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| Roussos inks Wood on Silver Streak -- signed p.4. |
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| Roussos also inked Bob Wood on Presto Martin -- signed p4. panel 3 - "ROUSSOS APARTMENTS". |
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| I would just like to point out that there are no volcanoes high in the Rockies. ;) |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | May 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
| Notes | The Iron Jaw shown is a robot and NOT the same villain who battled Crimebuster in Boy Comics. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Silver Streak [un-named taxi cab driver]; Kitty Doyle; Iron Jaw I; The Claw (inset) |
| Notes | The Iron Jaw shown is a robot and NOT the same villain who battled Crimebuster in Boy Comics. |
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| Synopsis | Illustrated promotion by the publisher in which readers, having collected any two of the special coupons from Silver Streak #8, #9 and this issue, may receive a fill color 7" x 10 1/4" life-like portrait of the Silver Streak, which is illustrated. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Silver Streak [un-named taxi cab driver]; Whiz (pet Falcon) |
| Notes | Found on the inside front cover. Sequence added by Craig Delich 2012-8-12. |
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| Comic Story | Daredevil Battles the Claw, Part 4 (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | After defeating Daredevil and taking over America, the Claw sees the underworld flock to him as willing and eager servants. Claw's first step is to take a bride and crown her as Empress of America, and, at her first celebration appearance, he vows to execute Daredevil! |
| Featuring | Daredevil and Claw |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Daredevil [Bart Hill]; Empress of America; the Claw (villain) |
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| Comic Story | Prisoner on a U-Boat (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Having made his way from the Congo to the west coast of Africa, Lance is fishing when a Nazi sub surfaces and takes him prisoner. A U.S. merchant vessel causes the sub to sink and Lance escapes and is rescued by the vessel. |
| Featuring | Lance Hale |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Lance Hale; the Nazis (villains, many die) |
| Notes | Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2012-12-8. The last panel states that the title of the next story is "Temple of Death". |
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| Synopsis | Duggie's father chews him out for getting into a fight while trying to meddle in someone else's affairs and grounds the boy. |
| Featuring | Duggie |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Duggie; Duggie's father; Duggie's mother; Mrs. Scott |
| Notes | Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2012-12-8. |
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| Comic Story | Iron Jaw Revealed (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Recovering from wounds suffered against Iron Jaw, Silver Streak leaves the hospital and visits Kitty Doyle to see if she can help him get back on the trail of Iron Jaw. When he hears the villain plans to attack a maker of armored trucks in Chicago, the Streak and Whiz go to the Windy City for a show down with the robot. |
| Featuring | Silver Streak, Fastest Man on Earth and Whiz, King of Falcons |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Silver Streak [un-named taxi cab driver]; Whiz (pet Falcon); President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (cameo); Kitty Doyle (introduction); Iron Jaw I (villain, introduction, a robot, death) |
| Notes | This Iron Jaw is NOT the villain Crimebuster battled in Boy Comics.....this is a robot. |
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| Synopsis | Officer Kelly, seeing the kids playing a dangerous game on the streets, decides to show them a safer game he used to play when he was a child. |
| Featuring | Kelly the Cop |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Kelly |
| Notes | Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2012-12-8. |
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| Synopsis | Illustrated page which features text informing readers of new stamp issues on the market as well as illustrated ads from various stamp companies offering stamps for sale. |
| Featuring | Silver Streak Stamp Page |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Sequence added by Craig Delich 2012-12-8. |
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| Comic Story | The Beau's Masquerade (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Beau, noting his resemblance to the Pirate Prince, captures the Prince and disguises himself as such, and takes over the Prince's ship. But his cruelty toward the crew members leads to a revolt, only ending when the real Prince returns and kills the villain in a swordfight. |
| Featuring | The Pirate Prince |
| Content | Genre: Historical | Characters: The Pirate Prince; Merry; Zoong (villain, spy); The Beau (villain, death); Zara (villain) |
