(July 1941)

Lev Gleason, 1941 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Your Guide Publications Inc.
Editing
Charles Biro ? (editor); Bob Wood?

Issue Notes

Issue titled Daredevil Battles Hitler; with cover photo of Hitler

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Daredevil / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Charles Biro (signed as Woodro)
Inks
Bob Wood [as Woodro] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Daredevil [Bart Hill]; Silver Streak [unnamed taxi cab driver]; Dickie Dean; Adolf Hitler (photo of head); The Claw
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

Daredevil Battles Hitler (Chapter 1) (Table of Contents: 2)

Daredevil; Silver Streak / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Charles Biro
Pencils
Charles Biro
Inks
Charles Biro
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Daredevil [Bart Hill]; Silver Streak [unnamed taxi cab driver]; Whiz (Silver Streak's falcon); Prime Minister Winston Churchill; Adolf Hitler (villain); Joseph Goebbels (villain); Reichsmarshall Hermann Göring (villain); Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler (villain); Grand Admiral Erich Raeder (villain); Field Marshall Walter von Brauchitsch (villain); Benito Mussolini (villain); Putzie (villain, Nazi fortune teller); Lord Garnett (villain, member of Parliament); Jack (villain); Lord Hee Haw (villain, voice only); the Nazis (villains, some die)
Synopsis
Daredevil crashes in on a meeting at Berchtesgaden in which Hitler makes final plans to invade England across the Channel, then has to evade Nazi soldiers seeking to locate and kill him. Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Churchill meets with Daredevil and the Silver Streak and assigns them to watch a mysterious cottage on the Downs, which leads to an all-out naval battle with the enemy.
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Keywords
"The Nelson" (superdreadnought); Berchtesgaden; Daily Press; Deutsche Hogblatt; London Chronicle; New York Bulletin; No. 10 Downing Street; Paris Solo

Indexer Notes

Daredevil feature continues from Silver Streak Comics (Lev Gleason, 1939 series) #6.

Story and art credits verified by Michael Gilbert.

The Claw Double Crosses Hitler! (Chapter 2) (Table of Contents: 3)

Daredevil / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Charles Biro
Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Jack Cole
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Daredevil [Bart Hill]; The Claw (villain); Adolf Hitler (villain); the Japanese (villains, some die)
Synopsis
Hitler approaches the Claw to ask his assistance in helping him and the Japanese successfully attack and destroy the British in Singapore. Daredevil poses as a lieutenant of the Claw to get behind enemy lines to stop the attack.
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Indexer Notes

The chapters' masthead reads The Claw.

Story and art credits verified by Michael Gilbert.

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

Hash / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Victor Pazmiño
Pencils
Victor Pazmiño
Inks
Victor Pazmiño
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
It's a good thing this boat's got cross-ventilation!
Genre
humor
Characters
Doc Smith
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Indexer Notes

The Archives edition lists the story and art as unknown.

A series of five non-related humorous cartoon gags.

Fighting Hitler and His Jungle Hordes (Chapter 3) (Table of Contents: 5)

Daredevil [Golden Age]; Lance Hale / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Charles Biro ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Daredevil [Bart Hill]; Lance Hale; Adolf Hitler (villain); General von Sputt (villain); Schmidt (villain); the Nazis (villains)
Synopsis
Daredevil and Lance must stop Hitler's plans to conquer Africa from within, aimed at cutting Great Britain off from her colonial empire.
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Indexer Notes

The Archives edition lists the writer as unknown.

