(April 1942)

Lev Gleason, 1941 Series
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Volume
?
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1942-02-06
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
?
Brand
Published by Comic House Inc.
Editing
Charles Biro (editor); Bob Wood (editor)

Issue Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 2.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Daredevil / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Charles Biro (signed as Biro)
Inks
Charles Biro (signed as Biro)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
One chance in a million!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Daredevil [Bart Hill]; The Claw (inset)
Reprints
Keywords
train

Indexer Notes

The cover incorrectly shows two Daredevils fighting. In the story, the man Daredevil fights to rescue Tonia from the tracks is wearing civies.

The Champion of Crime (Table of Contents: 1)

Daredevil / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
Charles Biro; Bob Wood
Pencils
Charles Biro (signed as Biro)
Inks
Charles Biro (signed as Biro)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
From the beginning of time, men have gone...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Daredevil [Bart Hill] (origin, flashback); Mr. Pat McGuire (first appearance); Mrs. Pat McGuire (first appearance); Mike McGuire (first appearance); The Bolt [Flash Farnum] (first appearance, villain, death, flashback); Tonia Saunders

[Crippled Vengeance: Ch. 4] (Table of Contents: 2)

Thirteen and Jinx / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Wood
Pencils
Bernard Klein
Inks
Bernard Klein
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We left Thirteen and Jinx at the wrong end of a...
Characters
Thirteen [Harold Higgins]; Jinx [Darrel Creig]; King Questionmark (villain, death); Goebbels (villain, death); Professor Venom (first appearance, villain); Nazis (villains)

Brush-'Em-Off Syndicate (Table of Contents: 3)

Sniffer / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Charles Biro ?
Pencils
Carl Hubbell (signed as Hub)
Inks
Carl Hubbell (signed as Hub)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here he is!... Even as a baby, Sniffer displayed...
Characters
Sniffer; Juan Hernandez (first appearance); Slugs Moroni (first appearance, villain); Fingers Thompson (first appearance, villain); Spizola and his mob (first appearance, villains); a spy (first appearance, villain)

On Mystery Mountain (Table of Contents: 4)

Crimebuster / text story / 2.66 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Wood (credited)
Pencils
Charles Biro (illos) [as Biro] (signed)
Inks
Charles Biro (illos) [as Biro] (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The March wind tore around the summit of Mystery Mountain and...
Genre
crime; superhero
Characters
Crimebuster [Chuck Chandler]; Gargantua (monkey); Nazis
Keywords
Mystery Mountain

[In India] (Table of Contents: 5)

Houdonnit the Great / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Montana (signed as Montana)
Pencils
Bob Montana (signed as Montana)
Inks
Bob Montana (signed as Montana)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Houdonnit, the great miss-tic muffer, who awes the world (and himself) with his colossal goose eggs! Right now, he is crossing the...
Genre
humor
Characters
Houdonnit (first appearance, a magician); Mustuppa
Keywords
Gooby Desert

[The Bronx Terror] (Table of Contents: 6)

Real American #1 / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Briefer (signed)
Pencils
Dick Briefer (signed)
Inks
Dick Briefer (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Say, Lilly, you're doing all right by that bow and arrow.
Characters
Bronze Terror [Jeff Dixon]; Lippy Louie (first appearance, villain); Lilly; Chief (Jeff Dixon's father); Blackie Dawson
Keywords
New York

The Boar Returns! (Table of Contents: 7)

London / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Frank Volpe (signed)
Inks
Frank Volpe (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
From the mouth of evil, from the home of hate, steps Hitler's prize monsters of...
Characters
London [Marc Holmes]; Winston Churchill; The Boar (villain); Tong (a boar, The Boar's pet); Leslie

[Contract on Pat Patriot] (Table of Contents: 8)

Pat Patriot / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
As Pat Patriot, America's Joan of Arc heads back to New York City from Hollywood...
Characters
Pat Patriot [Patricia Patrios]; Mr. MacDonald (first appearance); Coaky (first appearance, villain); Marky (first appearance, villain); other hoods (first appearance, villains)

[What Price Fighters?] (Table of Contents: 9)

Whirlwind / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Montana (signed as Montana)
Pencils
Bob Montana (signed as Montana)
Inks
Bob Montana (signed as Montana)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Terry Turner, hailed by his friends as "Whirlwind" and brightest contender for the...
Characters
Whirlwind [Terry Turner]; Leo Millstream (first appearance); George Golden (first appearance); Warren Famen (first appearance, villain); Jackie Wings; Veronica Pond

The Claw Has Failed! (Table of Contents: 10)

Claw / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Wood (signed)
Pencils
Bob Wood (signed)
Inks
Bob Wood (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Heil Hitler!
Characters
Claw (villain); Ghost [Brad Hendricks]; Kloglo (first appearance, villain)
Synopsis
Kloglo arrives in New York to help Claw deal with the Ghost.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["One chance in a million!"]
    Daredevil
  2. 1. The Champion of Crime
    Daredevil
  3. 2. [Crippled Vengeance: Ch. 4]
    Thirteen and Jinx
  4. 3. Brush-'Em-Off Syndicate
    Sniffer
  5. 4. On Mystery Mountain
    Crimebuster
  6. 5. [In India]
    Houdonnit the Great
  7. 6. [The Bronx Terror]
    Real American #1
  8. 7. The Boar Returns!
    London
  9. 8. [Contract on Pat Patriot]
    Pat Patriot
  10. 9. [What Price Fighters?]
    Whirlwind
  11. 10. The Claw Has Failed!
    Claw
This issue was modified by, among others
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  • Keith Chandler
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Del Gruber
  • Merlin Haas
  • Katy Hayhurst
  • Lee Lines
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore