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| Publication | September 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Daredevil [Bart Hill]; The Claw (inset) |
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| Contents | Daredevil The Greatest Name in Comics Presents (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Daredevil [Bart Hill] |
| Notes | The TOC lists Charles Biro and Bob Wood as Editors, and gives the ten main features found in the book with very brief synopses, as well announcing a Big $100.00 Cash Prize Contest. |
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| Comic Story | The Case of the Killer Who Hated Death!! (13 pages) |
| Synopsis | Daredevil must battle a person who seems ordinary during the day, but who suddenly seems to take on a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde personality at night, becoming a vicious, monsterous killer! His first order of business is to stop the murderer of several prominent people, which, to his surprise, seems to be his girl friend, Tonia Saunders! |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Daredevil [Bart Hill]; Tonis Saunders; Joan Cramm (friend of Tonia's); Judge Reed (death); Chief of Police Scott (death); Gerald Parks (villain, Tonia's butler) |
| Notes | The last panel gives the title of next issue's story: "The Sport of Death!". |
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| Comic Story | The Suicide Circle (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Two racketeers discover a doctor who has created a process in skin grafting that would allow criminals to commit crimes without leaving fingerprints behind, which leads to a crime wave of suspected suicides that are really cold-blooded murders! |
| Featuring | Nightro the Streamlined Robinhood |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Nightro [Hugh Goddard]; Blackie (Goddard's pet dog); Doctor Dykeman; Christy Silvera (villain, racketeer); Pete Poulos (villain, racketeer) |
| Notes | Writer verified by Michael Gilbert. |
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| Comic Story | Origin of 13 (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | A reporter for The Herald is first on the 13th day of the month because of his editor's belief that the young man's views on a story are all wrong. In the coming months, Harold suffers more tragedies, all occuring on the 13th day of the month. Taking that as an omen, Higgins adopts the costume and identity of 13, hoping to still solve the news story he was fired over and to break his "13" jinx forever. |
| Featuring | 13 |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: 13 [Harold Higgins] (introduction, origin); Hal Higgins (Harold's brother, death); Harold's un-named fiancee (death); Captain Higgins (Harold's father, death); Margy Higgins (Harold's sister, death); Larry Miller; Ah Ling (villain); Clyde Roussos (villain, Editor of The Herald); Fong (villain) |
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| Comic Story | The Battle of the Centuries (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Having hypnotized the 2000 soldiers he had captured to serve as an Army to help him seize control of America, the Claw faces the challenge of an opposing force, led by Bill Hopkins, out to rescue his brother. |
| Featuring | The Claw |
| Credits | Script: Bob Wood (signed) | Pencils: Bob Wood (signed) | Inks: Bob Wood (signed) | Colors: Bob Wood | Letters: Bob Wood |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Claw (villain); Bill Hopkins (engineer); Dick Hopkins (Bill's brother, soldier); Chinese aides to the Claw (villains, some die) |
| Notes | The masthead reads "Will the Claw Rule America?". |
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| Synopsis | Surveying the damage to London after the attacks made on it by the enemy, Holmes promises that the spy ring operating in the city will be captured within 48 hours. The leader of the spy ring has other ideas about that, co-ordinating an enemy air attack and eliminating the thorn in his side: Marc Holmes, better known as London. |
| Featuring | London |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: London [Marc Holmes]; Hector Pinchley (villain); Herr Shlutz (villain); Weazel (villain, death); Morries (villain, candy shop owner); Hesst (villain, master of espionage) |
| Notes | The arrival of Rudolf Hess, Deputy Führer, in England in 1941 is fictionalized here. |
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| Synopsis | Because of her capture of saboteurs at the airplane factory, Pat is asked to attend a big celebration at the Army camp. The major in charge tells her that things are not right in the camp: gun sights have been damaged, food has been contaminated, and a flu epidemic has spread throughout the camp. Pat volunteers to fly to a medical station to secure flu vaccine, and does, but she is attacked by the sabotage ring in the process. |
| Featuring | Pat Patriot America's Joan of Arc |
| Credits | Script: Bob Wood? |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Pat Patriot [Patricia Patrios]; un-named U.S. Army Major; un-named saboteurs (villains, one dies) |
| Notes | Script credits suggested by Bails' Who's Who.
The Archives reprint lists Reed Crandall as artist. |
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| Text Story | I Saw Daredevil Battle The Claw (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Claw announces to people near Radio City Music Hall that they must bow down to him and acknowledge him as ruler in the city or suffer the consequences. Fortunately, Daredevil is on the scene in his civilian identity and switches quickly into his fighting garb and takes on the Claw. |
| Featuring | Daredevil & The Claw |
| Credits | Pencils: Bob Wood [as B. W.] (signed) (spot illustrations) | Inks: Bob Wood [as B. W.] (signed) (spot illustrations) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Daredevil [Bart Hill]; The Claw (villain) |
| Notes | The last part of page 3 is the illustrated feature: "Daredevil's Punch-of-the-Month," and this issue Daredevil, who is pictured, describes "The Right Uppercut": what it is and how to effectively deliver it to an opponent. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Here's Your Chance, Fellas! (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | A new contest is announced to readers, offering $100 in cash prizes. Readers are asked to respond to three questions:
1) What feature in Daredevil Comics do you like best?
2) What new feature would you suggest, and why?
3) Which of our artists would you prtefer to draw it?
The deadline for entries is August 20, 1941. The winner will receive $50 in cash.....and there are 27 other cash prizes ($15 for 2nd, $10 for 3rd, and $1 to each of the other 25 winners).
The page also lists each feature in the magazine with artists of each feature. |
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| Comic Story | Nasty Road Builders (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | The evil Judge Hawks and Dirk Fleming have discovered some old blue laws that allow them to use Indians as slave laborers on a road construction project, but the Bronze Terror has other ideas, especially when Dirk takes a liking to Lilly's father and wants to marry her. |
| Featuring | Real American #1 |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Bronze Terror [Jeff Dixon]; Ed (Jeff's partner at the law firm); Lilly; Lilly's un-named father; Judge Hawks (villain); "Dirk" Fleming (villain, head of a construction company); Slim (villain); Mike (villain) |
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| Comic Story | K.O.'s Jones in 2nd (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | As Whirlwind continues to win in the ring, two fight promoters decide the only way to stop Terry is by hiring an ugly brute of a creature from Brazil to step in the ring with him. |
| Featuring | Whirlwind |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Whirlwind [Terry Turner]; Buddy Jones (boxer); Cassidy (boxer); Mike Costello (villain, fight promoter); Owl Adams (villain, fight promoter); Gargan (villain) |
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| Synopsis | Two unethical gamblers decide that the only way for Hale College to lose the game against Army is to get Hale's star player, Dash Dillon, out of the way, and Mazie is the one to do it. Unfortunately, Mazie kidnaps the wrong player. |
| Featuring | Dash Dillon at Hale |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Dash Dillon; "Smokey" Cole (Army football player); Wilson (Hale football player); Mazie (villain); two un-named city gamblers (villains) |
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| Featuring | Silver Streak Comics |
| Credits | Pencils:? (Silver Streak); Jack Binder (cover) | Inks:? (Silver Streak); Jack Binder (cover) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Silver Streak [uknown taxi cab driver]; Daredevil [Bart Hill]; Captain Battle [Jonathan Battle]; Hale Battle |
| Notes | Illustrated promotional advertisement for Silver Streak Comics #13 (August 1941), featuring the cover, and listing the top eight features in the book. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Get it on Your Newsstand Now (1 page) |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Captain Battle [Jonathan Battle]; Hale Battle |
| Notes | Illustrated promotional advertisement for Captain Battle Comics #1 with cover pictured. |
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