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Boy Comics [Boy Illustories]

Lev Gleason [1930s-1950s] · 1942–1956 · 117 issues
About the series

From 1942 to 1956, Lev Gleason’s Boy Comics (originally Boy Illustories) ran for 117 issues, a gritty, wartime-to-postwar series most defined by writer and artist Charles Biro. Alongside frequent collaborators Norman Maurer and a young Joe Kubert, Biro anchored the book with the brutal, urban adventures of Bart Hill—the original Daredevil—a vigilante whose no-guns code and tragic origin predated the more famous Marvel hero. A cornerstone of Gleason’s line, the series blended crime-fighting, horror-tinged action, and moralistic fury, standing as a key example of the pre-Code era’s raw, unflinching comic book storytelling.