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Publication | March 1941 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
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Featuring | Daredevil and the Claw |
Credits | Pencils: Jack Cole (signed) | Inks: Jack Cole (signed) |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Daredevil [Bart Hill]; The Claw; Dickie Dean (inset); Silver Streak (inset); Pirate Prince (inset) |
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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 this issue would have one certificate and the next issue would have another one. |
Featuring | Silver Streak |
Credits | Pencils: Jack Cole | Inks: Jack Cole | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Silver Streak; Whiz (pet falcon) |
Notes | Sequence added by Craig Delich 2012-7-27. Found on the inside front cover. |
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Comic Story | The Claw vs. Daredevil [Part 2] (10 pages) |
Synopsis | When Daredevil, as Bart Hill, learns that the President of the United States has imposed a new tax of 50% on people's incomes and that people are barred from their churches, he decides to take action. He has a doctor examine the President and discovers that the chief executive is in a state of coma, put there by the Claw. |
Featuring | Daredevil and The Claw |
Credits | Script: Jack Cole (signed) | Pencils: Jack Cole (signed) | Inks: Jack Cole (signed) |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Daredevil [Bart Hill]; President Franklin D. Roosevelt; un-named police commissioner; The Claw (villain) |
Notes | Continued next issue. |
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Synopsis | Group of five stand-alone humorous sports cartoons. |
Featuring | Sport Shorts 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: Humor; Sports | Characters: Sid Bucktooth; "Battlin' Buzz"; "Slug" Fest; "Dizzy" Lumpo; Hap Kluk; Axel Skug; Slim Zlam |
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Synopsis | The prince and his crew approach a slave ship flying a white flag. When that ship draws near, it suddenly opens fire and the prince's ship goes down. The crew are saved by a whale which deposits the crew aboard the slaver ship and a fight ensues. |
Featuring | The Pirate Prince |
Credits | Script: Dick Briefer [as REM Brant] (signed) | Pencils: Dick Briefer [as REM Brant] (signed) | Inks: Dick Briefer [as REM Brant] (signed) |
Content | Genre: Historical | Characters: The Pirate Prince |
Notes | REM Brant (as well as Remington Brant) were pen-names for Briefer. |
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Synopsis | Readers are asked to solve 5 different problems. |
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) |
Notes | Writer and art credits added by Craig Delich 2012-7-27. |
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Synopsis | Silver Streak is asked by the FBI to investigate reported spy activities at the Sterling Aircraft Plant. He discovers that one of the workers has a false eye camera in his head which he uses to photograph secrets and give them to "The General." |
Featuring | Silver Streak |
Credits | Script: Jack Cole | Pencils: Jack Cole | Inks: Jack Cole |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Silver Streak [un-named taxi cab driver]; Whiz (a falcon); Harmon (FBI agent); Henry Smith (farmer); Eleene Smith (Henry's wife); Jerry (policeman); Walter Chinwell (news broadcaster); Steve Grogan [aka "The General"](villain, gang lord); Jaxon (villain, plant worker); Sam (villain, newsstand dealer) |
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Comic Story | Cactus Gulch (2 pages) |
Synopsis | When Gully hears that the Sheriff is heading out to look for "Killer" Pete, Gully and Rammy dedcide to find him first......with "electrifying" results. |
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: Humor | Characters: "Gully" Gulliver; Jed (Sheriff); Rammy (a goat); "Killer" Pete (villain) |
Notes | Continued next issue. |
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Comic Story | The Durmaleum Theft (6 pages) |
Synopsis | Cloud and his pals must stop the evil Francor and his assistant from obtaining an important metal called Durmalem the Professor has invented that will revolutionize the airplane. |
Featuring | Cloud Curtis |
Credits | Script: Otto Binder | Pencils: Jack Binder (signed) | Inks: Jack Binder (signed) |
Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Cloud Curtis; Professor Lane; "Crusher" McCoy; "Pop" Whistler; Enzo Francor (villain, spy agent); Mitzi (villain, Francor's assistant) |
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Synopsis | Bart is very concerned about the murder of U.S. agents guarding the Air Force's new bomb sight that allows a bomb to land squarely on its target from a height of 50,000 feet. His investigation leads right back to the head of the aircraft company charged with protecting the invention. |
Featuring | Secret Agent X-101 |
Credits | Script:? [as Dick Dawson (byline)] | Pencils:? [as Dick Dawson (byline)] | Inks:? [as Dick Dawson (byline)] |
Content | Genre: Crime | Characters: Secret Agent X-101 [Bart Benson]; Pat White; Mr. Hendrix (villain); Sandra Hendrix (villain); Hans (villain) |
