Silver Streak Comics #10

(May 1941)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Silver Streak / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Daredevil Battles the Claw, Part 4] (Table of Contents: 2)

Daredevil and Claw / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Cole (signed)

Pencils

Jack Cole (signed)

Inks

Jack Cole (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Daredevil [Bart Hill]; Empress of America; the Claw (villain)

Synopsis

After defeating Daredevil and taking over America, the Claw sees the underworld flock to him as willing and eager servants. Claw's first step is to take a bride and crown her as Empress of America, and, at her first celebration appearance, he vows to execute Daredevil!

Reprints

• in L'âge merveilleux des Comics (J.F.C. Editions, 2012 series) #4
• in Reddevil (AC, 1992 series) #1 (1992)
• in Golden-Age Greats (AC, 1994 series) #10 (1996)
• in Golden-Age Treasury (AC, 2003 series) #2 (2003)
• in Silver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #2 (December 2012)

[Prisoner on a U-Boat] (Table of Contents: 3)

Lance Hale / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Pencils

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Inks

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Fred Guardineer ?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Lance Hale; the Nazis (villains, many die)

Synopsis

Having made his way from the Congo to the west coast of Africa, Lance is fishing when a Nazi sub surfaces and takes him prisoner. A U.S. merchant vessel causes the sub to sink and Lance escapes and is rescued by the vessel.

Reprints

• in Silver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #2 (December 2012)

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2012-12-8. The last panel states that the title of the next story is "Temple of Death".

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Duggie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Art Helfant (signed)

Pencils

Art Helfant (signed)

Inks

Art Helfant (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Art Helfant

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well young man.. what's this...

Genre

humor; children

Characters

Duggie; Duggie's father; Duggie's mother; Mrs. Scott

Synopsis

Duggie's father chews him out for getting into a fight while trying to meddle in someone else's affairs and grounds the boy.

Reprints

• in Silver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #2 (December 2012)

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2012-12-8.

[Iron Jaw Revealed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Silver Streak, Fastest Man on Earth and Whiz, King of Falcons / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Wood (signed)

Pencils

Bob Wood (signed)

Inks

Bob Wood (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Silver Streak [un-named taxi cab driver]; Whiz (pet Falcon); President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (cameo); Kitty Doyle (introduction); Iron Jaw I (villain, introduction, a robot, death)

Synopsis

Recovering from wounds suffered against Iron Jaw, Silver Streak leaves the hospital and visits Kitty Doyle to see if she can help him get back on the trail of Iron Jaw. When he hears the villain plans to attack a maker of armored trucks in Chicago, the Streak and Whiz go to the Windy City for a show down with the robot.

Reprints

• in Silver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #2 (December 2012)

Indexer Notes

This Iron Jaw is NOT the villain Crimebuster battled in Boy Comics.....this is a robot.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Kelly the Cop / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Art Helfant (signed)

Pencils

Art Helfant (signed)

Inks

Art Helfant (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Art Helfant

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well, I'll be?!!

Genre

humor

Characters

Kelly

Synopsis

Officer Kelly, seeing the kids playing a dangerous game on the streets, decides to show them a safer game he used to play when he was a child.

Reprints

• in Silver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #2 (December 2012)

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2012-12-8.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Silver Streak Stamp Page / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[The Beau's Masquerade] (Table of Contents: 8)

The Pirate Prince / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Briefer (signed as Richard Norman)

Pencils

Dick Briefer (signed as Richard Norman)

Inks

Dick Briefer (signed as Richard Norman)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

historical

Characters

The Pirate Prince; Merry; Zoong (villain, spy); The Beau (villain, death); Zara (villain)

Synopsis

The Beau, noting his resemblance to the Pirate Prince, captures the Prince and disguises himself as such, and takes over the Prince's ship. But his cruelty toward the crew members leads to a revolt, only ending when the real Prince returns and kills the villain in a swordfight.

Reprints

• in Silver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #2 (December 2012)

[The Time Camera] (Table of Contents: 9)

Dickie Dean, the Boy Inventor / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Cole (signed)

Pencils

Jack Cole (signed)

Inks

Jack Cole (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Dickie Dean; Zip; Mr. Rock (Mr. O'Day's business partner, death); Mr. O-Day (villain, businessman); Charlie (villain); Ed (villain)

Synopsis

Dickie has created a "Time Camera", enabling the boy inventor to view scenes from the historical past that have occured within a 50 yard radius of the machine. Using the machine, Dickie and Zip hope to discover a clue to the identity of the arsonist killer of businessman Mr. O'Day.

Reprints

• in Silver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #2 (December 2012)

Keywords

Time Camera

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Laffs / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

David Icove (signed as D. B. I.)

Pencils

David Icove (signed as D. B. I.)

Inks

David Icove (signed as D. B. I.)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Characters

Mrs. Jenkins; Billy; Bobby; Agnes; Tom

Synopsis

Series of 19 assorted gags, some illustrated.

Reprints

• in Silver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #2 (December 2012)

Indexer Notes

Writer/artist credits added by Craig Delich 2012-12-8.

