CREATOR

Name: Lev Gleason Publications (American comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded in 1939 by Leverett 'Lev' Gleason (1898-1971). Stopped in 1956.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under Lev Gleason in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments: The corporation mostly published stories from the crime, romance, and Western genres. It rarely used a logo on the comic book front covers.

 

 

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1942*. Stopped in 1955 after 126 issues.

The series contains several independent - alleged true - stories of criminals and how their activities are brought to an end.

* The first series ran from 1939 to 1942 titled Silver Streak Comics (21 issues) thus the series on this page starts the numbering at #22.

 

 

MAIN CHARACTERS

None.

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues)

#22 - 1942
#44 - 1946
#68 - 1948

#84 - 1950
#117 - 1952
#147 - 1955

 

 

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