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Synopsis | Lance comes upon a girl in the jungle that is threatened by a vicious leopard. After saving her, both head back to the M'Bongo River, where her father and brother were captured by savages. |
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; Ruth; un-named father of Ruth; un-named brother of Ruth; un-named cannibal chief (villain, death) |
Notes | Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2012-12-8. |
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Text Story | The Silver Ranger and His Wonder Horse, Lucifer (Episode 1) (3 pages) |
Synopsis | The Ranger must locate the true murderer of Hank Brunner before the Sheriff and his posse lynch an innocent man. |
Featuring | The Silver Ranger |
Credits | Script:? [as Silver Films Studios] (signed) | Pencils: Jack Binder (spot illustrations) (signed) | Inks: Jack Binder (spot illustrations) (signed) | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: The Silver Ranger (introduction); Lucifer (the Ranger's horse); Hank Brunner (death); Joel Brandon; Mary Brandon (Joel's wife); Sheriff Belden; Deputy Spider Jones (villain) |
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Comic Story | Molo's Reign of Terror (5 pages) |
Synopsis | Presto uses his skill of disguise in order to locate and stop a vicious killer of stage and screen personalities. |
Featuring | Presto Martin, Quick Change Artist |
Credits | Script: Bob Wood (signed) | Pencils: Bob Wood (signed) | Inks: Bob Wood (signed) |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Presto Martin [also as Molo's twin brother; also as Don Lopez] (Captain of Detectives, origin of his name); Sergeant Murphy (Policeman); un-named District Attorney; Dick Bradley (death); Kay Raye (actress, death); Peter Byron (producer, death); Lily Ponela (opera star, death); Bruce Canton (playwright, death); Molo's twice brother [as Jeeves] (villain, driver for Lopez); Molo (villain) |
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Synopsis | Series of 8 different stand-alone cartoons. |
Featuring | Laffs |
Credits | Script: David B. Icove | Pencils: David B. Icove | Inks: David B. Icove | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Wilbur |
Notes | Writer and artist credits added by Craig Delich 2012-7-27. |
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Comic Story | The Gunpowder Mission (4 pages) |
Synopsis | Captain Dearborn is sent by George Washington to Fort Pitt to meet up with Major George Rogers Clark, then the pair will deliver much needed gun powder to Boonesboro, Kentucky. |
Featuring | Dan Dearborn, Freedom's Son |
Credits | Script: Walter Galli (signed) | Pencils: Walter Galli (signed) | Inks: Walter Galli (signed) |
Content | Genre: Historical | Characters: Captain Dan Dearborn; General George Washington; Major George Rogers Clark; Jerry (Dan's sidekick); Captain Neville (in charge of the garrison at Ft. Pitt); Jed Swift (riverboat pilot); Scarface Dykes (villain); Tuff Kendon (villain); |
Notes | Previous episodes appeared in Friday (a non-comic weekly magazine). Continued next issue. |
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Synopsis | The editors proudly announce a new series of stamps, based on the characters found in the thrilling book, "Mutiny on the Bounty". The page also lists ads from various stamp dealers with many stamps shown. |
Featuring | Silver Streak Stamp Page |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Characters: Will Rogers |
Notes | Sequence added by Craig Delich 2012-7-27. |
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Comic Story | Professor Skinn Strikes Back (8 pages) |
Synopsis | Professor Skinn and Blubber break out of jail and kidnap Dickie's parents, and when he shows up to rescue them, the Professor attempts to use his new invention on them all.....an invention that can reduce humans to chemicals! |
Featuring | Dickie Dean, Boy Inventor |
Credits | Script: Jack Cole (signed) | Pencils: Jack Cole (signed) | Inks: Jack Cole (signed) |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Dickie Dean; Mr. Dean; Martha Dean; Zip Todd; Professor Skinn (villain); "Blubber" (villain); radio controlled robots (villains) |
Notes | Continued next issue. |
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Synopsis | When Rusty discovers that today, the 10th, is his brother's birthday, he hurries to the newsstand to get the latest issue of Silver Streak Comics, which, after he reads it, will be his brother's present! |
Featuring | Rusty |
Credits | Script: Bob Wood (signed) | Pencils: Bob Wood (signed) | Inks: Bob Wood (signed) |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Rusty; un-named mother of Rusty; Mr. Jones (newsstand dealer); The Claw (image) |
Notes | This strip is partly a publisher's plug for Silver Streak Comics.
On inside back cover. |
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Synopsis | Illustrated ad for the new Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine. |
Featuring | Daisy Air Rifles |
Credits | Pencils: Fred Harman (signed) | Inks: Fred Harman (signed) | Letters: typeset |
Content | Characters: Red Ryder; Little Beaver |
Notes | Found on the back cover. Sequence added by Craig Delich 2012-7-27. |
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