EXTRACTS: Illustrators Crime Comics Special © 2020 Book Palace Books (144 pages in full edition)

88 the duo were providing he offered Biro and Wood in-house editorial posts at Gleason’s Comic House Publications studio located at 114 East 32nd Street. Their immediate task was to generate script and art for the comics that Gleason was publishing, which in 1941, with the US on the brink of war, firmly reflected an anti-Nazi mindset. There was no attempt to make references to foreign dictatorships oblique, as one of the first titles to which the pair brought their producing talents underlined with the publication of ‘Daredevil Battles Hitler’, featuring the talents of Jerry Robinson (he of Batman fame), Dick Briefer (he of Frankenstein fame) and Jack Cole (he of Plastic Man fame). Under Biro andWood’s stewardship, and with Biro’s inventive storytelling adding extra appeal with the introduction of the ‘Little Wise Guys’ to the Daredevil cast, sales climbed and Gleason’s line of comics was taking up a ABOVE & RIGHT: Covers to Daredevil , including issue 13 which saw the debut of Biro’s Little Tykesl who would eventually usurp the titular hero as main attraction. Imaged by Heritage Auctions (HA.com)