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Issue: Boy Comics #72

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Publication Date: December 1951

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Issues: #72 of 117 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating: Conforms to the Comics Code

Publisher: Flag

Lev 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: Conforms to the Comics Code

Content Items: 5 (4 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Charles Biro; Bob Wood

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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

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Content Items (5 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Charles Biro (signed)

Inker(s): Charles Biro (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Crimebuster

Character(s): Crimebuster; Iron Jaw

First Line: I'm going to escape, Crimebuster, and when I do, you're going to pay!

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Boy Comics [Boy Illustories] #72 published January 1952
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]

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Pages: 1

Iron Jaw Meets His Master

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Charles Biro (credited)

Penciller(s): William Overgard (signed)

Inker(s): William Overgard (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Crimebuster

Character(s): Crimebuster; Iron Jaw (villain); The Chancellor; Captain Petrokin; Squeeks; Colonel Phelps; Captain Checkobok

Synopsis: The Chancellor sends for Iron Jaw, who is thought dead by the world, to have him take an atomic bomb to blow up the US atomic bomb supply. Crimebuster stumbles onto their rendezvous point and is captured, but manages to escape and use their own atomic bomb against them.

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Pages: 10

Boomerang of Destruction

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Charles Biro (credited)

Penciller(s): Hy Mankin (signed)

Inker(s): Hy Mankin (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Crimebuster

Character(s): Crimebuster; Iron Jaw (villain); Squeeks

Synopsis: Somehow the ship Iron Jaw is on board survives the atomic explosion, and he reaches New York in a small boat. He tries to blow up the Statue of Liberty but ends up in the water where, almost drowned, he is captured by Crimebuster.

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Pages: 7.67

Sven's Vengeance

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): William Overgard (signed)

Inker(s): William Overgard (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Little Wise Guys

Character(s): Sven Svenson; Slugger; Jock; Scarecrow; Curly

Synopsis: Ski champion Sven Svenson is in town to work at the local ski slopes, and he takes a bed in the Little Wise Guys' barn in exchange for giving them ski lessons. Scarecrow loves playing jokes on him, but Sven gets the last laugh.

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Pages: 2

Old Dog, New Tricks

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Charles Biro (credited)

Penciller(s): Charles Biro

Inker(s): Charles Biro

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Crimebuster

Character(s): Crimebuster; Iron Jaw (villain); District Attorney J.E. Loover; Squeeks; Dr. Manners; Dr. Scott

Synopsis: Iron Jaw is found not guilty of his crimes on the basis of insanity, due to the testimony of respected psychiatrist Dr. Manners. Manners treats him at the State Hospital For the Criminally Insane, and announces that he has cured him. Loover goes undercover as a captured spy to test Iron Jaw, but Iron Jaw sees through his disguise and pretends to be reformed. Even though Loover is convinced, Crimebuster is not, so he goes to check on Dr. Manners, learns that he is an enemy agent, and then recaptures Iron Jaw.

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Pages: 8