Daredevil Comics (1941 Lev Gleason) comic books

Add to cart CGC 2.5 $985.00 View scans CGC Qualified Paper: Cream to off white Staples replaced. Label #4539580009 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

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.

Add to cart CGC 2.0 $660.00 View scans Paper: Off white Label #4439740006

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 Volp, Carl Hubbell, Bob Montana, Lin Streeter, Sidney M. Elias and Dick Briefer. This early superhero title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. As World War II heats up, masked crimefighter Daredevil joins the Army Air Corps, the precursor to the Air Force. Pat Patriot puts on a wartime defense benefit at the upscale Diamond Room, but all is not as it seems. Two stories with early art by Archie creator Bob Montana, including a superhero tale and a comedy short. Daredevil: War; Thirteen and Jinx: Mystery of the Everglades, Ch. 1; Sniffer; Crimebuster: New York Under Fire; Houdonnit the Great; Real American #1; London; Pat Patriot; Whirlwind; Stamps: The Niagara Falls; Claw: Death To the Allies! 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Dick Wood, Bob Wood, Alan Mandel, Carl Hubbell, Bart Tumey, Dan Barry, 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. The Little Wise Guys battle a street gang called the Steamrollers, resulting in the shocking death of founding Wise Guys member Meatball. Rhyming reporter Scoop Scuttle braves a burning building and accidentally unearths an arsonist, in a story by comics legend Basil Wolverton. The Pirate Prince discovers just rulers who have been imprisoned in a dungeon by a dictator, in a story with art by Dick Briefer. Also featuring inks by future Flash Gordon artist Dan Barry. Daredevil; Thirteen and Jinx Smack the Saboteur; Sniffer; Dickie Dean; Scoop Scuttle; The Pirate Prince; Crimebuster: Sudden Death; The Claw. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $310.00 View scans 3.5" Cumulative spine split. Cover coming loose at both staples.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Dick Wood, Bob Wood, Carl Hubbell, 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. Daredevil reveals his true origin to the Little Wise Guys: he mastered the boomerang while being raised by a tribe of aborigines in Australia. Rhyming reporter Scoop Scuttle falls asleep and dreams of being a war correspondent in North Africa, in a story by comics legend Basil Wolverton. Teen inventor Dickie Dean tests out a hypnosis machine on Nazi soldiers, in a story with art by Dick Briefer. Daredevil; Sniffer; Dickie Dean; Scoop Scuttle; The Pirate Prince; Crimebuster: Too Tough to Fight; The Claw: The Ghost Meets the Claw's Uncle. 60 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Dick Wood, Bob Wood, Dick Hall, and Dick Briefer. 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 a series of traumatic murders at Punch and Judy puppet shows. The Pirate Prince's pal Droopy falls in love, in a story by Dick Briefer. A PSA for WWII paper drives, an early recycling program, featuring Daredevil and the Little Wise Guys, as well as creators Lev Gleason, Bob Wood and Charles Biro. Also featuring an over-the-top pre-Code cover by Charles Biro, with a Punch and Judy show opening fire on the audience - surely one of the most bizarre Golden Age covers ever. Daredevil: The Punch and Judy Murders; Sniffer; Dickie Dean: Magnetic Magician; On the Road to Stalingrad; The Pirate Prince: Droopy Falls in Love; The Claw; A Daredevil Special. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Dick Wood, Bob Q. Sale, and Dick Briefer. 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 get involved in the search for missing jewels aboard an ocean liner. The Pirate Prince and Droopy pursue a pirate ship into the Arctic Ocean, in a story by Dick Briefer. Teen inventor Dickie Dean tries to rescue his pal from a runaway plane, in a story featuring art possibly by Archie creator Bob Montana. Another bizarre bondage cover by Charles Biro. Daredevil; Sniffer and the Deadly Dozen; Dickie Dean; Crimebuster: Death in Disguise; The Pirate Prince; The Claw. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $99.95 or Best Offer View scans Three center wraps detached at single center staple, water damage/staining throughout, staple rust/migration, minor mold spots. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by humble cow

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Dick Wood, Bob Q. Sale, Carl Hubbell and Dick Briefer. 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 encounter a carnival fortune teller and his trail of shattered lives. The Pirate Prince meets the evil Horrible Horace, who takes advantage of their uncanny resemblance, in a story by Dick Briefer. Teen inventor Dickie Dean creates a houseboat of the air. Daredevil; Sniffer and the Deadly Dozen; Dickie Dean; Crimebuster: A Real Champ; The Pirate Prince; The Claw. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart CGC 6.5 $199.95 or Best Offer View scans Paper: Off white Label #4364177011 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, Sidney Mason, Clarence Jackson, 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. Roger Wilco and female air ace Toni Roberts face off on the ground and in the air. Teen inventor Dickie Dean meets the fisherman with the unfortunate name of 'Fishhead' Harry.... A bonus Daredevil and the Little Wise Guys story set in the International Magician's Club, along with an actual song about the masked hero, complete with musical score. Daredevil; Dickie Dean; Roger Wilco; Sniffer; Crimebuster and the Kill Crazy Convict; Chauncey: Your Mother Wants You!; Daredevil and the Little Wise Guys; Daredevil: The Song. 68 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $8.00 INCOMPLETE. Missing centerfold (affects art and story). 1/2" lateral spine tear. 4" cumulative spine split.

Cover 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. Daredevil and the Wise Guys race to rescue a boy who is trapped in an airborne glider when his controls fail. The backup historical strip "Famous Eccentrics" includes royalty such as Cleopatra, Henry VIII, Montezuma and Madame DuBarry. The Little Wise Guys help an off-duty cop tackle the ringleaders of a gambling ring. Daredevil and the Little Wise Guys; Famous Eccentrics; Aero-Quiz; Daredevil; Crimebuster: Murder in Public; Sniffer; Goofy Gadgets; Rags to Riches. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart PR 0.5 $8.00 INCOMPLETE. Missing pages (affects art and story). Water damage. 4" cumulative spine split (taped).