[Here It Is, Kids! The Comic Book They're All Talking About!!] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Silver Streak Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

Smash Goebbels' Spy Net (Chapter 4) (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
Charles Biro
Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Jack Cole
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Daredevil [Bart Hill]; Dickie Dean [Richard Dean]; Zip Todd; unnamed British Intelligence Officer; Adolf Hitler (villain); Joseph Goebbels (villain)
Synopsis
Dickie is summoned to Washington D.C. with his latest invention: a fool-proof decoding machine. Unfortunately, it is stolen by several Nazi agents, who try and rush it back to Berlin before Dean, Todd and Daredevil can stop them.
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Keywords
The Sky Bug

Indexer Notes

Story and art credits verified by Michael Gilbert.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Jus' Gags / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hang on, Mike - here comes another bump!
Genre
humor
Characters
Mike
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Indexer Notes

Series of five un-related gag cartoons.

Wreck Goering's Sky-Fighters (ch. 5) (Table of Contents: 9)

Daredevil and Cloud Curtis / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Charles Biro ?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Daredevil [Bart Hill]; Cloud Curtis; Reichsmarshall Hermann Göring (villain); Adolf Hitler (villain); the Nazis (villains, some die)
Synopsis
Daredevil and Cloud help fight off the murderous Nazi air blitzkrieg with the help of the RAF, including stopping the Nazi Reichsmarshall, who accepts Cloud's proposal to battle it out with each other in the air.
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Keywords
Golden Bullet

Indexer Notes

The Archive edition lists the writer as unknown.

Von Roeder, Nazi Sea Raider (Chapter 6) (Table of Contents: 10)

Daredevil and Pirate Prince / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Harry Anderson (signed as Anderson)
Inks
Harry Anderson (signed as Anderson)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Daredevil [Bart Hill]; The Pirate Prince; Adolf Hitler (villain); Grand Admiral Erich Raeder (villain)
Synopsis
Hitler orders his Grand Admiral to patrol the English Channel every night and sink every ship in sight. However, Der Führer doesn't count on Daredevil and the Pirate Prince from stopping that effort!
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Keywords
Emden (German raider)

Indexer Notes

Art credits by Michael Gilbert. Signature on life preserver.

The Man of Hate Adolf Hitler - Dictator of Germany! (Table of Contents: 11)

Hitler / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Davis (signed as R. B. S. Davis)
Pencils
Bob Davis (signed as R. B. S. Davis)
Inks
Bob Davis (signed as R. B. S. Davis)
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset
Genre
biography; war
Characters
Hans; Chancellor Englebert Dollfuss (of Austria); Edward Benes (Czech President); Adolf Hitler (villain); Field Marshall Paul von Hindenburg (death); Mars (villain, god of war); the Nazis (villains)
Synopsis
The rise of Hitler from a budding artist to soldier in World War I to Chancellor and finally as a rising dictator, hoping to become master of the world!
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Indexer Notes

Corrected page count from Chris Launder (01/15/2005).

Biography in art and text of Adolf Hitler.

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Comicscope / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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

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Issue at my.comics.org
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Daredevil
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Silver Streak Comics
  3. 2. Daredevil Battles Hitler (Chapter 1)
    Daredevil; Silver Streak
  4. 3. The Claw Double Crosses Hitler! (Chapter 2)
    Daredevil
  5. 4. ["It's a good thing this boat's got cross-ventilation!"]
    Hash
  6. 5. Fighting Hitler and His Jungle Hordes (Chapter 3)
    Daredevil [Golden Age]; Lance Hale
  7. 6. [Here It Is, Kids! The Comic Book They're All Talking About!!]
    Silver Streak Comics
  8. 7. Smash Goebbels' Spy Net (Chapter 4)
    Daredevil With Dickie Dean, Boy Inventor
  9. 8. ["Hang on, Mike - here comes another bump!"]
    Jus' Gags
  10. 9. Wreck Goering's Sky-Fighters (ch. 5)
    Daredevil and Cloud Curtis
  11. 10. Von Roeder, Nazi Sea Raider (Chapter 6)
    Daredevil and Pirate Prince
  12. 11. The Man of Hate Adolf Hitler - Dictator of Germany!
    Hitler
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Comicscope
  14. 13. [no title indexed]
    Daredevil
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