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Issue: Silver Streak Comics #11 Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1941
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Issues: #11 of 23 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagLev Gleason
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: New Friday Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/17/1941
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Lev Gleason
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 2.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Full Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior
Binding: Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format: Was ongoing
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?; Don Rico (head of Daredevil and Claw at the top only) (signed)
Inker(s): ?; Don Rico (head of Daredevil and Claw at the top only) (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Battle
Character(s): Captain Battle [Jonathan Battle]; Daredevil [Bart Hill] (inset); The Claw (inset)
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In Issue: FlagAction! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 #[nn] published December 2011
In Issue: FlagSilver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil #2 published December 2012
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose 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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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Binder
Inker(s): Jack Binder
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Captain Battle's Boys' Brigade
Character(s): Captain Battle [Jonathan Battle]
First Line: Join Captain Battle's Boys' Brigade!
Synopsis: Illustrated promotional advertisement for Captain Battle's new club, complete with stylized coupon to submit with 10 cents.
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In Issue: FlagSilver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil #2 published December 2012
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the inside front cover.
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Great Peril

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Formes [as Formes] (signed)
Penciller(s): Jack Binder [as Binder] (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Binder [as Binder] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Capt. Battle
Character(s): Captain Battle [Jonathan Battle]; Jane Lorrain; The Black Dragon (villain); Deaglos (villains, birdmen of the Dragon)
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.
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In Issue: FlagSilver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil #2 published December 2012
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Story title taken from the cover.
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Daredevil vs. the Claw [Part 5]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Don Rico (signed)
Penciller(s): Don Rico (signed)
Inker(s): Don Rico (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Daredevil versus the Claw
Character(s): Daredevil [Bart Hill]; Tonia Saunders; The Claw (villain); Lucifer the Genii (villain, introduction); Genii's monsters (villains, many die)
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.
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In Issue: FlagSilver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil #2 published December 2012
In Issue: FlagL'âge merveilleux des Comics #4 published ?
Reprint Notes: in Men of Mystery (AC, 1999 series) #111 (2019) in black and white.
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: The Daredevil feature continues in Daredevil Comics (Lev Gleason, 1941 series) #1.
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Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): David B. Icove [as D. B. I.] (signed)
Penciller(s): David B. Icove [as D. B. I.] (signed)
Inker(s): David B. Icove [as D. B. I.] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Laffs
Character(s): Jones; Smith; Lenny; Lenny's Dad; Caesar (historical character); Brutus (historical character); Uncle Ned; Joey; Tommy; Jed
Synopsis: Series of 16 assorted gags, some illustrated, including a 4-panel strip.
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In Issue: FlagSilver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil #2 published December 2012
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: 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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Bok, King of Slavers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Briefer [as Richard Norman] (signed)
Penciller(s): Dick Briefer [as Richard Norman] (signed)
Inker(s): Dick Briefer [as Richard Norman] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Feature(s): The Pirate Prince
Character(s): The Pirate Prince; Snad (a shipmaker); Bok (villain, King of the slave smugglers, death); Pete (villain); Marp (villain)
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!
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In Issue: FlagSilver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil #2 published December 2012
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Pages: 5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Art Helfant (signed)
Penciller(s): Art Helfant (signed)
Inker(s): Art Helfant (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Art Helfant
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Kelly the Cop
Character(s): Kelly; Felix; Beansie the Bully (villain)
First Line: Hm.m! Sounds like some monkey business going on...
Synopsis: Kelly hears a commotion and finds Beansie and Felix going at it.
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In Issue: FlagSilver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil #2 published December 2012
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Pages: 1
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Dickie Dean Boy Inventor Fights the Gadget Octopus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Wood ?
Penciller(s): Pierce Rice ?
Inker(s): Louis Cazeneuve ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dickie Dean Boy Inventor
Character(s): Dickie Dean; Zip; Pete Tagle; Jackie Tagle; Professor Skinn [aka Professor Skin] (villain); Blubber (villain)
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.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: 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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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Guardineer (signed)
Penciller(s): Fred Guardineer (signed)
Inker(s): Fred Guardineer (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Fred Guardineer ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, jungle
Feature(s): Lance Hale
Character(s): Lance Hale; Nellie Lee; Bill; natives (villains, some die); "Great One" (villain, a man-eating rat, death)
First Line: Deep in the African wilderness, Lance Hale...
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.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Last panel promo tells of Lance battling "The Missing Link" in the next issue.
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): David B. Icove [as D. B. I.] (signed)
Penciller(s): David B. Icove [as D. B. I.] (signed)
Inker(s): David B. Icove [as D. B. I.] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Can You Answer These?
Synopsis: Nine illustrated puzzlers are given for the readers to answer, plus there is seven question intelligence quiz. All answers are provided.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): David B. Icove
Penciller(s): David B. Icove
Inker(s): David B. Icove
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Can You Solve These?
Character(s): Ferdie Frog; Slippery Snake; Porky Pig; Dirty Dog; Dopey Duck (death); Rocky Rooster (villain)
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.
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Pages: 1
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The Ghost of the Domino

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Wood (signed)
Penciller(s): Bob Wood (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Wood (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Presto Martin, Quick Change Artist
Character(s): 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)
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.
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Pages: 5
Disclose 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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The Red Scar, or, Prairie Justice Never Lags: Part 4

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Formes (signed)
Penciller(s): Jack Binder
Inker(s): Jack Binder
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; most typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, western
Feature(s): Silver Ranger and His Wonder Horse Lucifer
Character(s): The Silver Ranger; Lucifer (Ranger's horse); Sam Leonard (prospector, death); Sally Leonard (Sam's daughter); un-named Sheriff; Slim Barker (villain)
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.
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Pages: 3
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The Ripper

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Carl Formes [as Formes] (signed)
Penciller(s): Jack Binder [as Binder] (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Binder [as Binder] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Feature(s): Cloud Curtis and His Golden Bullet
Character(s): Cloud Curtis; "Crusher" McCoy; "Pop" Whistler; Scissors (villain, death); Spike (villain, death)
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.
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In Issue: FlagSilver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil #2 published December 2012
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Pages: 5
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Western Justice

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): David B. Icove [as D. B. Icove] (signed)
Penciller(s): David B. Icove [as D. B. Icove] (signed)
Inker(s): David B. Icove [as D. B. Icove] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Sheriff Jed
Character(s): Jed (Sheriff); Dan Leary (death); Tubby; Joe Walsh (death); Ed Smith (death); Snake (villain)
Synopsis: Jed accuses Snake of the murder of Dan Leary, but finds it difficult to prove it.
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In Issue: FlagSilver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil #2 published December 2012
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Walter Galli
Penciller(s): Bernard Klein [as Bernie] (signed)
Inker(s): Bernard Klein [as Bernie] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Feature(s): Dan Dearborn, Freedom's Son
Character(s): Dan Dearborn; Jerry; Simon Girty (villain); the Indians (villains)
First Line: White savage!! More cruel, more bloodthirsty, more dreaded than the redskins!
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.
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In Issue: FlagSilver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil #2 published December 2012
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Story continued in the next issue.
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Introducing Mercury, the Boy Streak

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Wood (signed)
Penciller(s): Bob Wood (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Wood (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Silver Streak , World's Fastest Man, and Whiz, King of Falcons
Character(s): 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)
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.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Mercury changes his name to Meteor in the next issue.
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Tops 'em All!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): Bob Wood (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Wood (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; some typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Silver Streak Comics
Character(s): 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
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).
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Fireworks
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.
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In Issue: FlagSilver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil #2 published December 2012
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Found on the back cover.

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