Silver Streak Comics #11

(June 1941)

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

Captain Battle's Boys' Brigade / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Great Peril (Table of Contents: 2)

Capt. Battle / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Carl Formes [as Formes] (signed)

Pencils

Jack Binder [as Binder] (signed)

Inks

Jack Binder [as Binder] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Captain Battle [Jonathan Battle]; Jane Lorrain; The Black Dragon (villain); Deaglos (villains, birdmen of the Dragon)

Synopsis

Jonathan is taken by surprise by the Deaglos in his laboratory, but falls unconscious through a trap door unseen. However, the strange birdmen succeed in securing some of Battle's inventions and kidnap Jane for good measure so that she can become the Queen for the Black Dragon.

Reprints

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

Keywords

Curvoscope; Dissolvo; Luceflyer

Indexer Notes

Story title taken from the cover.

Daredevil vs. the Claw [Part 5] (Table of Contents: 3)

Daredevil versus the Claw / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Don Rico (signed)

Pencils

Don Rico (signed)

Inks

Don Rico (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Daredevil [Bart Hill]; Tonia Saunders; The Claw (villain); Lucifer the Genii (villain, introduction); Genii's monsters (villains, many die)

Synopsis

Frustrated by defeats at the hands of Daredevil, the Claw ventures to the inferno to seek Lucifer's aid against Daredevil. Lucifer agrees with one condition: if Daredevil wins again, then the Claw will be banished into Asia forever.

Reprints

• in L'âge merveilleux des Comics (J.F.C. Editions, 2012 series) #4
• in Silver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil (Dark Horse, 2012 series) #2 (December 2012)
• in Men of Mystery (AC, 1999 series) #111 (2019) in black and white.

Keywords

The Claw's Monastery

Indexer Notes

The Daredevil feature continues in Daredevil Comics (Lev Gleason, 1941 series) #1.

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

Laffs / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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

Pencils

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

Inks

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

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Characters

Jones; Smith; Lenny; Lenny's Dad; Caesar (historical character); Brutus (historical character); Uncle Ned; Joey; Tommy; Jed

Synopsis

Series of 16 assorted gags, some illustrated, including a 4-panel strip.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Writer and artist credits added by Craig Delich 2013-1-8. This page also includesa Silver Streak Portrait Certificate, and an illustrated spot ad for a picture ring for sale for 48 cents.

[Bok, King of Slavers] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Dick Briefer [as Richard Norman] (signed)

Pencils

Dick Briefer [as Richard Norman] (signed)

Inks

Dick Briefer [as Richard Norman] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

historical

Characters

The Pirate Prince; Snad (a shipmaker); Bok (villain, King of the slave smugglers, death); Pete (villain); Marp (villain)

Synopsis

Bok forces a local shipmaker to construct a special ship for his use in slave smuggling, but when he refuses, all of the shipmaker's fleet is destroyed by fire. He then agrees to build the ship with a double hull, that will effectively hide the whereabouts of slaves aboard the ship.....or so it is thought!

Reprints

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

[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

Hm.m! Sounds like some monkey business going on...

Genre

humor

Characters

Kelly; Felix; Beansie the Bully (villain)

Synopsis

Kelly hears a commotion and finds Beansie and Felix going at it.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2013-1-8.

Dickie Dean Boy Inventor Fights the Gadget Octopus (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Dick Wood ?

Pencils

Pierce Rice ?

Inks

Louis Cazeneuve ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Dickie Dean; Zip; Pete Tagle; Jackie Tagle; Professor Skinn [aka Professor Skin] (villain); Blubber (villain)

Synopsis

After saving the life of a young boy with his Sky Bug, Dickie speaks with the boy's father and comments that there is no safe play area for children in the community. When Dickie suggests using the old amusement park grounds as a possible site, Mr. Tagle gives the property to Dickie to fix up. However, the evil Professor Skinn intends to stop such efforts.

Reprints

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

Keywords

Balloon Bus; Fire Gun; the Octopus; The Sky Bug

Indexer Notes

Credits suggested the Who's Who.

The last 1/4th of the page is an illustrated invention section, where Dickie asks readers to send in their invention ideas. One such invention, an Air Pressure Boat, sent in by reader Michael Dubroff from Brooklyn, is shown.

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

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

Script

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Pencils

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Inks

Fred Guardineer (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Fred Guardineer ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Deep in the African wilderness, Lance Hale...

Genre

adventure; jungle

Characters

Lance Hale; Nellie Lee; Bill; natives (villains, some die); "Great One" (villain, a man-eating rat, death)

Synopsis

Lance follows natives and their kidnapped female back to a temple in the jungle, where she is to be sacrificed. Saving her from several perils, Lance and Nellie head back to her expedition.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Last panel promo tells of Lance battling "The Missing Link" in the next issue.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

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

Pencils

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

Inks

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

Colors

?

Letters

?

Synopsis

Nine illustrated puzzlers are given for the readers to answer, plus there is seven question intelligence quiz. All answers are provided.

Reprints

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

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

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

Script

David B. Icove

Pencils

David B. Icove

Inks

David B. Icove

Colors

?

Letters

?

