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Issue: Silver Streak Comics #1 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1939
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Issues: #1 of 23 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagLev Gleason
Brand: A Rhoda Publ. YG
Indicia Publisher: Your Guide Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/22/1939
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Jack Cole
Disclose Notes: Indica (transcription courtesy of Frank Motler):
SILVER STREAK COMICS is published monthly by Your Guide Publications, Inc., publishing, editorial and executive offices are at 67 W. 44th St., New York, New York, N.Y. December 1939. Vol. 1 No. 1. Entry as second class matter at the post office at New York, N. Y., applied for under the act of March 3, 1879. single copies 10 cents; yearly subscription in U. S. and Canada, $1; elsewhere $2. No actual person is named or delineated in this magazine Copyright, 1939 by Your Guide Publications, Inc. Application for title pending at U. S. Patent Office. Printed in U. S. A.

On sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 4. Second class periodical. Copyright number 429810.
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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
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Claw
Character(s): The Claw
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Tom-Tom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Indian Lore
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Menken ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Claw
Character(s): The Claw (introduction); Jerry Morris; Eloise Pearsall
First Line: On a map, the island of Ricca is but a dot in Mid Pacific ...
Synopsis: Jerry Morris and Ambassador Eloise Pearsall happen to stop at Ricca, on their way to China to aid war victims. This is the home of The Claw, and The Claw needs a woman to aid in his world conquest.
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In Content Item: FlagDaredevil Comics #21 published January 1944
as The Coming of the Claw [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Per Bails' Who's Who, payment records show that Cole and someone named "Menken" (signature illegible) were paid for this Claw story. "Menken" may be a letterer.
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The Acid Test

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Factograms
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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As Time Stops

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mister Midnite
Character(s): Mr. Midnite (Neal Carruthers); Will-O-Wisp (villain); Slip; Gunner; Chief Birey
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Save on Bullets

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): John Carteris (Sheriff); Kenneth Lester (Deputy); Ken Lester
Synopsis: The Sheriff of Green Gulch was dignified, well bred, and older man (even though he didn't look it or act like it) who was careful, and slow about things, especially guns. Although his young Deputy held that against him, when the chips were down, the Sheriff knew how to take care of troublemakers......without wasting time or lead!
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In Content Item: FlagThe Bill Everett Archives #2 published September 2013
as Save on Bullets [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Meeting With a Genie

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Red Reeves
Character(s): Red Reeves (introduction); the Genie (introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Ting Ling's Power Play

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Captain Fearless
Character(s): Captain Fearless; Ting Ling (villain); Lt. Dugan
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagSilver Streak Comics #[22] published February 1946
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: continued next issue
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The Airport Murders

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Calling the Duke
Character(s): The Duke; Jack; Mary; the Hooded man
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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The Spy Ring Case

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Wasp
Character(s): The Wasp (Burton Slade); Rudolph Lake; Philip Wingate; Dan Roberts
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagMotion Picture Funnies Weekly #1 published January 1939
was The Wasp [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Make This
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: modelling feature
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Mesa Justice

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Barry Lane
Character(s): Barry Lane (introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Introducing the Spirit Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Spirit Man
Character(s): Spirit Man [Spirit Malcolm] (introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Here's Marvel Comics

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Ad for Marvel Mystery Comics #2 - with reprinted cover.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #1 published January 2012
as Also produced by the Funnies, Inc. shop... [Advertisement on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. There was an ad for this issue on the inside front cover of Marvel Mystery Comics #2. Early issues of Silver Streak Comics are believe to have been produced by Funnies, Inc., which also produced the early Marvel [Mystery] Comics.
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Did You Say Thrills?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Claw; Capt. Fearless; Spiritman
Synopsis: Next issue out November 10, 1939
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Pages: 1

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