Daredevil Comics (1941 Lev Gleason) comic books 1959 or before
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Published Jul 1941 by Lev Gleason.$8,000.00
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- Label #2067054001
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Written by Charles Biro. Art by Charles Biro. Cover by Charles Biro and Bob Wood (as Woodro). Daredevil Battles Hitler (Chapter 1); Daredevil crashes in on a meeting at Berchtesgaden in which Hitler makes final plans to invade England across the Channel, then has to evade Nazi soldiers seeking to locate and kill him. Written by Charles Biro. Art by Jack Cole. The Claw Double Crosses Hitler! (Chapter 2); Hitler approaches the Claw to ask his assistance in helping him and the Japanese successfully attack and destroy the British in Singapore. Fighting Hitler and His Jungle Hordes (Chapter 3); Daredevil and Lance must stop Hitler's plans to conquer Africa from within. Written by Charles Biro. Art by Jack Cole. Smash Goebbels' Spy Net (Chapter 4); Dickie is summoned to Washington D.C. with his latest invention: a fool-proof decoding machine. Wreck Goering's Sky-Fighters (ch. 5) Von Roeder, Nazi Sea Raider (Chapter 6). Written by Bob Davis. Art by Bob Davis. The Man of Hate Adolf Hitler--Dictator of Germany!; The rise of Hitler from a budding artist to soldier in WW1 to Chancellor and finally as a rising dictator. Ad for Daredevil Comics #2, art by Bob Wood. Ad for Silver Streak Comics. Hitler photo cover. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Mar 1942 by Lev Gleason.$2,050.00
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- Label #4202525013
Cover art by Charles Biro. "The Return of Sniffer," script and art by Charles Biro; Daredevil uses young David Schmidt to infiltrate a Bund organization to get the goods on them and what they are up to before he mops up the house with them. "Crippled Vengeance: Chapter Three," script by Dick Wood, art by Bernard Klein; Thirteen, Jinx and Marie make it out of the burning house and to a car that they hope to make a get-away in, believing that King Questionmark has perished in the fire. "South American Smasher," script by Dick Wood, art by Bernard Klein; Terry and Mickey decide to go into town to watch K.O. put the moves on a Mexican senorita, when the South American champ, Castelli, roughs K.O. and man-handles the girl. "Little Big Shot," script by Dick Wood, art by George Roussos; Hugh is walking the streets when he sees two young boys pull a fast one on a grocer; After stopping them and repaying the grocer, and hoping to turn them from a life of crime, Hugh tells them the story of New York Benny. Silver Streak Comics ad. "Hollywood Sabotage"; Miss Patriot is invited on set to watch a new war movie being made called "Fight to Die," and meets the star of the movie, who has fallen for her. Sniffer ad. "The Oil Racketeers," script and art by Dick Briefer; When Jeff sees a friend of his being beaten up at a gas station, he wades into them, gives them a shellacking, and lets them go, not realizing they are criminals that had just committed a heist. "Transpacific Tragedy" text story by Dick Wood. "Who Is the Boar?", script and art by Jerry Robinson; While battling a criminal, Leslie saves London's life and thus makes headlines all over the world... headlines that reach Nazi Germany, where Hitler unleashes the first super-powered villain London has faced: The Boar. "Case of the Missing Mayor," script and art by Bob Wood; After battling the Ghost and possibly killing him, the Claw disappears. 68 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Oct 1942 by Lev Gleason.$474.00
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- Label #4189105003
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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Dick Wood, Bob Wood, Alan Mandel, Carl Hubbell, Bart Tumey, Basil Wolverton, and Dick Briefer. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. Kids Peewee, Jock, Scarecrow and Meatball help Daredevil battle fifth columnists, soon calling themselves the Little Wise Guys, who would star in the comic for the rest of its run. Rhyming reporter Scoop Scuttle battles Varicose Vane, provider of Vitamin V, in a story by comics legend Basil Wolverton. The Pirate Prince's aide Black Mask is captured by an enemy who discovers "his" secret. Also featuring a text biography of notorious comics legend Bob Wood. Daredevil: Blackhearts In White; Thirteen and Jinx; Sniffer; Dickie Dean; Scoop Scuttle; The Pirate Prince; Crimebuster: Blitz In Alaska; Times Square; The Claw; Meet Bob Wood. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Feb 1944 by Lev Gleason.$380.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Slab: Minor side/edge crack(s); Plastic debris between case and inner well
- Label #4266835001
$185.00
View scans- Three center wraps detached at single center staple. Cover taped on interior witch archival tape.
