(February 1954)

Lev Gleason, 1953 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1953-11-30
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Junior Readers' Guild Inc.
Brand
Lev Gleason Publications
Editing
Harold Straubing

Issue Notes

On sale date from The Amazing Adventures of Buster Crabbe (Lev Gleason, 1953 Series) #1 (December 1953-January 1954).

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Buster Crabbe / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alex Toth
Inks
Alex Toth
Colors
?
Letters
?
Reprints
Cover Thumbnail for Buster Crabbe (Lev Gleason, 1953 series) #2
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Dark of the Moon (Table of Contents: 1)

Buster Crabbe / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alex Toth
Inks
Mike Peppe; John Celardo
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
science fiction
Reprints
Keywords
celebrity

Indexer Notes

Ink credit changed after comparing to art signed Toth & Peppe in issue 3. Gene Reed - 12/4/2010.
Page 6 appears to be inked by John Celardo. Also Busters face retouched on page 6 panel 2 and the last panel on page 9.

[Want a picture of Buster Crabbe?] (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

The Jungle of Death (Table of Contents: 3)

Buster Crabbe / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mort Leav (signed)
Inks
Mort Leav (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hurry up. Griggs!
Genre
jungle
Characters
Griggs (villain); Professor Johnson; Janet Johnson; Buster Crabbe
Synopsis
Griggs and two other escaped convicts cross paths with Professor Johnson's search for a lost city.
Keywords
Le Nigre Island; Nakobi; Ngambe

Indexer Notes

The lost city may be Mbebi (aka Ntoh Firloo), the original palace built for the Fon when the Nso people migrated from the Lake Chad area (in what, at the time of the story, was British Cameroons). The island the convicts escaped might be Fernando Po Island.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Lev Gleason
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi gang: I certainly have a lot of news for you this month.
Synopsis
Statement from Lev Gleason to readers urging them to support the comic book, watch Buster Crabbe on television, start fan clubs, etc.

[The Best of All--Christmas Gift] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

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

Killer On the Loose (Table of Contents: 6)

Buster Crabbe / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Alex Toth
Inks
Mike Peppe
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Reprints
Keywords
celebrity

Indexer Notes

Pencils previously credited to Bill Walton.

Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Buster Crabbe
  2. 1. Dark of the Moon
    Buster Crabbe
  3. 2. [Want a picture of Buster Crabbe?]
  4. 3. The Jungle of Death
    Buster Crabbe
  5. 4. ["Hi gang: I certainly have a lot of news for you this month."]
  6. 5. [The Best of All--Christmas Gift]
  7. 6. Killer On the Loose
    Buster Crabbe
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  • Ray Bottorff Jr
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  • Axel Kahlstorff
  • Gene Reed (R.I.P.)
  • Jim Van Dore
  • David Wilt
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