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| George Roussos inked Bob Wood on the Presto Martin story. Roussos's name etc. is on the newspaper on page 2. |
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| George Roussos clearly inked two of the Bob Wood-pencilled stories in this book Presto Martin and Silver Streak). His name appears all over the backgrounds, and the stories have his signature heavy use of blacks. One panel also includes the name of his friend Jerry Robinson, who may even have ghost pencilled, but likely it was just a name-drop. |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | June 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Art information told by Don to his son and posted on Don's official website http://deadwax.net/donrico/index.html |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Battle [Jonathan Battle] |
| Notes | Art information told by Don to his son and posted on Don's official website http://deadwax.net/donrico/index.html |
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| Synopsis | Illustrated promotional advertisement for Captain Battle's new club, complete with stylized coupon to submit with 10 cents. |
| Featuring | Captain Battle's Boys' Brigade |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Characters: Captain Battle [Jonathan Battle] |
| Notes | On the inside front cover. |
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| Comic Story | Great Peril (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Jonathan is taken by surprise by the Deaglos in his laboratory, but falls unconscious through a trap door unseen. However, the strange birdmen succeed in securing some of Battle's inventions and kidnap Jane for good measure so that she can become the Queen for the Black Dragon. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Battle [Jonathan Battle]; Jane Lorrain; The Black Dragon (villain); Deaglos (villains, birdmen of the Dragon) |
| Notes | Story title taken from the cover. |
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| Comic Story | Daredevil vs. the Claw [Part 5] (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Frustrated by defeats at the hands of Daredevil, the Claw ventures to the inferno to seek Lucifer's aid against Daredevil. Lucifer agrees with one condition: if Daredevil wins again, then the Claw will be banished into Asia forever. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Tonia Saunders; Lucifer the Genii (villain, introduction); Genii's monsters (villains, many die) |
| Notes | The Daredevil feature continues in Daredevil Comics (Lev Gleason, 1941 series) #1. |
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| Synopsis | Series of 16 assorted gags, some illustrated, including a 4-panel strip. |
| Featuring | Laffs |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Jones; Smith; Lenny; Lenny's Dad; Caesar (historical character); Brutus (historical character); Uncle Ned; Joey; Tommy; Jed |
| Notes | Writer and artist credits added by Craig Delich 2013-1-8. This page also includesa Silver Streak Portrait Certificate, and an illustrated spot ad for a picture ring for sale for 48 cents. |
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| Comic Story | Bok, King of Slavers (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Bok forces a local shipmaker to construct a special ship for his use in slave smuggling, but when he refuses, all of the shipmaker's fleet is destroyed by fire. He then agrees to build the ship with a double hull, that will effectively hide the whereabouts of slaves aboard the ship.....or so it is thought! |
| Featuring | The Pirate Prince |
| Content | Genre: Historical | Characters: The Pirate Prince; Snad (a shipmaker); Bok (villain, King of the slave smugglers, death); Pete (villain); Marp (villain) |
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| Synopsis | Kelly hears a commotion and finds Beansie and Felix going at it. |
| Featuring | Kelly the Cop |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Kelly; Felix; Beansie the Bully (villain) |
| Notes | Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2013-1-8. |
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| Comic Story | Dickie Dean Boy Inventor Fights the Gadget Octopus (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | After saving the life of a young boy with his Sky Bug, Dickie speaks with the boy's father and comments that there is no safe play area for children in the community. When Dickie suggests using the old amusement park grounds as a possible site, Mr. Tagle gives the property to Dickie to fix up. However, the evil Professor Skinn intends to stop such efforts. |
| Featuring | Dickie Dean Boy Inventor |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Dickie Dean; Zip; Pete Tagle; Jackie Tagle; Professor Skinn [aka Professor Skin] (villain); Blubber (villain) |
| Notes | Credits suggested the Who's Who.