[Scar-Face Dyke's Ambush] (Table of Contents: 11)

Dan Dearborn, Freedom's Son / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Walter Galli (signed)

Pencils

Walter Galli (signed)

Inks

Walter Galli (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

historical

Characters

Dan Dearborn; George Rogers Clark; Jerry; Scar-Face Dykes (villain); Indians (villains, many die)

Synopsis

Dan heads down the river to do battle with Scar-Face Dykes, who has been riling up the Indians against the white men.

Reprints

• in Silver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #2 (December 2012)

Keywords

Boonesboro

[Murder for Breakfast] (Table of Contents: 12)

Presto Martin, Quick Change Artist / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Wood (signed)

Pencils

Bob Wood (signed)

Inks

Bob Wood (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Presto Bill Martin [also as the Police Commissioner and Mondello]; Sergeant Murphy (Policeman); Kay Kenyon [Kay O'Brien] (actress); Mr. Jackson (Kay's cousin); Mr. Gold (Kay's producer); Mr. Fillman (villain, Kay's writer); un-named butler (villain, death)

Synopsis

Presto decides to help out a movie actress, in town to star in "Murder for Breakfast," who has received an extortion note asking her for $50,000, otherwise horrible things will occur at the performance.

Reprints

• in Silver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #2 (December 2012)

[The Black Dragon] (Table of Contents: 13)

Captain Battle / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Formes (signed as C. Formes)

Pencils

Jack Binder (signed)

Inks

Jack Binder (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain Battle [Jonathan Battle]; Jane Lorraine (Battle's secretary); (The Black Dragon (villain, introduction); The Deaglos (villains, bird-men, introduction for all, all die)

Synopsis

When Captain Battle discovers that mysterious Birdmen are conquering friendly European nations, all being directed by the evil foe of freedom, The Black Dragon, he decides to personally battle this menace.

Reprints

• in Silver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #2 (December 2012)

Keywords

Curvoscope; Dissolvo; Luceflyer

Indexer Notes

Dissolvo is a color concentrate, the vibrations of which melt down nerve and bone tissue into a gelatinous mass.

The Saving Watch, or, Range Justice Never Fails (Table of Contents: 14)

The Silver Ranger and His Wonder Horse, Lucifer / text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Formes (signed)

Pencils

Jack Binder (signed)

Inks

Jack Binder (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

historical; western-frontier

Characters

The Silver Rider; Lucifer (Rider's horse); Luke Davis; old widow Jones; Jim Lasker [aka Dead Shot Jim] (villain, rancher)

Synopsis

The Silver Ranger stops a greedy man from getting ranchers high on liquor, then getting them to sign the deeds to their property over to him.

Reprints

• in Silver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #2 (December 2012)

Keywords

L-bar-B Ranch; Stony Gulch Palace Saloon

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Can You Answer These? / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

David Icove (signed as D. B. I.)

Pencils

David Icove (signed as D. B. I.)

Inks

David Icove (signed as D. B. I.)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Synopsis

Six illustrated puzzlers are shown for readers to answer.

Reprints

• in Silver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #2 (December 2012)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Can You Solve These? / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

David Icove (signed as D. B. I.)

Pencils

David Icove (signed as D. B. I.)

Inks

David Icove (signed as D. B. I.)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Synopsis

Five illustrated puzzlers are presented for readers to solve.

Reprints

• in Silver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #2 (December 2012)

[The Heater] (Table of Contents: 17)

Cloud Curtis and His Golden Bullet / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Otto Binder ?

Pencils

Jack Binder (signed)

Inks

Jack Binder (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

aviation

Characters

Cloud Curtis; "Crusher" McCoy; "Pop" Whistler; The Heater (villains, introduction, all die)

Synopsis

Cloud must go up against a terrible heat ray that roasts pilots alive and melts aircraft.

Reprints

• in Silver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #2 (December 2012)

Keywords

The Golden Bullet

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Pat Patriot and His Gang / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Bob Wood (signed)

Pencils

Bob Wood (signed)

Inks

Bob Wood (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

We just gotta win today!

Genre

teen

Characters

Pat Patriot; Pat's mother; "Slugger" O'Toole; Daredevil [Bart Hill] (image); Silver Streak [un-named taxi cab driver] (image); Dickie Dean (image); The Claw (villain, image)

Synopsis

Pat is the team's only hope against the Mud Hens in a baseball game. And he has extra incentive to do well: Pat's mother promises the gang a surprise if they win the game!

Reprints

• in Silver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #2 (December 2012)

Indexer Notes

Sequence added by Craig Delich 2012-12-9. In part, this story is a publisher promotion for Silver Streak Comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

"Bucko" Private / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Vic Dowd ? (as Inky Dow)

Pencils

Vic Dowd ? (as Inky Dow)

Inks

Vic Dowd ? (as Inky Dow)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'm sorry, but Bucko asked me to the dance first!

Genre

humor; military

Characters

Bucko Private; Katie; Officer Blotz

Synopsis

To keep Bucko from having a date with Katie, Officer Blotz puts the Private on guard duty near an old cannon.

Reprints

• in Silver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #2 (December 2012)