Crimebuster (Boy Comics)

Crimebuster
Boy Comics #9, featuring Crimebuster and Iron Jaw along with other characters appearing in the publication; art by Charles Biro
Publication information
PublisherLev Gleason Image comics
First appearanceBoy Comics #3 (April 1942)
Created byCharles Biro, Bob Wood[1]
In-story information
Alter egoChuck Chandler
Abilitiesmilitary cadet training

Crimebuster (Chuck Chandler) is a fictional boy hero, appearing as the lead feature in Boy Comics in the 1940s and 1950s. Dressed in a hockey uniform and cape, and accompanied by a performing monkey named Squeeks, he fights crime to avenge his parents' deaths.[2] He is described by Joe Brancetelli in The World Encyclopedia of Comics as "a hero, yes, but first a boy... arguably the best-handled boy's adventure feature ever to appear in comics."[3] Some sources credit the character solely to Charles Biro;[4] others co-credit Bob Wood,[1] co-credited on the first cover of the new Boy Comics title.

  1. ^ a b International hero profile
  2. ^ Nevins, Jess (2013). Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes. High Rock Press. p. 67. ISBN 978-1-61318-023-5.
  3. ^ Brancatelli, Joe, "Biro, Charles (1911-1972)" in Maurice Horn (ed.), The World Encyclopedia of Comics (Chelsea House Publishers, 2nd ed., 1999) ISBN 0-7910-4854-3, pp. 134-135
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference toon was invoked but never defined (see the help page).