The implied violence in this cover for "Beware of the Tramp!" is about as extreme as you will see on the cover of a Golden Age comic! And an issue that is very hard to come by, as well!
Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Dick Wood, Bob Wood, Dick Hall, Basil Wolverton, Rudy Palais and Dick Briefer. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. Rhyming reporter Scoop Scuttle is foiled and fooled by the false faces of Stan Dan the Makeup Man, in the final Scoop Scuttle story by comics legend Basil Wolverton. A new phase begins in the saga of The Claw, featuring art by Rudy Palais. The Pirate Prince takes on a corrupt judge who's jailed one of his sailors, in a story with art by Dick Briefer. Daredevil: Meet the Tramp; Sniffer and the Deadly Dozen; Dickie Dean; Scoop Scuttle; The Pirate Prince; Crimebuster: Squeeks Does It Again; The Claw. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Jul 1945 by Lev Gleason.$570.00
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- Centerfold detached.
- Label #1399169005
Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Dick Wood, Bob Q. Sale, Carl Hubbell, Bob Montana and Dick Briefer. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. In his final appearance in Daredevil Comics, supervillain The Claw is seemingly killed off, but you know how it is with supervillains. Island natives proclaim Droopy a rain god and curse him with constant rain, in a story by Dick Briefer. Teen inventor Dickie Dean visits the domed city of the future, in a story by Archie creator Bob Montana. Daredevil; Sniffer and the Deadly Dozen; Dickie Dean; Crimebuster and the Collegiate Killer; The Pirate Prince; The Claw. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Nov 1945 by Lev Gleason.$37.00
View scans- Staples added (not manufacturing). Centerfold detached.
Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Dick Wood, 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 complete life story of a hood who ultimately gets chased up a building by Daredevil. The debut of Captain Roger Wilco, an aviator hero in the tradition of Airboy and Smilin' Jack. To impress Betty Lou, Eggbert foolishly agrees to participate in a wrestling match. Daredevil; Sniffer; Dickie Dean; Crimebuster: Million Dollar Racket; Introducing Roger Wilco; Eggbert: Blooming Love. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published May 1946 by Lev Gleason.$52.00
View scan- Full length spine split with cover taped to first wrap. Cover and interior oxidation.