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| Comic Story | The Time Camera (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dickie has created a "Time Camera", enabling the boy inventor to view scenes from the historical past that have occured within a 50 yard radius of the machine. Using the machine, Dickie and Zip hope to discover a clue to the identity of the arsonist killer of businessman Mr. O'Day. |
| Featuring | Dickie Dean, the Boy Inventor |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Dickie Dean; Zip; Mr. Rock (Mr. O'Day's business partner, death); Mr. O-Day (villain, businessman); Charlie (villain); Ed (villain) |
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| Synopsis | Series of 19 assorted gags, some illustrated. |
| Featuring | Laffs |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Mrs. Jenkins; Billy; Bobby; Agnes; Tom |
| Notes | Writer/artist credits added by Craig Delich 2012-12-8. |
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| Comic Story | Scar-Face Dyke's Ambush (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dan heads down the river to do battle with Scar-Face Dykes, who has been riling up the Indians against the white men. |
| Featuring | Dan Dearborn, Freedom's Son |
| Content | Genre: Historical | Characters: Dan Dearborn; George Rogers Clark; Jerry; Scar-Face Dykes (villain); Indians (villains, many die) |
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| Comic Story | Murder for Breakfast (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Presto decides to help out a movie actress, in town to star in "Murder for Breakfast," who has received an extortion note asking her for $50,000, otherwise horrible things will occur at the performance. |
| Featuring | Presto Martin, Quick Change Artist |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Presto Bill Martin [also as the Police Commissioner and Mondello]; Sergeant Murphy (Policeman); Kay Kenyon [Kay O'Brien] (actress); Mr. Jackson (Kay's cousin); Mr. Gold (Kay's producer); Mr. Fillman (villain, Kay's writer); un-named butler (villain, death) |
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| Comic Story | The Black Dragon (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | When Captain Battle discovers that mysterious Birdmen are conquering friendly European nations, all being directed by the evil foe of freedom, The Black Dragon, he decides to personally battle this menace. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Battle [Jonathan Battle]; Jane Lorraine (Battle's secretary); (The Black Dragon (villain, introduction); The Deaglos (villains, bird-men, introduction for all, all die) |
| Notes | Dissolvo is a color concentrate, the vibrations of which melt down nerve and bone tissue into a gelatinous mass. |
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| Text Story | The Saving Watch, or, Range Justice Never Fails (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Silver Ranger stops a greedy man from getting ranchers high on liquor, then getting them to sign the deeds to their property over to him. |
| Featuring | The Silver Ranger and His Wonder Horse, Lucifer |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Historical; Western-frontier | Characters: The Silver Rider; Lucifer (Rider's horse); Luke Davis; old widow Jones; Jim Lasker [aka Dead Shot Jim] (villain, rancher) |
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| Synopsis | Six illustrated puzzlers are shown for readers to answer. |
| Featuring | Can You Answer These? |
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| Synopsis | Five illustrated puzzlers are presented for readers to solve. |
| Featuring | Can You Solve These? |
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| Comic Story | The Heater (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Cloud must go up against a terrible heat ray that roasts pilots alive and melts aircraft. |
| Featuring | Cloud Curtis and His Golden Bullet |
| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Cloud Curtis; "Crusher" McCoy; "Pop" Whistler; The Heater (villains, introduction, all die) |
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| Synopsis | Pat is the team's only hope against the Mud Hens in a baseball game. And he has extra incentive to do well: Pat's mother promises the gang a surprise if they win the game! |
| Featuring | Pat Patriot and His Gang |
| Content | Genre: Teen | Characters: Pat Patriot; Pat's mother; "Slugger" O'Toole; Daredevil [Bart Hill] (image); Silver Streak [un-named taxi cab driver] (image); Dickie Dean (image); The Claw (villain, image) |
| Notes | Sequence added by Craig Delich 2012-12-9. In part, this story is a publisher promotion for Silver Streak Comics. |
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| Synopsis | To keep Bucko from having a date with Katie, Officer Blotz puts the Private on guard duty near an old cannon. |
| Featuring | "Bucko" Private |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military | Characters: Bucko Private; Katie; Officer Blotz |
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