Daredevil Comics #4

(October 1941)

Daredevil Presents 10 Smash Features (Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Charles Biro ?

Inks

Charles Biro ?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Characters

Daredevil [Bart Hill]

Reprints

• in The Original Daredevil Archives (Dark Horse, 2013 series) #1 (June 2013)

Indexer Notes

Found on the inside front cover.

TOC losting the 10 features included in the magazine with super brief synopses and a head view of Daredevil. It lists Charles Biro and Bob Wood as Editors.

Death Is the Referee (Table of Contents: 2)

Daredevil / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Charles Biro (signed as Biro)

Pencils

Charles Biro (signed as Biro)

Inks

Charles Biro (signed as Biro)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Daredevil [Bart Hill]; Tonia Saunders; Sue Smith (fiancee of Jeff); Jeff Hart; un-named yacht Captain; Hans Meyer (villain, dictator of the island, death)

Synopsis

Sue and Jeff are taking their yacht to an uncharted island in the Pacific Ocean for their honeymoon and invite Bart and Tonia to accompany them. Unfortunately, when they are shipwrecked on the island, they face a cruel dictator who is out to kill all the men and make one the ladies his wife.

Reprints

• in The Original Daredevil Archives (Dark Horse, 2013 series) #1 (June 2013)

Keywords

S.S. "Clover"

Indexer Notes

Story title taken from the cover. Story inspired by "The Most Dangerous Game".

The last panels gives the title to next issue's story: "Dead Men Can Talk".

Pardons for Cash (Table of Contents: 3)

Daredevil / text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Wood (signed)

Pencils

Charles Biro (spot illustrations)

Inks

Charles Biro (spot illustrations)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

superhero

Characters

Daredevil [Bart Hill]; un-named prison guard; Captain Mellon (of the F.B.I.); Jonathan C. Shultz (villain, death); Sapone (villain)

Synopsis

Racket king Shultz waits for the prison baseball team to take the field, with him keeping score, in order to make an ingenious prison break at just the right time.

Reprints

• in The Original Daredevil Archives (Dark Horse, 2013 series) #1 (June 2013)

Keywords

Sing Sing

Indexer Notes

The last section of page 3 features the illustrated "Daredevil's Punch-of-the-Month," which spotlights "The Solar Plexus Punch Just Below the Ribs", describing how to effectively deliver this crippling blow.

The Claw In Captivity!!! (Table of Contents: 4)

The Claw / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Wood (signed)

Pencils

Bob Wood (signed)

Inks

Bob Wood (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Claw (villain); Bill Hopkins; Jean Hopkins; Mrs. Hopkins (Jean's mother); Fu (villain, one of the Claw's agents)

Synopsis

The Claw is captured and brought to New York City in chains, kept in a special holding area at the Central Park Zoo until a massive prison can be built to house him. However, the villain escapes and looks for Bill and Jean Hopkins to exact his revenge.

Reprints

• in The Original Daredevil Archives (Dark Horse, 2013 series) #1 (June 2013)

Keywords

Central Park Zoo

In Glory Canyon (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Charles Biro; Bob Wood

Pencils

Frank Borth ?; Reed Crandall ?

Inks

Frank Borth ?; Reed Crandall ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Pat Patriot [Patricia Patrios]; Chester Wood (introduction); un-named Sheriff; Butternose (villain, ranch hand, introduction)

Synopsis

Pat's old friend, Chester Wood, invites her to come out to his ranch near Glory Canyon, where he is in charge of building the Glory Dam. After she arrives, Woods advises her that unknown parties have been attempting to destroy the dam as it supplies vital electricity to vital defense industries.

Reprints

• in The Original Daredevil Archives (Dark Horse, 2013 series) #1 (June 2013)
• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #114 (2020)

Keywords

Glory Canyon; Glory Dam

Indexer Notes

The Archives reprint lists Reed Crandall as artist, but the work resemebles that of Borth on Phantom Lady.

Oddity: Pat is shown alternately with and without her cape.

Fu Tong (Table of Contents: 6)

Nightro / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Wood

Pencils

George Roussos (signed as Inky Roussos)

Inks

George Roussos (signed as Inky Roussos)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Nightro [Hugh Goddard]; Blackie (Goddard's dog); Fong (villain, introduction); Lee Tang (villain, introduction); un-named other gang members (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis

Reading about the loss of a fourteenth Navy pilot, Hugh Goddard realizes that the pilots were better pilots than that, and chooses to investigate. He discovers that the pilots were suckered into landing their planes near a decoy plane, where they were captured.

