-secret "atomic fuse," but he's captured by communist soldiers. The Little Wise Guys stumble on a meteor made of pure uranium while treasure-hunting, but a crook gets wind of the find. Also featuring a vintage ad for the Lone Ranger Silver Bullet Ball Pen Set. Little Wise Guys: Trans-Atlantic Helicopter Flight; Air Devils Starring "Hot Rock" Flanagan, Part 3; Little Wise Guys: The Narrow Escape; Uncle Sam Has a Green Thumb; Crimebuster: Penny Wise, Hound Foolish; Westfield the Whaler. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Alden McWilliams 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 find danger and a gigantic gem in a Temple of Doom. Ace pilot "Hot Rock" Flanagan investigates activity in a dormant South Seas volcano and discovers an enemy uranium plant. A blow-by-blow comics retelling of the 1947 fight that made a heavyweight champion of Rocky Graziano. Also featuring a vintage ad for Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards! Little Wise Guys: The Old One-Two; Air Devils Starring "Hot Rock" Flanagan, Part 4; Little Wise Guys: The Man Who Wasn't There; Best Fights of the Century: Tony Zale and Rocky Graziano; Crimebuster: The Windfall; Westfield the Whaler. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Alden McWilliams and William Overgard. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. While trying to raft down the river, the Little Wise Guys discover that the dam is about to burst and they must warn the town. Ace pilot "Hot Rock" Flanagan and Sure Shot try to figure out how enemy bombers are able to target their base airfields, leaving them without supplies or escape. While traveling through the South, the Little Wise Guys inadvertently get caught up in a feud between two families. Also featuring a vintage ad for Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards! Little Wise Guys: Sink or Swim; Air Devils Starring "Hot Rock" Flanagan, Part 5; Little Wise Guys: Feudin' Fools; Uncle Sam Has a Green Thumb; Happy Daze; The Law of the Wolf Pack. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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.

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. Pee Wee tires of being the smallest, and begins acting out to prove he's not just a kid. Ace pilot "Hot Rock" Flanagan and war correspondent Nina try to find out the secret behind increased enemy activity at the border. The Little Wise Guys spend the night in a creepy old mansion owned by a deranged killer. Little Wise Guys Meet "Slugger" Sloane; Air Devils Starring "Hot Rock" Flanagan, Part 7; Little Wise Guys: Skeletons in the Closet; Crimebuster: The Surprised Trespasser. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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. Pee Wee whittles a baseball bat out of an irradiated branch after an atomic accident, and the result makes the Little Wise Guys into national baseball stars. Ace pilot "Hot Rock" Flanagan discovers that enemy forces are smuggling weapons to prisoners of war. The Little Wise Guys get mixed up with a killer and his girlfriend, a gorgeous blonde femme fatale. Little Wise Guys: The Trick Baseball Bat; Air Devils Starring "Hot Rock" Flanagan, Part 8; Little Wise Guys: The Stable of Horror; Crimebuster: The Saga of the Sullied Skipper; Happy Daze. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, and Alden McWilliams. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. After discovering a killer's grisly trophy, the Little Wise Guys are convinced to act as decoys to lure the killer out of hiding. Ace pilot "Hot Rock" Flanagan and Sure Shot are shot down 70 miles behind enemy lines. A "true-life adventures"-type story of a wolverine (the animal, that is) in the tundra. Little Wise Guys: The Gooseflesh Hotel; Air Devils Starring "Hot Rock" Flanagan, Part 9; Little Wise Guys: Armed and Dangerous; Crimebuster: Herbie, the Hapless Hot-Shot; Wild Fury. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Hy Mankin 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 stow away on the first rocketship to Jupiter. This is the final appearance of the Golden Age Daredevil. Ace pilot "Hot Rock" Flanagan must help a doctor investigate an epidemic behind enemy lines, in his final adventure. A "true-life adventures"-type story of a deer and doe in the wilderness. Also featuring a vintage ad for Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards, and another for "Uncle Bernie's Fun Shop." Little Wise Guys: Speed and Space; Air Devils Starring "Hot Rock" Flanagan, Part 11; Little Wise Guys: The Champion Phony; Crimebuster: Squeeks + Soot = Solution; Wild Devotion. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, and Hy Mankin. 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 travel to Texas to help a friend's father defend his ferry business. After debuting in Boy Comics, teen comedy series Dilly Duncan comes to Daredevil Comics. Dilly must land a plane after the pilot is knocked cold. The Little Wise Guys build a car out of aircraft parts to enter an auto race. Also featuring a vintage ad for Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards. Little Wise Guys: Go West, Young Man; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: Plane Crazy; Little Wise Guys: Driving Blind; Crimebuster: The Men Who Pushed Too Hard; Laff Dis Off! 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 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.

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.

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 meet Grabber, a football star with sticky fingers who's also got an eye for the ladies. The Guys form a reluctant deal with dishonest street kids after they all find a $50 bill, but trouble soon follows. Also featuring a vintage ad for Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards. Little Wise Guys: Who's the Crook Around Here?; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: Snowed Under; Crimebuster: Vic Shakes His Shadow; Little Wise Guys: Finders Weepers. 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. A boxer nicknamed "Jelly Jaw" becomes immune to punches on the chin after an accident. Dilly Duncan and his rival Gruesome Jones attend a masquerade party at a fancy house, and comic chaos inevitably results. The Little Wise Guys meet an eccentric millionaire whose generous promises cause everyone to fawn over him. Also featuring a vintage ad for Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards. Little Wise Guys: The Mysterious Master Jelly Jaw; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: The Masquerade Party; It's A Small World; Crimebuster: The Tell Tale Trash; Little Wise Guys: Generous With A Capital "O". 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 discover an old diary that tells a tale of warfare and tragedy in the Old West. Dilly Duncan and his rival Gruesome Jones go out for boxing and wind up facing each other in the ring. Slugger's photography skills win the Little Wise Guys a trip on an African safari, but a haughty hunter wants them off the tour. Also featuring Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards: Famous Fighting Planes. Little Wise Guys: That's a Lot of Oil; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: Battling Duncan and K.O. Jones; It's A Small World; Crimebuster: The Tables Turned; Little Wise Guys: The Elephant's Paw; Lev Gleason Trading Cards. 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. While flying kites, the Little Wise Guys stumble across a plot to derail a military supply train. Dilly Duncan and his high school baseball team wind up playing against pro ball players. The Little Wise Guys suspect that a muscular but phobic veteran is a wanted robber. Also featuring Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards: Famous Fighting Planes. Little Wise Guys: The Tail of the Kite; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: Big League Duncan; It's A Small World; Crimebuster: The Night of the Double Cross; Little Wise Guys: The Strong Sissy; Lev Gleason Trading Cards; What's So Funny? 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 head to scout camp and wind up entertaining troops with the USO. Dilly Duncan enlists his beautiful cousin Nancy to play a prank on his rival Gruesome Jones. The Little Wise Guys discover that their new pal Ronny is a pathological liar, and cheats on tests to boot. Also featuring Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards: Famous Fighting Planes. Little Wise Guys: Who's Excited; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: Gruesome, the Great Lover; It's A Small World; Crimebuster: Killer-At-Large; Little Wise Guys: The Liar; Lev Gleason Trading Cards. 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 visit a friend in Mexico, and stumble on the ruins of a lost city in the jungle. Dilly Duncan buys an ancient, tank-like jalopy for his first car, but it's perfect for a grueling mountain race against his rival, Gruesome Jones. The Little Wise Guys launch a blood drive to deliver crucial plasma supplies to US soldiers in Korea. Also featuring Lev Gleason Comics Picture Trading Cards, and a vintage ad for a "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet 'Invisible Helmet'." Little Wise Guys: The Explorer; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: Look, No Breaks; Crimebuster: The Ski Mountain Mystery; Little Wise Guys: The Grouch; Lev Gleason Trading Cards. 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. At the circus, Slugger finds evidence that will clear a friend who's been framed, but the real criminal releases a gorilla to attack the Little Wise Guys. To earn the money to repair his car, Dilly Duncan enters a stock-car race against his rival, Gruesome Jones. The Little Wise Guys turn on Scarecrow when he throws a baseball game, but they don't know that he's just protecting Slugger from a bully. Runaway gorilla / evil clown cover by Charles Biro. Little Wise Guys: The Hyena Wore Pants; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: Hot Rod Duncan; American Heroes; Little Wise Guys: Scarecrow's Shame. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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 help a boy and his dog search for his father in the frozen Arctic wastes. Dilly Duncan's antics ruin his father's chances of joining a country club. The backup historical strip "American Heroes" includes Robert Fulton, Lewis & Clark, Thomas Jefferson, General Pershing and Bob Mathias. Also, a biography of boxer Harry "Kid" Matthews. Little Wise Guys: North Woods; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: Dilly Makes a Splash; American Heroes; Hitch Your Wagon: Harry Kid Matthews; Little Wise Guys: Eagle-Eye Ike. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro and Burt Frohman. 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 find a new swimming hole on a kindly millionaire's estate, but the man's stern butler has secret reasons for keeping them away from there. Dilly Duncan learns a lesson about plagiarism after he swipes a song written by a kid with social anxiety issues. The backup historical strip "American Heroes" includes Paul Revere, Robert Rogers, Gen. Robert E. Lee, and Stephen Decatur. Little Wise Guys: No Swimming Allowed; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: Creepy Caswell's Caper; American Heroes; Puzzle Page; Little Wise Guys: The Cave-In. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro and Robert Martinott. This boys' adventure title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. Jock is trapped in a truck driven by a compulsive automobile crasher, and the Little Wise Guys must execute a daring rescue. Gruesome Jones convinces Dilly Duncan that he's about to be suspended from school. The backup historical strip "American Heroes" includes writer Ned Buntline, Presidents Andrew Jackson and Zachary Taylor, and scientist George Washington Carver. Little Wise Guys: Just Plain Crazy; Dilly Duncan of Dorset Hig Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Ralph Mayo and Robert Martinott. 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 explore a strange old mansion and become trapped in the torture chamber of Dr. Vorko. Dilly Duncan builds a sailboat from a mail-order kit, but doesn't know how to make it seaworthy. The backup historical strip "American Heroes" includes P.T. Barnum, Woodrow Wilson, John Sutter, and scientist Luther Burbank. Also featuring a vintage ad for a "Tom Corbett, Space Cadet 'Invisible Helmet'," and another for a "Foreign Legion Cap." Little Wise Guys: The Crazy House; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: Dillys Sunken Assets; American Heroes; Tickled Silly; Little Wise Guys: Musical Justice. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro and others. 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 spend the weekend in a haunted mystery house, and sure enough, Slugger disappears and a strange hole appears in the basement. Dilly Duncan is accused of stealing $200 cash from Mr. Staple's office. The backup historical strip "Adventurous Americans" includes Harry Houdini, Mark Twain, Daniel Shays and Martin Johnson. Little Wise Guys: Mystery House; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: It Takes One To Know One; Adventurous Americans; Laugh At These; Little Wise Guys: The Tough Guy and the Sheriff. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.