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| Publication | September 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Bi-monthly |
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| Cover | The Claw Returns! |
| Featuring | The Claw |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Claw |
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| Publisher advertisement | Announcing the winners of the Silver Streak Contest! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Illustrated announcement of the winners in the Silver Streak Contest: 1st Prize won by Stanley & Bruce Bass ($5), 2nd Prize of $2 won by Don Murphy, and there were 18 other winners of $1.00 each. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Silver Streak [un-named taxi cab driver] |
| Notes | Found on the inside front cover. Sequence added by Craig Delich 2012-6-30. |
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| Synopsis | Sir Cedric challenges the Streak to a race, and he agrees to make it an around the world affair. On the way, the Streak fights the Nazis, rescues a girl from an evil sheik, prevents that sheik from harming a caravan of American travelers on their way to Maskat, and wins the race. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Silver Streak (un-named taxi cab driver); Whiz (introduction, pet falcon); Sir Cedric Baldwin; Shadra; the Nazis (villains); Sheik Ali Ben Hassan (villain) |
| Notes | Silver Streak was originally an un-named cab driver and his identity not revealed. |
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| Comic Story | The Flying Dragon (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Sky Wolf comes across a weird plane used by a gang of vicious criminals who defy the law by using scientific methods to rob and plunder. He is forced to the ground and offered the chance to join the group. When he refuses, the gang throws him into a cell, from which he escapes, then uses his own plane to destroy the gang. |
| Featuring | The Sky Wolf |
| Content | Genre: Aviation; War | Characters: The Sky Wolf [Paul Storm]; Crane (villain, death); un-named chief (villain, death) |
| Notes | Art credits added by Craig Delich 2012-6-30. |
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| Synopsis | Ranger Wayne has to prevent a protection racket from moving into the west to take advantage of the cattle ranchers. |
| Featuring | Bill Wayne, the Texas Terror |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Bill Wayne [aka the Texas Terror] (Texas Ranger); Hank Russel (rancher, death); Adams (rancher); un-named sheriff; Nick Carro (villain) |
| Notes | Story printed in red, black and white.
Art credits suggested by the Who's Who.
Last appearance in Silver Streak. |
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| Text Story | Slow Drawin' Fool (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Young Jed Graymes must face the man who killed his father and took over the Bar-30 spread, which rightfully belonged to him. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Jed Graymes; Mike Kenly; Blackie Ranson (villain, death) |
| Notes | Art printed in red, black and white. The splash page drawing is signed, but I cannot decipher it fully (first two letters appear to be "Co"). The full figure illustration on page two looks like Jack Cole's work. |
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| Synopsis | The Green Claw literally rises from the dead, and it's up to Carl Durrant to investigate. However, the Claw uses hypnotic powers on the major and he is shrunk and placed in a box to die while the Claw readies an army of robots to conquer the armies of the Earth. |
| Featuring | The Green Claw |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Green Claw (villain); Major Carl Tarrant; un-named police commissioner; un-named followers of the Claw (villains, all die) |
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| Synopsis | Joe Ripper, having murdered a bank guard and stolen the bank's money, is prevented from escaping by Daredevil. Daredevil finds a clue on Ripper's body and begins to hunt down the Ricco Gang that Ripper was a part of. He arrives in time to stop the gang from destroying the rival Conde Gang and captures both gangs. |
| Featuring | The Daredevil, Master of Courage |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Daredevil [Bart Hill] (introduction, first origin); Joe Ripper (villain, death); Ricco (villain, club owner and gang leader); Joe (villain); Conde (villain, gang leader) |
| Notes | Daredevil's origin was revised in Daredevil Comics #18.
In the 1970's, in correspondence with Jerry Bails, Rico told Jerry that he had scripted the first Daredevil story. |
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| Synopsis | After having destroyed the monster in the city, Lance heads into the jungle to do battle with ivory raiders. He sees a young boy being threatened by a lion. After saving him, a series of events leads the pair to the cabin of the ivory raiders and a fight ensues. |
| Featuring | Lance Hale |
| Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Lance Hale; Jackie; Yamba (an elephant); Brad (villain, death) |
| Notes | Art credits suggested by Bails' Who's Who. |
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| Comic Story | The Spook Strikes Back (7 pages) |
| Synopsis | Ace has overcome the Four Madmen and has called the Police in to recover their bodies. When they arrive, only three bodies are found, and Ace realizes that Panther Man has escaped. He finds him being murdered by the Spook, and must battle the Skeleton Men to reach him in time. |
| Featuring | Ace Powers |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Ace Powers; Panther Man (villain, death); Spook (villain, death) |
| Notes | Story in printed in red, black and white. Anderson is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and the faces with the sharp arched upper eyelid, long thin eyebrows, and a small inkline under the outer corner of the eyes, are certain signs of Anderson. Also the closed hands with short lines between fingers, and a marked line under the cheeks. Look at the face in the last panel. Anderson drew Lance O'Casey, Nyoka and Red Gaucho. This story is the only one he drew of Ace Powers. |
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| Comic Story | Throwing Snowballs Caused the Boston Massacre (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Illustrated re-telling of the events of March 5, 1770. |
| Featuring | Momentous Mites |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Story is printed in red, black and white. Title added by Craig Delich. The art IS signed....hard to make all of it out, but it appears to be "Gardinbirg", "Gardinking" or something like that. |
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| Comic Story | The Starfish Men of the Water Planet (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | While on patrol one day near a weird planet, Nirma starts feeling faint and Captain Keen wonders if the planet is responsible. Diving under water, they come into contact with the Star-Fish Men, whose leader captures the duo and informs Keen that he can guide the water-planet through the universe, robbing and conquering as they go. |
| Featuring | Planet Patrol |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Planet Patrol [Captain Ken Keen; Nirma]; Star-Fish Men (villains, all die) |
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| Comic Story | The Sky Bug (7.5 pages) |
| Synopsis | When a plane crashes into Dickie's father's business, destroying it, Dickie tries to figure out a way he can help his parents financially. So he builds a weird type of aircraft that flies thanks to a repelling magnet, and markets the concept to the President of the Zepher Aeroplane Factory. Unfortunately, Crawley wants the invention for free and is willing to kill Dickie and Zip to get it. |
| Featuring | Dickie Dean, the Boy Inventor |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Dickie Dean; Zip; Mr. Dean (head of Dean Chemical Plant, Dickie's father); Mrs. Dean; Mr. Crawley (villain, President of Zepher Aeroplane Factory, death) |
| Notes | Writer credit added by Craig Delich 2012-12-8. |
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| Activity | How to Build the Smallest Zoo in the World!! |
| Featuring | Dickie Dean's Workshop |
| Credits | Script:? [as Dickie Dean] (signed) | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Nature |
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| Publisher advertisement | The Fight for Fun! (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Pat and Mike find a dime laying on the sidealk and begin to fight over it. But a Policeman comes along and finds out the boys need the dime to buy the latest issues of Sure-Fire Comics and Super-Mystery Comics. The cop gives the boys a dime and each get their comic, while he decided to buy both issues himself! |
| Content | Characters: Pat; Mike; un-named Policeman; un-named newsstand employee |
| Notes | Found on the inside back cover. Sequence added by Craig Delich 2012-6-30. |
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| Synopsis | Illustrated ad from Remington Rand, Incorporated, advertizing a desk set for $1 with the purchase of a Remington Delux Noiseless Deluxe Portable Typewriter. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Notes | Found on the back cover. Ad is printed in red, black and white. Sequence added by Craig Delich 2012-6-30. |
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