Reprints

• in The Original Daredevil Archives (Dark Horse, 2013 series) #1 (June 2013)

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Michael Gilbert.

[Rossi the Racketeer] (Table of Contents: 7)

Real American Number One / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Briefer (signed)

Pencils

Dick Briefer (signed)

Inks

Dick Briefer (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; western-frontier

Characters

The Bronze Terror [Jeff Dixon]; White Falcon; Rossi (villain, introduction, death); Butch (villain, introduction); Stella (villain, introduction); other un-named gang members (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis

Rossi and his gang come to the city of Redfield, where they set up a new atraction: an amusement center comprised of crooked gambling machines.

Reprints

• in The Original Daredevil Archives (Dark Horse, 2013 series) #1 (June 2013)

Keywords

Redfield

[The Mystery Sub] (Table of Contents: 8)

Dash Dillon at Hale / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Edd Ashe

Pencils

Edd Ashe (signed)

Inks

Edd Ashe (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Dash Dillon; Carrie; Socko; Dean Roberts; President Franklin D. Roosevelt (cameo); un-named German U-Boat Commander (villain); other un-named Nazis (villains)

Synopsis

Dash is told by the dean of the college that he must pass his German exam on Friday or be ineligible for the football team, just as a radio broadcast tells of the sinking of a U.S. ship by a German submarine. When Dash rounds up the crew of the sub, the President of the United Sates presents Dash with the Distinguished Service Cross.

Reprints

• in The Original Daredevil Archives (Dark Horse, 2013 series) #1 (June 2013)

Keywords

"City of Norwalk"; Hale College

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Archive reprint.

The Glass Gargoyle (Table of Contents: 9)

Thirteen / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Wood

Pencils

Bernard Klein (signed as Hamilton Kaye)

Inks

Bernard Klein (signed as Hamilton Kane)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero; science fiction

Characters

Thirteen [Harold Higgins]; Officer Casey (Policeman); Arthur C. Yates (villain, explorer and lecturer, introduction); Compello (villain, introduction, death); Inky (villain)

Synopsis

Higgins decides to go to the museum to see the famed Egyptian Buddha that has gruesome tradegies associated with it. While he's there, a gang of crooks enter and make off with the exhibit which contains a key to an Egyptian code.

Reprints

• in The Original Daredevil Archives (Dark Horse, 2013 series) #1 (June 2013)

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

Puzzle Fun / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script

A. W. Nugent (signed)

Pencils

A. W. Nugent (signed)

Inks

A. W. Nugent (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

A. W. Nugent

Characters

Jack Bunny; Jim Panzee; Mrs. Hen

Reprints

• in The Original Daredevil Archives (Dark Horse, 2013 series) #1 (June 2013)

Indexer Notes

Page contains six different activities for the reader to do, including finding seven intentional mistakes in a drawing and finding hidden pictures.

[The Submarine Signaller] (Table of Contents: 11)

London / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Jerry Robinson (signed)

Pencils

Jerry Robinson (signed)

Inks

Jerry Robinson (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

London [Marc Holmes]; Prime Minister Winston Churchill (cameo); Bland (villain, introduction); The Nazis (villains)

Synopsis

A rather unique voyage occurs, the ship carrying a diplomat, a condemned criminal, an aspiring playright and a fading movie actress all on the trail of a ship sunk by a German U-Boat.

Reprints

• in The Original Daredevil Archives (Dark Horse, 2013 series) #1 (June 2013)

Keywords

Big Ben; H.M.S. "Albion"; London; U-52

Indexer Notes

Script credit from Jerry Robinson.

[The New Manager] (Table of Contents: 12)

Whirlwind The Blonde Bomber / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Wood (signed as Dick)

Pencils

Bernard Klein (signed as Bernie)

Inks

Bernard Klein (signed as Bernie)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Whirlwind [Terry Turner]; Tim (Terry's fight manager); Jackie Wings (fight promoter, introduction); Atwood (Tim's attorney); Dobbs (Wing's butler); Mr. Shaeffer (fight promoter); Mauler Murphy (boxer)

Synopsis

Terry's contract is placed in the hands of his fighter manager's attorney, who informs the boxer that he is to report to Westchester to help with an "Aid For Britain" boxing exhibition.

Reprints

• in The Original Daredevil Archives (Dark Horse, 2013 series) #1 (June 2013)

Keywords

Daily Star

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