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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Sidney Mason, Morris Weiss (credited as Wes Sirrom), 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 faces the ganglord who fancies himself a dictator of crime. Boxer Go-Along Gallagher goes against his wealthy uncle's wishes when he gets involved in the fight game. Teen inventor Dickie Dean uses his new amphibi-car to pursue a gangster and his bank-robbing submarine. Also featuring a vintage ad for Pepsi-Cola starring "Pepsi the Pepsi-Cola Cop." Daredevil: Criminals Have No Conscience!; Dickie Dean: Moose Moore Threatens Granite City; Go-Along Gallagher; Sniffer; Crimebuster: Verdict - Not Guilty!; Daredevil. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Nov 1946 by Lev Gleason.$280.00
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- Label #4276565006
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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Chic Stone, Morris Weiss (credited as Wes Sirrom), 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 and the Little Wise Guys investigate the murder of a trapeze artist at a circus. Boxer Go-Along Gallagher hires a new trainer who's classy, but not as good as street-fighter Nocky. Teen inventor Dickie Dean encounters a gang of killers while testing his new burrowing rocket. Also featuring a vintage ad for a Daredevil "Sun Dial Wrist Watch," and an early strip by future Marvel legend Chic Stone. Another over-the-top cover by Charles Biro, especially for clownophobes. Daredevil and the Little Wise Guys; Daredevil; Sniffer; We'll Never Forget; Inside Dope; Crimebuster: Too Many Clues; Go-Along Gallagher; Dickie Dean. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Jul 1947 by Lev Gleason.$295.00
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- Slab: Significant front/back scuff(s)
- Label #0062057001
Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Dick French, Dan Barry 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's alter ego Bart Hill tries to help street kids from turning to crime, but when one of them finds a gun, tragedy looms. Bart tries to intervene in a kidnapping, inspiring him to resume his Daredevil identity, in a story with early art by Flash Gordon's Dan Barry. Sniffer travels to Mexico, where he is mistaken for an ancient Aztec statue because of his oddly shaped head. Daredevil and the Little Wise Guys; Inside Dope; Crimebuster: Ten Little Fingers; Sniffer. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Nov 1947 by Lev Gleason.$125.00
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- Label #1017903003
$85.00
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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Bob Wood, Dan Barry 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 tales on the new alter ego of Professor Bill Hart, and a crooked patent attorney puts the Little Wise Guys in danger when they join a test flight. Sniffer falls for an elaborate practical joke. The Little Wise Guys take on a bully. The backup historical strip "Famous Eccentrics" includes the Marquis de Sade, a strange choice even for a pre-Code 1940s comic book. Also featuring a vintage ad for an "Authentic Dick Tracy Tommy Gun and Detective Badge." Daredevil and the Little Wise Guys; Daredevil; Famous Eccentrics; Crimebuster: Case of the Careful Suicide; Sniffer. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Jul 1948 by Lev Gleason.$7.90
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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.
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Published Sep 1948 by Lev Gleason.$37.00
View scans- Staple rust. Water damage.
$8.50
View scan- Remaindered copy. Remainder cut on first two pages. Staples added (not manufacturing). Staple rust.
$237.00
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- Label #4276565007
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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.
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Published Nov 1948 by Lev Gleason.$39.00
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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.
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Published Mar 1949 by Lev Gleason.$39.00
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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Al Borth, 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 and the Little Wise Guys are chosen to lead an archaeological expedition to an Egyptian tomb that has never been located. Sniffer and the Deadly Dozen stow away aboard a gambling ship that turns out to be a gangster's elaborate kidnapping scheme. The Little Wise Guys have to let inept player Lawrence join their junior football league, so his father will give them land for a clubhouse. Also featuring a vintage ad for the Buck Rogers Sonic Ray gun. Daredevil and the Little Wise Guys; This'll Kill Ya!; Daredevil; Crimebuster: The Case of the Death-Dealing Statuette; Sniffer. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Jul 1949 by Lev Gleason.$88.00
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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Claude Moore, and Albert Tyler. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. Pee Wee befriends a strange bear cub-like creature out in the woods, but soon the world's scientists are clamoring to study this new beast. A comics biography of Robert Fulton, who pioneered steam travel. The Little Wise Guys and Daredevil intervene when a bitter old woman tries to blame a young boy for vandalizing her property. Daredevil and the Little Wise Guys; Sportsquiz; Daredevil; Crimebuster: The Clue in the Camera; Rags to Riches. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Nov 1949 by Lev Gleason.$39.00
