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Issue: Boy Comics #5 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1942
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Issues: #5 of 117 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagLev Gleason
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Comic House, Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/15/1942
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Charles Biro; Bob Wood
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 3.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; later standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed)
Inker(s): Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Feature(s): Crimebuster; Bombshell
Character(s): Crimebuster [Chuck Chandler]; Young Robinhood; Bombshell; Swoop Storm; Japanese (villains); Squeeks (monkey)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Crimebuster [Chuck Chandler]; Squeeks (monkey)
First Line: Buy war stamps today and every day!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Touch of the Leper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed)
Penciller(s): Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed)
Inker(s): Charles Biro [as Biro (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Crimebuster
Character(s): 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)
First Line: So long, O'Roarke, if I never see your puss again it'll...
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.
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Reprint Notes: in Men of Mystery (AC, 1999 series) #112 (2019) in black and white
Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose 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.
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Thumbs Up, America

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alan Mandel
Inker(s): Alan Mandel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Young Robinhood
Character(s): Robinhood's band [Fatso [Friar Tuck]; Freckles [Little John]; Shorty [Big Doc]] (introduction all); Young Robinhood
First Line: Out of the night came shadows of the past...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Alexandre Tchekolin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Wood ?
Penciller(s): Ed Smalle
Inker(s): Ed Smalle
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Boy Comics Hero of the Month
Character(s): Alexandre Tchekolin; Nazis (villains)
First Line: Alexandre Tchekolin, the Russian youth who sold his life dearly that Germany's vicious...
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Based on the story of Alexander Pavlovich Chekalin.
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The Fire Trick

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Briefer
Penciller(s): Dick Briefer
Inker(s): Dick Briefer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Rabbit Foote
Character(s): Rabbit Foote
First Line: No use going into a lot of detail--
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daredevil Comics
Character(s): Daredevil [Bart Hill]; Dickie Dean; Todd; Sniffer; 13; Jinx; The Claw; Houdonnit
First Line: The comic magazine that dared to be different gives you the...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Daredevil Comics.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Crimebuster [Chuck Chandler]; Squeeks
First Line: Contest winners announced
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Pages: 2
Disclose 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.
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Striker the Assassin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Wood ?
Penciller(s): Norman Maurer
Inker(s): Norman Maurer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Bombshell
Character(s): Striker (first appearance); Bombshell; Betty; Fuseg; Nazis
First Line: Last month, Bombshell escaped to the English shores with Nazi plans for the...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Murder Mite

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Woody Hamilton
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Snooty Morgan; Agnes; Blackie
First Line: Snooty Morgan was not the kind of a guy you could love or hate.
Synopsis: Snooty captures the Moroni gang single-handedly.
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Pages: 2
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The Case of Tony Delara

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Wood
Penciller(s): Bob Wood
Inker(s): Bob Wood
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Feature(s): Case #1003
Character(s): Tony Delara; Jeanne Conrad; Ronny Hill; Mr. Smith; Ryan
First Line: Anything and everything one does in life must have a...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Curse of Captain Hogan

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Frank Volp
Inker(s): Frank Volp
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Swoop Storm
Character(s): Swoop Storm; Winkie; Hogan; Nazis (villains)
First Line: Tragedy stalked the Atlantic seaboard...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Armenia

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sidney M. Elias
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Stamps
First Line: Remember the story as told by the Bible how Noah and his...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Information about stamps including ads for stamp collecting.
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The Defense Bond Campaign

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Charles Biro ?
Penciller(s): Bart Tumey
Inker(s): Bart Tumey
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Little Wise Guys
Character(s): Little Wise Guys [Dodo; Muggsy; Frank; Gimp; Specs]; Clancey
First Line: I ain't hidin' no Jap in my butcher shop!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Alabeezer the Alchemist

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Briefer
Penciller(s): Dick Briefer
Inker(s): Dick Briefer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Yankee Longago
Character(s): Yankee Longago; Alabeezer; Cassius; Brutus; Cleopatra; Marc Antony; Roma
First Line: Whew! That was some workout we got in...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Crime Does Not Pay
First Line: I sentence you to 365 days of thrilling enjoyment in...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. House ad for Crime Does Not Pay.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Morgenthau, Jr.
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): United States Savings Bonds and Stamps
First Line: A special message to the boys and girls of America from...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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