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.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $34.00 View scan Cover detached at one staple. Water damage.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, C.H. Moore, Jerry Fasano, 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 investigates a gang of bank robbers, but it's the Little Wise Guys who discover their loot hidden in a farm pond. Sniffer and Egghead search for gold in a remote valley. The Little Wise Guys help a boy who escaped from reform school find a better home. Little Wise Guys: The Runaway; The Results of the Favorite Wise Guy Contest!; Better Schools Make Better Communities; Fact Oddities!; Daredevil: Finders Keepers; Crimebuster: The Soda-Jerk Sleuth; Sniffer. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $28.00 View scan Water spotting.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, C.H. Moore, Jerry Fasano, 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 join a hobo camp, and intervene with Daredevil's help when a crook tries to swindle a kid out of a fortune. The Mayor hires Sniffer to help him find his mad twin brother, who thinks he's the Mayor. The Little Wise Guys help a boy find his fugitive father, who has accidentally joined the circus. Daredevil: A Hobo Camp; Deny It - If You Can!; Crimebuster: The Hidden Valley; Sniffer; Little Wise Guys: Man At Large. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Add to cart GD 2.0 $25.00 View scan Cover detached. 5" Cumulative spine split to cover.

Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, William Overgard, Ted Schroeder, 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. Pee Wee adopts a dwarf horse that turns out to be faster than any normal-sized horse. Tips on playing tennis from tennis pro Ted Schroeder. Some juvenile delinquents try to frame Pee Wee and the Little Wise Guys for killing a dog after Daredevil gives them gun safety lessons. Daredevil: Pee Wee and His Dwarf Horse; Tennis Tactics; Crimebuster: The Little Juggler; Sniffer; Little Wise Guys: Awful Phil. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover by Charles Biro. Stories and art by Charles Biro, Norman Maurer, C. H. Moore, Sidney M. Elias, 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 and Pee Wee get stranded at sea and are rescued by a whaling ship. Sniffer tries to convince his visiting cousin that he lives in a (borrowed) penthouse apartment, and chaos inevitably ensues. The last Sniffer story in this series. Daredevil attempts a daring midair rescue, in one of his final appearances in the title that bears his name. Little Wise Guys: Adrift With a Time Bomb; Deny It If You Can; Funny Boners; Crimebuster: Tommys Big Adventure; Sniffer; Daredevil: The Successful Snafu. 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 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. 36 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

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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.

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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.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $24.00 View scans Water spotting.

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.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $15.00 View scan 1" Spine split from bottom. Water damage.

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 try to help a kid escape from a tyrannical reform-school administrator. Dilly Duncan and his pals take some girls to the town's haunted house, only to run into actual ghosts. The backup historical strip "Human Endurance" includes some amazing feats of survival. Also featuring a vintage ad for a novelty "snake bow tie." Little Wise Guys: From Worse to Worst, Or It's Never Too Late to Reform; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: A Ghost of a Chance; Human Endurance; Little Wise Guys: Too Real for the Movies. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart VG- 3.5 $61.00

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $59.00

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 go out for football and meet a player whose showboating ruins it for everybody. A good cop is assigned to the rough neighborhood known as the Gas District, and quickly confronts juvenile gangs and a hood named Pugsy. The backup historical strip features true tales about smart animals. Also featuring a vintage ad for "Space Specs" - mini-binoculars that wear like eyeglasses. Little Wise Guys: The Grandstander; Teacher's Pets; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: Dilly's Haymaker; Little Wise Guys: Robbin' The Flag; Little Wise Guys: We're Sunk. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD- 1.8 $10.75

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. While visiting the island of Martinique, the Little Wise Guys rescue a mongoose, then encounter a cobra. Dilly Duncan agrees to help his pal Hoppy figure out if his girlfriend is being honest. The backup historical strip features true tales about travelling. Also, facts about space travel (then still in the future). Little Wise Guys: Dig A Little Deeper; You Are Leaving Tanganyika, Come Again!; Dilly Duncan of Dorset High: Trouble In Easy Lumps; Little Wise Guys: Too Fat To Fight!; Little Wise Guys: Hard Man To Block; Lev Gleason's Science Lore. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Add to cart GD 2.0 $3.20

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. A blow to the head gives Scarecrow incredible mental abilities. The Little Wise Guys join a documentary shoot, and stumble across a lost valley of surviving Crusaders. The backup historical strip features small things. Also featuring an activities page, including making an Australian boomerang, and a vintage ad for the "Genuine Superman Playsuit." Little Wise Guys: Backed-Off the Map; Small Smaller Smallest; Dilly Duncan and Gruesome Jones: Jet Take-off Goof-off!; Little Wise Guys: Too Much Dough!; Little Wise Guys: Scarecrow, the Human Univac!; 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, Norman Maurer, and Tony DiPreta. This boys' adventure title was one of the comics that made publisher Lev Gleason a major player during the Golden Age. Scarecrow goes ice skating and gets trapped on an ice floe heading toward a waterfall. Dilly Duncan teams up with a super-strong girl for a costume-party chariot race. The backup historical strip features child prodigies. Also featuring an activities page, including pan pipes, puzzles and riddles. Little Wise Guys: It's In the Bag; Jumping the Gun; Dilly Duncan and Gruesome Jones: Backseat Driver; Little Wise Guys: He Was a Good Skate; Little Wise Guys: What's So Funny Now? ; Lev Gleason's Fun Time. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.