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| Publication | April 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Monthly |
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| Featuring | Silver Streak |
| Credits | Pencils: Bob Wood (signed) | Inks: Bob Wood (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Silver Streak [un-named taxi cab driver]; Whiz; Daredevil [Bart Hill]; The Claw |
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| Synopsis | Illustrated promotional ad giving free to readers a 7" x 10 1/4" four color portrait poster of the Silver Streak for every two "Silver Streak Portrait Certificates" they mailed in, OR 10 cents in coin with only one certificate. Readers were told last issue that there would be the same certificate in this issue as in the last. |
| Featuring | The Silver Streak |
| Credits | Pencils: Jack Cole | Inks: Jack Cole | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Silver Streak [un-named taxi cab driver]; Whiz (a falcon) |
| Notes | Found on the inside front cover. Sequence added by Craig Delich 2012-8-5. |
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| Comic Story | Part Three (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Claw, in a weakened condition after the savage beating inflicted on him by Daredevil, is found guilty by a jury and sentenced to die in the electric chair. When he is placed in the chair and the current is administered, the Claw regains his power and escapes. He leads his gang to a volcanic crater in the Rockies, which he declares will be the future capital of the United States. To seal that intent, he captures Daredevil and burns him at the stake. |
| Featuring | Daredevil and Claw |
| Credits | Script: Jack Cole | Pencils: Jack Cole | Inks: Jack Cole |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Daredevil [Bart Hill]; Daredevil's un-named brother (introduction, death); The Claw (villain); Spike (villain) |
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| Comic Story | Absent-Minded Album (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Six individual stand along cartoons of fictional absent minded individuals from the sports world and their accomplishments. |
| Featuring | Sports Shots by Ernie Bulbnose |
| Credits | Script: David B. Icove [as D. B. I.] (signed) | Pencils: David B. Icove [as D. B. I.] (signed) | Inks: David B. Icove [as D. B. I.] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Sports | Characters: Caston Pierre; Gorilla Jones; Homer McNutz; Professor Buzzle |
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| Comic Story | The Lesson of Dr. Boggs (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | While the Pirate Prince is trying to free some captured slaves, Dr. Boggs takes over the Prince's ship, and uses the Prince and the re-captured slaves to do his bidding. That is, until he Prince turns the tables on Boggs. |
| Featuring | The Pirate Prince |
| Credits | Script: Dick Briefer [as Richard Norman] (signed) | Pencils: Dick Briefer [as Richard Norman] (signed) | Inks: Dick Briefer [as Richard Norman] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Historical | Characters: The Pirate Prince; Flip (crew member of the Prince's); Dr. Boggs (villain, slave runner); Squire Rooks (villain, slave runner) |
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| Synopsis | Readers are given five illustrated puzzles to solve, including "Find the Ball Players", "Hunter's Problem", "Target Score", and "Square the Vicar". |
| Featuring | Can You Solve These? |
| Credits | Script: David B. Icove [as D. B. I.] (signed) | Pencils: David B. Icove [as D. B. I.] (signed) | Inks: David B. Icove [as D. B. I.] (signed) |
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| Comic Story | Who Is Iron Jaw? (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Silver Streak is vacationing in Argentina and must investigate and solve a series of sabotage crimes already set in motion there and in the United States by a man known only as Iron Jaw. |
| Featuring | Silver Streak and Whiz |
| Credits | Script: Bob Wood (signed) | Pencils: Bob Wood (signed) | Inks: Bob Wood (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Silver Streak [un-named cab driver]; Whiz (pet falcon); Iron Jaw I (villain, introduction, heard but not seen) |
| Notes | The Iron Jaw, which is not seen in this issue, is NOT the same villain that fought Crimebuster in Boy Comics. Continued next issue. |
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| Comic Story | The Return of Killer Pete (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Killer Pete breaks jail and captures Gully and Daisy. However, Cluck comes to their rescue. |
| Featuring | Gully Gulliver |
| Credits | Script: David B. Icove [as D. B. Icove] (signed) | Pencils: David B. Icove [as D. B. Icove] (signed) | Inks: David B. Icove [as D. B. Icove] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Gully Gulliver; Daisy; Cluck (a chicken); "Killer" Pete (villain) |
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| Comic Story | The Wingers (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Cloud happens upon an airplane wreck and the pilot reports "snow on the wings" before he dies. Meeting with the airline's President, he learns this has happened five other times, and he also discovers the accidents were caused by "The Wingers", who employ a mysterious gun that shoots a secret chemical which condenses the moisture in the air and freezes it. |
| Featuring | Cloud Curtis |
| Credits | Script: Otto Binder? | Pencils: Jack Binder (signed) | Inks: Jack Binder (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Cloud Curtis; Mr. Richmond (airline President); "Crusher" McCoy; "Pop" Whistler; The Wingers (villains, all die) |
| Notes | The strip is titled "Cloud Curtis and His Golden Bullet". |
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| Synopsis | Bart heads out to track down the murderer of the U.S. Secretary of State. |
| Featuring | Secret Agent X-101 |
