(April 1954)

Lev Gleason, 1941 Series
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Volume:
1
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
36
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
?
Brand:
?
Editing:
Charles Biro
Format:
Standard Golden Age U.S.; Full Color: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched

Issue Notes

Indicia states "Daredevil".


[The Racket Busters] (Table of Contents)

The Little Wise Guys / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Charles Biro (signed)
Inks:
Charles Biro (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Adventure
Characters:
The Little Wise Guys

The Racket Busters (Table of Contents)

The Little Wise Guys / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Charles Biro (credited)
Pencils:
Tony DiPreta (signed) [as T. DiPreta]
Inks:
Tony DiPreta (signed) [as T. DiPreta]
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Adventure
Characters:
The Little Wise Guys

More Than Muscle (Table of Contents)

The Little Wise Guys Scrap Book / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Irving Watanabe
Inks:
Irving Watanabe
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Fact
Characters:
Lou Gehrig
Synopsis:
Biography of Lou Gehrig

Indexer Notes

Artwork is unsigned, but appears to be Watanabe, based on similar signed artwork in Daredevil 112. Letterer credit to Watanabe based on Jerry Bails' Who's Who saying that Watanabe was a letterer.


April Fool (Table of Contents)

Dilly Duncan / comic story / 3.67 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Ben Brown (signed)
Inks:
Ben Brown (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Teen
Characters:
Dilly Duncan; Gruesome
Synopsis:
Dilly and Gruesome play April Fool's jokes on each other, but the joke goes too far when Gruesome is given a real summons to appear in court.

Indexer Notes

Last third of last page is statement of ownership.


Fortune's Favorites (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
Typeset

Content Information

Genre:
Fact
Synopsis:
True stories of unusual luck.

Crimebuster Is Always A Hit (Table of Contents)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Content Information

Synopsis:
1 page ad for Boy Comics, featuring Crimebuster.

Up A Mysterious Tree (Table of Contents)

The Little Wise Guys / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Charles Biro (credited)
Pencils:
Robert Martinott
Inks:
Robert Martinott
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Adventure
Characters:
The Little Wise Guys

Indexer Notes

Original indexer credited Martinoff, but likely ment Martinott since no Martinoff appears in Jerry Bails' Who's Who. Artwork is unsigned.


["What's the hardest thing to learn about farming, Mrs. Lingo?"] (Table of Contents)

Belly Laughs / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Humor
Synopsis:
Four gag cartoons.

Wise Guys Versus Gravity (Table of Contents)

The Little Wise Guys / comic story / 5.66 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Charles Biro (credited)
Pencils:
Tony DiPreta (signed)
Inks:
Tony DiPreta (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Adventure
Characters:
The Little Wise Guys

History In Our Backyard (Table of Contents)

filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
Fact
Characters:
Montezuma; Cortez
Synopsis:
Brief history of the Aztecs.

The Amazing Adventures of Buster Crabbe (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Content Information

Synopsis:
Ad for Buster Crabbe comic and fan club.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. The Racket Busters
    The Little Wise Guys
  2. 2. More Than Muscle
    The Little Wise Guys Scrap Book
  3. 3. April Fool
    Dilly Duncan
  4. 4. Fortune's Favorites
  5. 5. Crimebuster Is Always A Hit
  6. 6. Up A Mysterious Tree
    The Little Wise Guys
  7. 7. ["What's the hardest thing to learn about farming, Mrs. Lingo?"]
    Belly Laughs
  8. 8. Wise Guys Versus Gravity
    The Little Wise Guys
  9. 9. History In Our Backyard
  10. 10. The Amazing Adventures of Buster Crabbe
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