Daredevil Comics (1941 Lev Gleason) comic books

Written by Charles Biro. Art and cover by Charles Biro. The Kiss of Death; Forty years after he and his partner discovered the tomb of Princess Sheba, Dr. Pierce, knowing the Princess was buried alive, discovers a secret hidden inside the golden cobra buried with her: a serum which can bring her back to life! Written by Dick Wood. Art by Bernard Klein. Introducing the Whirlwind; Terry Turner is taking on an inhuman brute named Jean Jacques for the heavyweight championship, and learns that two swindlers are asking Terry to take a dive in the fight. Written by Dick Wood. Art by George Roussos (as Inky Roussos). Untitled Nightro, the Streamlined Robin Hood story; Two unscrupulous miners, having discovered a vein of pitchblend (or radium), have their find confirmed by scientist, Hugh Goddard. Art by Edd Ashe. Baseball Beginnings; The baseball team at Hale University is doing poorly and Coach Taylor is in danger of losing his job. Written by Bob Wood. Art by J. Gahr. The Coming of the Pioneer; The Pioneer hears a crash and discovers a wrecked car with injured men at the bottom of a gorge. Art by Charles Biro. Daredevil On Defense" text story. Written by Dick Briefer. Art by Dick Briefer. Origin of the Bronze Terror; Unscrupulous renegade Scar Thornton fills the Indians with liquor and fleeces them of their money on crooked games of chance. Written by Jerry Robinson. Art by Jerry Robinson. London Can Take It!; A prisoner of a concentration camp, Franz escapes with the help of Dian and makes his way to London, where he is greeted and lauded by the Prime Minister himself. Ad for Captain Battle Comics. Ad for Silver Streak Comics. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Written by Charles Biro. Art and cover by Charles Biro. The Case of the Killer Who Hated Death!!; Daredevil must battle a person who seems ordinary during the day, but who suddenly seems to take on a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde personality at night, becoming a vicious, monstrous killer! Written by Dick Wood. Art by George Roussos. The Suicide Circle; Two racketeers discover a doctor who has created a process in skin grafting that would allow criminals to commit crimes without leaving fingerprints behind. Written by Dick Wood. Art by Bernard Klein. Origin of 13; A reporter for The Herald is first on the 13th day of the month because of his editor's belief that the young man's views on a story are all wrong. Written by Bob Wood. Art by Bob Wood. The Battle of the Centuries; Having hypnotized the 2000 soldiers he had captured to serve as an Army to help him seize control of America, the Claw faces the challenge of an opposing force. Written by Jerry Robinson. Art by Jerry Robinson. Hesst Captured; Surveying the damage to London after the attacks made on it by the enemy and promises that the spy ring operating in the city will be captured within 48 hours. Written by Dick Wood. Art by Bernard Klein. K.O.'s Jones in 2nd; As Whirlwind continues to win in the ring, two fight promoters decides the only way to stop Terry is by hiring an ugly brute of a creature from Brazil to step in the ring with him. Ad for Silver Streak Comics, art by Jack Binder. Ad for Captain Battle Comics #1, art by George Harrison. 68 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Dick Wood, Bernard Klein, Bob Wood, Frank Borth, George Roussos, Edd Ashe, Jerry Robinson and Dick Briefer. Incorrectly listed as issue #6 on cover. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. 13 and Jinx face King Questionmark, a deformed madman who escapes an asylum and makes his fellow lunatics (who all believe they are famous people) into his criminal gang. Star-spangled shero Pat Patriot battles gangsters who have hidden jewels in a racing engine during the Indy 500. Apache superhero the Bronze Terror intervenes when Nazi spies target a defense plant near a reservation, in a story with art by Dick Briefer. Daredevil: The Case of the Mysterious Trunk; Claw Battles Ghost, Round 3; Pat Patriot: Indianapolis Speedway; Nightro; Real American #1; Thirteen and Jinx: When Mad Men Meet - Crippled Vengeance, Ch. 2; Meet 'Perfect Crime' Parodi; London; Whirlwind: Round 1. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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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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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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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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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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Richard French, Morris Weiss, 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 reveals his true origin to the Little Wise Guys: he mastered the boomerang while being raised by a tribe of aborigines in Australia. Boxer Go-Along Gallagher finally hits the big time, but someone wants him to throw a fight. Teen inventor Dickie Dean is testing his "mechanical whale" when it gets hijacked by smugglers. Also featuring a vintage ad for Pepsi-Cola starring "Pepsi the Pepsi-Cola Cop," and illustrated profiles of writer Charles Biro, publisher Lev Gleason and artist Bob Wood. Daredevil and the Little Wise Guys; Daredevil; Sniffer; We'll Never Forget; Twiddle; Crimebuster: Too Many Clues; Go-Along Gallagher; Dickie Dean. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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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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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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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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.

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.

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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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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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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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Bart Tumey, 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. The Little Wise Guys start a ghostbusting business and investigate who's been digging up graves at a local cemetery. Sniffer inherits a racehorse that can win any race - but only in the mornings. Scarecrow inadvertently stows away on a supersonic jet. Daredevil and the Little Wise Guys: In the Haunted House; Tips on Championship Basketball!; Daredevil: 300 Miles Into the Sky; Crimebuster: Barons Return!; Sniffer. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

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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.

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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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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro and Carl Hubbell. 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 night in a haunted house. Dilly Duncan decides to become a cheesecake photographer to win a contest, but he knows nothing about photography or women. The backup historical strip features true tales about strange accidents. Also featuring a vintage ad for "Space Specs" - mini-binoculars that wear like eyeglasses. Little Wise Guys: Kakamatee Tchat; Timber! Low Bridge! And Look Out Below!; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: It's A Snap!; Little Wise Guys: The Right to Be Wrong; Little Wise Guys: There Are No Ghooossstttsss! 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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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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.