Boy Comics #5

(August 1942)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

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Buy war stamps today and every day!

Characters

Crimebuster [Chuck Chandler]; Squeeks (monkey)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Touch of the Leper (Table of Contents: 2)

Crimebuster / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Charles Biro (signed as Biro)

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Charles Biro (signed as Biro)

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Charles Biro (signed as Biro)

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So long, O'Roarke, if I never see your puss again it'll...

Genre

adventure; crime; superhero

Characters

Crimebuster [Chuck Chandler]; Squeeks (a monkey); O'Roarke (prison guard); Barbara (girl who saves Crimebuster, introduction); Carol (Barbara's twin sister, introduction, cameo); Coach Darcy (death); [Darcy] (villain, Coach Darcy's twin brother, introduction); The Leper (German saboteur, introduction)

Synopsis

Chuck meets up once again with his old coach, Darcy, not realizing that he has a twin criminal brother, who later murders the coach and takes his place as a serviceman while secretly working for the Germans. When Crimebuster is shot by the Leper, but survives, he sets his sights on the Leper and to Darcy, intending to end the sabotage efforts both are involved in.

Reprints

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #112 (2019) [black and white]

Keywords

Uncle Sam

Indexer Notes

Crimebuster's monkey is officially named Squeeks in this issue. In Daredevil Comics #9, in the story "On Mystery Mountain," Crimebuster's monkey was called Gargantua.

The last illustrated panel blurb tells of Crimebuster's next story, featuring the return of Iron Jaw.

Thumbs Up, America (Table of Contents: 3)

Young Robinhood / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Alan Mandel

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Alan Mandel

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Out of the night came shadows of the past...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Robinhood's band [Fatso [Friar Tuck]; Freckles [Little John]; Shorty [Big Doc]] (introduction all); Young Robinhood

[Alexandre Tchekolin] (Table of Contents: 4)

Boy Comics Hero of the Month / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Wood ?

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Ed Smalle

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Ed Smalle

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Alexandre Tchekolin, the Russian youth who sold his life dearly that Germany's vicious...

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Alexandre Tchekolin; Nazis (villains)

Keywords

Russia; World War II

Indexer Notes

Based on the story of Alexander Pavlovich Chekalin.

[The Fire Trick] (Table of Contents: 5)

Rabbit Foote / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Briefer

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Dick Briefer

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Dick Briefer

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No use going into a lot of detail--

Genre

humor

Characters

Rabbit Foote

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

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The comic magazine that dared to be different gives you the...

Characters

Daredevil [Bart Hill]; Dickie Dean; Todd; Sniffer; 13; Jinx; The Claw; Houdonnit

Indexer Notes

House ad for Daredevil Comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

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Contest winners announced

Characters

Crimebuster [Chuck Chandler]; Squeeks

Indexer Notes

The winner of the naming contest for Crimebuster's monkey is announced along with the name for the monkey. The winning name for the monkey is Squeeks and the contest winner is Billy Mickey.

[Striker the Assassin] (Table of Contents: 8)

Bombshell / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Dick Wood ?

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Norman Maurer

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Norman Maurer

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Last month, Bombshell escaped to the English shores with Nazi plans for the...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Striker (first appearance); Bombshell; Betty; Fuseg; Nazis

Reprints

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #108 (2018)

Keywords

U-boat

The Murder Mite (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Wood (credited as Woody Hamilton)

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typeset

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Snooty Morgan was not the kind of a guy you could love or hate.

Genre

adventure

Characters

Snooty Morgan; Agnes; Blackie

Synopsis

Snooty captures the Moroni gang single-handedly.

Keywords

Broadway

The Case of Tony Delara (Table of Contents: 10)

Case #1003 / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Wood

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Bob Wood

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Bob Wood

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Anything and everything one does in life must have a...

Genre

crime

Characters

Tony Delara; Jeanne Conrad; Ronny Hill; Mr. Smith; Ryan

[The Curse of Captain Hogan] (Table of Contents: 11)

Swoop Storm / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Frank Volpe (credited as Frank Volp)

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Frank Volpe (credited as Frank Volp)

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Tragedy stalked the Atlantic seaboard...

Genre

aviation

Characters

Swoop Storm; Winkie; Hogan; Nazis (villains)

Keywords

Mary Ann (ship); U-boat

Armenia (Table of Contents: 12)

Stamps / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Sidney Elias (credited as Sidney M. Elias)

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Remember the story as told by the Bible how Noah and his...

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Information about stamps including ads for stamp collecting.

[The Defense Bond Campaign] (Table of Contents: 13)

Little Wise Guys / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Charles Biro ?

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Bart Tumey

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Bart Tumey

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I ain't hidin' no Jap in my butcher shop!

Genre

adventure

Characters

Little Wise Guys [Dodo; Muggsy; Frank; Gimp; Specs]; Clancey

[Alabeezer the Alchemist] (Table of Contents: 14)

Yankee Longago / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Briefer (credited)

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Dick Briefer (credited)

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Dick Briefer (credited)

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Whew! That was some workout we got in...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Yankee Longago; Alabeezer; Cassius; Brutus; Cleopatra; Marc Antony; Roma

Keywords

time travel

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Crime Does Not Pay / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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I sentence you to 365 days of thrilling enjoyment in...

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. House ad for Crime Does Not Pay.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

United States Savings Bonds and Stamps / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Morgenthau Jr.

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A special message to the boys and girls of America from...

Indexer Notes

Back cover.