| Credits | Script:? [as Dick Dawson (byline)] | Pencils:? [as Dick Dawson (byline)] | Inks:? [as Dick Dawson (byline)] |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Secret Agent X-101 [Bart Benson]; McCann (Daily Record employee); Pat White; Joe (Daily Record typesetter); Jim (Daily Record press operator); Sandra Hendrix (villain); Mr. Hendrix (villain); Otto (villain); Adolph (villain); Hans (villain) |
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| Comic Story | Captives of the Pygmies (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Lance and Jim are taken prisoner by a band of pygmies after Thorne crashes his plane, but set a fire in one of the huts and manage to escape. |
| Featuring | Lance Hale |
| Credits | Script: Fred Guardineer (signed) | Pencils: Fred Guardineer (signed) | Inks: Fred Guardineer (signed) | Letters: Fred Guardineer? |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Lance Hale; Jim Thorne (aviator); Pygmies (villains, some die) |
| Notes | Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2012-12-8. |
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| Text Story | The Gambler's Last Stand, or, Desert Justice Wins Again: Part 2 (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | Young Roy Penwell is about to be hung by a mob, who believe he was in on trying to bilk an old widow lady out her money. The vRanger steps in and saves the lad, proving that he had been framed. |
| Featuring | The Silver Ranger |
| Credits | Script: Carl Formes [as Silver Films Studios] (signed) | Pencils: Jack Binder (signed) | Inks: Jack Binder (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: The Silver Ranger; Lucifer (the Ranger's horse); Roy Penwell (young ranch owner); Stokes (old widow); Slick Hanson (villain, gambler, saloon owner); Roper (villain) |
| Notes | Writer/artist credits revised by Craig Delich 2012-8-5. Formes was the writer, not penciler, of the strip. Binder did all art. |
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| Comic Story | The Domino! (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Police have been endeavoring to shut down Leonetti's "Red Rouse", a swank night spot, for months with no luck, so Presto Martin uses his disguise ability to corral "The Domino" in his infamous "Game of Death"! |
| Featuring | Presto Martin |
| Credits | Script: Bob Wood (signed) | Pencils: Bob Wood (signed) | Inks: Bob Wood (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Presto Martin [as Biro]; Sgt. Murphy (Policeman); un-named Police Commissioner; Patrolman Dugan; The Domino [Dominic Leonetti] (villain); Biro (villain); Spike (villain) |
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| Synopsis | Series of eight stand alone humorous panels. |
| Featuring | Laffs |
| Credits | Script: David B. Icove [as D. B. I.] (signed) | Pencils: David B. Icove (signed) | Inks: David B. Icove [as D. B. I.] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Marvin; Willie; Zeke; Miss Grepburn; Ed |
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| Comic Story | Scarface the Renegade (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dan and Major Clark begin their journey to take gun powder from Ft. Pitt down the Ohio River to Boonesboro, and meet with resistance from a renegade spy and the Indians. |
| Featuring | Dan Dearborn, Freedom's Son |
| Credits | Script: Walter Galli (signed) | Pencils: Walter Galli (signed) | Inks: Walter Galli (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Historical | Characters: Dan Dearborn; Major George Rogers Clark; Jed Swift; Scarface Dykes (villain, spy); the British (villains); Indians (villains, some die) |
| Notes | Continued next issue. |
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| Synopsis | Illustrated advertisements from various stamp dealers, who encourage readers to get into collecting foreign stamps, especially those with pictures of Kings and Queens on them. |
| Featuring | Silver Streak Stamp Page |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Will Rogers |
| Notes | Sequence added by Craig Delich 2012-8-5. |
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| Comic Story | The War of Inventions (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Professor Skinn has issued a challenge to Dickie Dean for a duel of inventions, and both begin work on various inventions to use on the other. People all over town are taking bets as to whose invention will win out. |
| Featuring | Dickie Dean, The Boy Inventor |
| Credits | Script: Jack Cole (signed) | Pencils: Jack Cole (signed) | Inks: Jack Cole (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Dickie Dean; Zip Todd; Professor Skinn (villain, death); Blubber (villain, death) |
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| Synopsis | Rusty gets into an argument over the Daredevil only being a comic strip character, when Daredevil shows up in the flesh. He encourages the boys to be a "daredevil" by fighting against all that is bad and evil. Silver Streak dittos that remarks, but warns Daredevil that the Claw is on a rampage again, and both leave to take the villain on. |
| Featuring | Rusty and the Gang |
| Credits | Script: Bob Wood (signed) | Pencils: Bob Wood (signed) | Inks: Bob Wood (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Children | Characters: Daredevil [Bart Hill]; Silver Streak [un-named cab driver]; Rusty; Shorty |
| Notes | In part, the Rusty strip was a publisher promo for Silver Streak Comics. |
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| Synopsis | Illustrated ad from the Daisy Manufacturing Company for the new Red Ryder 1000-shot Cowboy Carbine. |
| Featuring | Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine |
| Credits | Pencils: Fred Harman (signed) | Inks: Fred Harman (signed) | Letters: most typeset |
| Content | Characters: Red Ryder; Little Beaver |
| Notes | Found on the back cover. Sequence added by Craig Delich 2012-8-5. |
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