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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 get trapped in the house of the world's greatest practical joker. A band of gypsies swindles Sniffer out of his car, but he gets the last laugh. The Little Wise Guys help a scientist who's trying to remember the formula for the ultimate truth serum. Daredevil and the Little Wise Guys: The Mystery of the Practical Joker!; The Know-How on Place Kicking; Daredevil: The Truth Serum and Its Missing Formula!; Crimebuster: The Crimebuster Clubs First Case; Famous Eccentrics; Sniffer. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Jan 1950 by Lev Gleason.$17.00
View scanCover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Claude Moore, 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. Scarecrow's first solo flight turns out to be a breakneck adventure with Daredevil to catch up with robbers. A collection of strange true facts and feats involving kids and teenagers. The Little Wise Guys help Pee Wee take on a popular football star who's just a big bully. Also featuring a vintage ad for the Lone Ranger Silver Bullet Ball Pen Set. Daredevil and the Little Wise Guys: Their Race Against The Tricky Robbers!; Good Things Come in Small Packages; Daredevil: Pee Wee's Case Against the Conceited Football Star!; Crimebuster: Monkey Business Pays Off; Famous Eccentrics; Sniffer. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Jul 1950 by Lev Gleason.$10.25
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. Johnny wants to be an artist, but his big brother Jerry takes every opportunity to bully him, until the Little Wise Guys step in. Sniffer and Skully try to get arrested to help their buddies on the prison baseball team. The Little Wise Guys learn that an eccentric scientist has created a machine that can make exact duplicates of anything. Little Wise Guys: Big Brother Trouble; Daredevil: The Four Little Bodyguards; Crimebuster: C.B.s Brush with Art; Sniffer. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Jan 1952 by Lev Gleason.$30.00
View scansCover 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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Published Apr 1952 by Lev Gleason.$26.00
View scanCover 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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Published May 1952 by Lev Gleason.$41.00
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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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Published Jun 1952 by Lev Gleason.$15.00
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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.
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Published Sep 1953 by Lev Gleason.$7.49
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.
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Published Nov 1953 by Lev Gleason.$10.50
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.
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Published Apr 1954 by Lev Gleason.$2.50
- INCOMPLETE. Piece missing from last page, interrupts art or story.
Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Irving Watanabe, Ben Brown, Robert Martinott and Tony DiPreta. This boys' adventure title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. Slugger gets taken up in yet another runaway plane, this one a large-scale model radio-controlled aircraft. Dilly Duncan's prank war with Gruesome Jones escalates during April Fool's Day, until Gruesome winds up in court. The backup historical strip features true stories of people who were amazingly lucky. Also, a biography of baseball legend Lou Gehrig, and a history of the Aztec Empire. Little Wise Guys: The Racket Busters; The Little Wise Guys Scrap Book: More Than Muscle; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: April Fool; Fortune's Favorites; Little Wise Guys: Up a Mysterious Tree; Little Wise Guys: Wise Guys vs Gravity; History in Our Backyard. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Aug 1955 by Lev Gleason.$5.30
Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Frank Bolle and Tony DiPreta. This boys' adventure title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. Slugger accidentally steals a time bomb that has already begun its countdown. The Little Wise Guys rescue an eccentric millionaire from drowning, only to learn he's an escaped convict trying to get to his loot. The backup historical strip features oddball factoids. Also featuring an activities page, including a drawing of Scarecrow, and "How would you like to make your own home movies?" Little Wise Guys: Time Bum!; No Kidding!; Dilly Duncan and Gruesome Jones: Big Wheel; Little Wise Guys: Big Reception; Little Wise Guys: Go Peddle Your Paddle; Lev Gleason's Fun Time. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Published Oct 1956 by Lev Gleason.$7.50
$5.30
$2.49
Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro and Tony DiPreta. 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 try to escape an avalanche in the mountains of Idaho, in their final adventure. Rivals Dilly Duncan and Gruesome Jones are forced to share a horse costume at a masquerade party, and hilarity ensues. The backup historical strip features odd baseball situations. Little Wise Guys: Just Between Us Dummies; So Don't Believe Me!; Dilly Duncan and Gruesome Jones: Hiss And Make Up!; Little Wise Guys: Can't Shoot You For Trying; Little Wise Guys: Danger From Below; Lev Gleason's Fun Time. Final issue of the series, after 15 years. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.