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Comic books in 'Joust'

  • Issue #106
    Boy Comics (1942) 106
    • Interior complete. Missing small piece (slightly affects story).

    Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Al Wenzel, Carl Hubbell, Ben Brown, Ralph Mayo and Charles Biro. An anthology title from publisher Lev Gleason and his primary creator, Charles Biro, featuring teen hero Crimebuster and his nemesis Iron Jaw. At a joust for a medieval charity fair, someone switches Crimebuster's lance with a real one and tries to frame him for attempted murder. Sniffer and Iron Jaw stage fake prize fights with stand-in champs, until the real champion boxers show up to give them what for. A traffic accident leads Crimebuster to a fugitive killer, featuring a wrist-mounted gun apparently of Charles Biro's design. Crimebuster: Robin Hood Lives Again; Behind the Clown's Laugh; Sniffer and Iron Jaw: Unfortunate Fortune; Crimebuster: Mr. Judge and Jury; Rocky X: Never Kick a Quiz Kid. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

  • Issue #572
    Hotspur (UK 1933-1959 D.C.Thompson) British Text Story Paper 572
    • Centerfold detached.
    • Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.

    May 3, 1947. No. 572. United Kingdom weekly boy's adventure story paper (text and illustrations). Featured stories this issue are "Booster (Big-Mouth) Barnett", "The Blood Brothers of Red Circle", "Dirk the King's Dog-Boy", and "Kellys Take A Lot of Killing". Small tabloid format, 8.5" x 12", b&w, 12 pages-all newsprint.