Characters

Ferdie Frog; Slippery Snake; Porky Pig; Dirty Dog; Dopey Duck (death); Rocky Rooster (villain)

Synopsis

A baseball crossword puzzle is given for readers to solve (solution included), an illustrated "Barnyard Murder Mystery" is presented for readers to determine who the murderer is, and there are two mathematical illustrated problems for readers to solve.

Reprints

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

The Ghost of the Domino (Table of Contents: 11)

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 Martin [also as Domino and Scarface Klein]; Sergeant Murphy (Policeman); un-named Police Commissioner; Daredevil [Bart Hill] (image in newspaper); Domino (villain, death); "Lucky" Rica (villain, death); Slug (villain); Scarface Klein (villain); Pete Poulos (villain); Trigger Annand (villain)

Synopsis

Before Domino went to the chair for his crimes, he threatened to come back and get his revenge on those who turned state's evidence on him. Presto sees a case in the making when three of the witnesses are murdered. When Martin and Murphy check on Domino's grave, it is empty, and Martin smells a rat: a member of Domino's gang, looking to kill off Domino's gang members in order to help himself to money Domino had stashed away.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Panel 6 on page 2 reads: "Roussos does it again! Famous cartoonist meets second deadline!" This refers, of course, to George Roussos, noted comic book artist.

The Red Scar, or, Prairie Justice Never Lags: Part 4 (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

Carl Formes (signed)

Pencils

Jack Binder

Inks

Jack Binder

Colors

?

Letters

?; most typeset

Genre

historical; western-frontier

Characters

The Silver Ranger; Lucifer (Ranger's horse); Sam Leonard (prospector, death); Sally Leonard (Sam's daughter); un-named Sheriff; Slim Barker (villain)

Synopsis

The Ranger comes across a prospector who has just been fatally shot, but before he dies, he gives the Ranger a map to his gold mine that he had staked in his daughter's name. The Ranger tracks the killer to the town saloon and confronts him as the cur asks the saloon keeper to lock up two bags of gold dust. Out-numbered, the Ranger dashes out of the saloon right into the Sheriff, who, along with his deputies, rounds up Barker and the others.

Reprints

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

Keywords

Pine Gulch; Rocky Ford Palace Saloon

Indexer Notes

Story title correction by Craig Delich 2013-1-8.

[The Ripper] (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script

Carl Formes [as Formes] (signed)

Pencils

Jack Binder [as Binder] (signed)

Inks

Jack Binder [as Binder] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

aviation

Characters

Cloud Curtis; "Crusher" McCoy; "Pop" Whistler; Scissors (villain, death); Spike (villain, death)

Synopsis

Cloud must battle the threat of an international spy organization, who has sent their aircraft, termed The Ripper, to attack Army flying students. Cloud, Crusher and Pop attack the Ripper, but that plane's strong magnet holds the Golden Bullet in place and returns the aircraft to the spy's headquarters, from which Cloud and friends break out of their prison, man their plane and destroy the Ripper and crew.

Reprints

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

Keywords

Golden Bullet; The Ripper

Western Justice (Table of Contents: 14)

Sheriff Jed / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

David B. Icove [as D. B. Icove] (signed)

Pencils

David B. Icove [as D. B. Icove] (signed)

Inks

David B. Icove [as D. B. Icove] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Jed (Sheriff); Dan Leary (death); Tubby; Joe Walsh (death); Ed Smith (death); Snake (villain)

Synopsis

Jed accuses Snake of the murder of Dan Leary, but finds it difficult to prove it.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Page count corrected by Craig Delich 2013-01-8.

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

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

Script

Walter Galli

Pencils

Bernard Klein [as Bernie] (signed)

Inks

Bernard Klein [as Bernie] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

White savage!! More cruel, more bloodthirsty, more dreaded than the redskins!

Genre

historical

Characters

Dan Dearborn; Jerry; Simon Girty (villain); the Indians (villains)

Synopsis

Dan and Jerry come upon a village in flames after an Indian raid and learn from one of the dying settlers that white men, led by a man named Girty, egged the Indians on to make the attack. Dan becomes a captive of the Indians and is slated to be burned at the stake when Girty shows up and Dan uses a ruse to save his life.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.

Story continued in the next issue.

Introducing Mercury, the Boy Streak (Table of Contents: 16)

Silver Streak , World's Fastest Man, 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

The Silver Streak [un-named taxi cab driver]; Mercury, the Boy Streak [Mickey O'Toole] (introduction); Whiz (pet Falcon); Slugger O'Toole (Mickey's father, mentioned only, death); Riley (Policeman); Dutch Bultz [aka "The Racket King"] (villain, mobster); Wang Fo [aka Wang Fu] (villain)

Synopsis

Having received the Medal of Honor from President Roosevelt, the Streak heads north to New York City, where he sees a boy being manhandled. He saves the boy and endows him with the same powers he has, while, elsewhere, mobster Dutch Bultz offers to pay Wang Fo $1 million if he can eliminate Silver Streak.

Reprints

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

Indexer Notes

Mercury changes his name to Meteor in the next issue.

Tops 'em All! (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

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

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

advertisement / 1 page (report information)