The last 1/4th of the page is an illustrated invention section, where Dickie asks readers to send in their invention ideas. One such invention, an Air Pressure Boat, sent in by reader Michael Dubroff from Brooklyn, is shown. |
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| Synopsis | Lance follows natives and their kidnapped female back to a temple in the jungle, where she is to be sacrificed. Saving her from several perils, Lance and Nellie head back to her expedition. |
| Featuring | Lance Hale |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Jungle | Characters: Lance Hale; Nellie Lee; Bill; natives (villains, some die); "Great One" (villain, a man-eating rat, death) |
| Notes | Last panel promo tells of Lance battling "The Missing Link" in the next issue. |
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| Synopsis | Nine illustrated puzzlers are given for the readers to answer, plus there is seven question intelligence quiz. All answers are provided. |
| Featuring | Can You Answer These? |
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| Synopsis | A baseball crossword puzzle is given for readers to solve (solution included), an illustrated "Barnyard Murder Mystery" is presented for readers to determine who the murderer is, and there are two mathematical illustrated problems for readers to solve. |
| Featuring | Can You Solve These? |
| Content | Characters: Ferdie Frog; Slippery Snake; Porky Pig; Dirty Dog; Dopey Duck (death); Rocky Rooster (villain) |
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| Comic Story | The Ghost of the Domino (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Before Domino went to the chair for his crimes, he threatened to come back and get his revenge on those who turned state's evidence on him. Presto sees a case in the making when three of the witnesses are murdered. When Martin and Murphy check on Domino's grave, it is empty, and Martin smells a rat: a member of Domino's gang, looking to kill off Domino's gang members in order to help himself to money Domino had stashed away. |
| Featuring | Presto Martin, Quick Change Artist |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Presto Martin [also as Domino and Scarface Klein]; Sergeant Murphy (Policeman); un-named Police Commissioner; Daredevil [Bart Hill] (image in newspaper); Domino (villain, death); "Lucky" Rica (villain, death); Slug (villain); Scarface Klein (villain); Pete Poulos (villain); Trigger Annand (villain) |
| Notes | Panel 6 on page 2 reads: "Roussos does it again! Famous cartoonist meets second deadline!" This refers, of course, to George Roussos, noted comic book artist. |
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| Text Story | The Red Scar, or, Prairie Justice Never Lags: Part 4 (3 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Ranger comes across a prospector who has just been fatally shot, but before he dies, he gives the Ranger a map to his gold mine that he had staked in his daughter's name. The Ranger tracks the killer to the town saloon and confronts him as the cur asks the saloon keeper to lock up two bags of gold dust. Out-numbered, the Ranger dashes out of the saloon right into the Sheriff, who, along with his deputies, rounds up Barker and the others. |
| Featuring | Silver Ranger and His Wonder Horse Lucifer |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Genre: Historical; Western-frontier | Characters: The Silver Ranger; Lucifer (Ranger's horse); Sam Leonard (prospector, death); Sally Leonard (Sam's daughter); un-named Sheriff; Slim Barker (villain) |
| Notes | Story title correction by Craig Delich 2013-1-8. |
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| Comic Story | The Ripper (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Cloud must battle the threat of an international spy organization, who has sent their aircraft, termed The Ripper, to attack Army flying students. Cloud, Crusher and Pop attack the Ripper, but that plane's strong magnet holds the Golden Bullet in place and returns the aircraft to the spy's headquarters, from which Cloud and friends break out of their prison, man their plane and destroy the Ripper and crew. |
| Featuring | Cloud Curtis and His Golden Bullet |
| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Cloud Curtis; "Crusher" McCoy; "Pop" Whistler; Scissors (villain, death); Spike (villain, death) |
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| Comic Story | Western Justice (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Jed accuses Snake of the murder of Dan Leary, but finds it difficult to prove it. |
| Featuring | Sheriff Jed |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Jed (Sheriff); Dan Leary (death); Tubby; Joe Walsh (death); Ed Smith (death); Snake (villain) |
| Notes | Page count corrected by Craig Delich 2013-01-8. |
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| Synopsis | Dan and Jerry come upon a village in flames after an Indian raid and learn from one of the dying settlers that white men, led by a man named Girty, egged the Indians on to make the attack. Dan becomes a captive of the Indians and is slated to be burned at the stake when Girty shows up and Dan uses a ruse to save his life. |
| Featuring | Dan Dearborn, Freedom's Son |
| Content | Genre: Historical | Characters: Dan Dearborn; Jerry; Simon Girty (villain); the Indians (villains) |
| Notes | Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.
Story continued in the next issue. |
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| Comic Story | Introducing Mercury, the Boy Streak (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Having received the Medal of Honor from President Roosevelt, the Streak heads north to New York City, where he sees a boy being manhandled. He saves the boy and endows him with the same powers he has, while, elsewhere, mobster Dutch Bultz offers to pay Wang Fo $1 million if he can eliminate Silver Streak. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Silver Streak [un-named taxi cab driver]; Mercury, the Boy Streak [Mickey O'Toole] (introduction); Whiz (pet Falcon); Slugger O'Toole (Mickey's father, mentioned only, death); Riley (Policeman); Dutch Bultz [aka "The Racket King"] (villain, mobster); Wang Fo [aka Wang Fu] (villain) |
| Notes | Mercury changes his name to Meteor in the next issue. |
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| Publisher advertisement | Tops 'em All! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Illustrated promotional; advertizement for Silver Streak Comics #12 (July, 1941) and the features found within its pages. Ad states the issue would go on sale June 5th (1941). |
| Featuring | Silver Streak Comics |
| Credits | Letters:?; typeset |
| Content | Characters: The Silver Streak [un-named taxi cab driver]; Mercury [Mickey O'Toole]; Whiz (pet Falcon); Cloud Curtis; Captain Battle [Jonathan Battle]; Presto Martin; Dickie Dean; Daredevil [Bart Hill]; The Pirate Prince |
| Notes | Found on the inside back cover. Sequence added by Craig Delich 2013-1-8. |
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| Synopsis | Illustrated advertizement by the Spencer Fireworks Company in Polk, Ohio, for its products, including selling its 1941 Young American Assortment, $6.45 worth of fireworks, for only $2.95. Wioth every order, the buyer will receive a 35 cent giftbox of Salutes free. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Found on the back cover. Sequence added by Craig Delich 2013-1-8. |
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