C.B. chats with some kids a little younger than himself. Artist: Norman Maurer.

Crimebuster

Original Medium: Comic books

Published by: Lev Gleason

First Appeared: 1942

Creator: Charles Biro

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There were superheroes in early 1940s American comic books, and then there were superheroes. Crimebuster seemed designed as a sort of minimalist superhero — an exploration

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