(May 1987)

A.C.E. Comics, 1987 Series
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Volume
1
Price
1.75 USD; 2.25 CAD
Pages
36
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Animated Comics Enterprises Inc.
Brand
ACE Comics
Editing
Ron Frantz (editor)

Daredevil Battles The Claw (Table of Contents)

Daredevil; Claw / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Steve Ditko
Inks
Steve Ditko
Colors
?
Letters
?

Characters
Daredevil [Bart Hill]; The Claw

A Tribute To Jack Cole (1914 - 1958) (Table of Contents: 1)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Jerry De Fuccio
Pencils
Jerry De Fuccio; Jack Cole
Inks
Jerry De Fuccio; Jack Cole
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front and back covers; Illustration on inside front cover by DeFuccio. "Nobody's Business" cartoon by Jack Cole (reprinted from ?) at bottom of inside back cover.

[Daredevil Battles the Claw: Part 1] (Table of Contents: 2)

Daredevil, Claw / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole
Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Jack Cole
Letters
Jack Cole

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Daredevil [Bart Hill]; The Claw; Tonia Saunders; Bart Hill; Sin-Lee (death); Jarves
Synopsis
The Claw has his minions burrow under the Atlantic Ocean so that he can attack New York City (and America) from underground. Fortunately Bart Hill is there when the Claw attacks and he changes into the Daredevil to put a stop to the attack.
Reprints

Perspective: The Art of Jack Cole (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Ron Frantz ?; Jerry De Fuccio; C. C. Beck
Pencils
Jack Cole; ? (photos)
Inks
Jack Cole; ? (photos)
Letters
typeset

Characters
Jack Cole (photos)
Synopsis
Comments by Ron Frantz (uncredited) on Cole's life. Jerry De Fuccio and C.C. Beck comment on recreating the "Daredevil Battles Hitler" story, originally drawn by Cole.

Indexer Notes

Photos of Jack Cole from 1938 and c. 1956. Cole cartoon from "Colliers" c. 1952 and one of Cole's lessons from the Landon School of Cartooning correspondence course.

The Finger of Death Points At Silver Streak (Table of Contents: 4)

Silver Streak / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
Jack Cole
Pencils
Jack Cole
Inks
Jack Cole
Letters
Jack Cole

Genre
superhero
Characters
Silver Streak
Reprints

[Cover - Star Ranger V1#12] (Table of Contents: 5)

cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ron Frantz (note); Jack Cole ? (cover)
Pencils
Jack Cole (signed as J. Cole)
Inks
Jack Cole (signed as J. Cole)
Letters
Jack Cole ?; typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

A cover from the Chesler Shop from 1937-38 that Lee Boyett credits as Jack Cole's first comic book cover.

Big Edsel Band (Table of Contents: 6)

Big Edsel Band / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Frank McLaughlin
Inks
Frank McLaughlin
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Promo for "Big Edsel Band" comic. Cover of #1 is printed without trade dress.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Daredevil Battles The Claw
    Daredevil; Claw
  2. 1. A Tribute To Jack Cole (1914 - 1958)
  3. 2. [Daredevil Battles the Claw: Part 1]
    Daredevil, Claw
  4. 3. Perspective: The Art of Jack Cole
  5. 4. The Finger of Death Points At Silver Streak
    Silver Streak
  6. 5. [Cover - Star Ranger V1#12]
  7. 6. Big Edsel Band
    Big Edsel Band
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Merlin Haas
  • Darrel McCann
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell