XOW Logo
  • Location
    • Home
    • Issue Detail, List Content Items
in for
   
by
Facebook Logo
Report a Bug Ask for Support Review Site Apply to be an Editor
Issue: Boy Comics #89 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1953
Previous Base Issue Previous Issue Variant Next Issue Variant Next Base Issue
 
Disclose Detail
Issues: #89 of 117 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Publisher: FlagLev Gleason
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Lev Gleason Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency: Authorized A. C. M. P. Conforms to the Comics Code
Content Items: 5 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Charles Biro; Bob Wood
Disclose Notes: Indicia title is 'Boy Illustories'.
  Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
Disclose Format
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:  
Disclose Reprinted In1
reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue.
Disclose Reprinted From0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets0
 
spacer
Disclose Content Items (5 total)
Disclose Issue Images
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Sniffer; Iron Jaw [von Schmidt]; The Claw (inset); Crimebuster [Chuck Chandler] (inset); Squeeks (inset, a monkey)
First Line: And when I get your throat in my hands... Aiee
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The comic is actually titled Boy Illustories.
Disclose
He Got What Was Coming

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Crimebuster [Chuck Chandler]; Squeeks (CB's monkey)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose
Iron Jaw's Biggest Bite

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Sniffer & Deadly Dozen
Character(s): Sniffer; Deadly Dozen; Iron Jaw [von Schmidt] (villain)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose
The Four Musketeers

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Little Wise Guys
Character(s): The Little Wiseguys
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose
The Return of the Claw

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Rocky X; The Claw (villain; new origin in flashback, with lots of revisions); Adolf Hitler (cameo); the Nazis (villains, cameo)
Synopsis: After losing nearly one third of their forces in combat, the Rocketeers must face the invasion of the Earth, and Rocky volunteers the Rocketeers to take on the invasion force, which they discover comes from the Planet Zylmarz...the home of the infamous Claw!
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #11 published December 2012
as The Return of the Claw [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7

Site designed and hosted by XOWTech, Inc..
Any questions or problems with this site should be directed to REMOVE-webmaestro-THESE@xowcomics.com.

XOW, XOWComics.com, XOWTech and XOWTech.com are registered trademarks of XOWTech, Inc.
© XOWTech, Inc., 2010 - 2026. All rights reserved.

Some data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.