(May 1942)

Lev Gleason, 1941 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
On-sale Date
1942-03-02
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Comic House Inc.
Brand
Published by Comic House Inc.
Editing
Charles Biro (editor); Bob Wood

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
Daredevil goes to war and vows that one hundred Japs will fall for every drop of...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Daredevil [Bart Hill]
Reprints

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

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Keywords
Inside front cover.

War (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
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
War is serious business--when men use the whole world as...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Daredevil [Bart Hill]; Captain Field (first appearance); Japanese (villains); Tonia Saunders
Synopsis
Daredevil joins the Army Air Corps.
Keywords
World War II

[The Bookie and the Baby] (Table of Contents: 3)

Sniffer / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The "Brush 'em Off" service owned and operated by Sniffer, public...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Sniffer; A bookie (first appearance); Alexander (first appearance, the bookie's son); Fingers Streeter and his mob (first appearance, villains)

[Dance For Democracy] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Lin Streeter (signed)
Inks
Lin Streeter (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In a dance for democracy, Pat Patriot, America's Joan of Arc, finds more going on behind the...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Pat Patriot [Patricia Patrios]; Adrian Perfecto (dance director, introduction); Dottie Reynolds (villain, introduction); Nicklos Natte (villain, introduction); Pertillo and his gang (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis
Pat is urged to help open up the new glamorous Diamond Room by playing the lead in the opening floor show, with all profits earmarked for government defense funding.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Art credits revised from Frank Borth ? by Craig Delich to Lin Streeter.

[The Revenge of Bull Doorim] (Table of Contents: 5)

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
Last issue, you saw how Jeff Dixon, prominent lawyer and full-blooded American Indian, was summoned to New York to...
Characters
Bronze Terror [Jeff Dixon]; Bull Doorim (first appearance, villain, death); Lilly; June; Tess
Keywords
New York

Play Slap the Jap! (Table of Contents: 6)

activity / 2 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here you are folks!

Indexer Notes

centerfold

[The Bacteria Bombs] (Table of Contents: 7)

London / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Out of the muck and mire which is Hitler's mind...
Characters
London [Marc Holmes]; Nazis (villains); Francis; Pauline; Francois; Leslie

[The Irish Blitz] (Table of Contents: 8)

Whirlwind / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Montana
Pencils
Bob Montana
Inks
Bob Montana
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I never saw a man fight so hard as...
Genre
sports
Characters
Whirlwind [Terry Turner] (last appearance); Michael Hogan [Irish Blitz] (first appearance); Brady (first appearance, villain); Jackie
Keywords
boxing; morphine

[In Africa] (Table of Contents: 9)

Houdonnit / 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
The Great Houdonnit, master muffer of magic, is flying over South Africa!
Genre
humor
Characters
Houdonnit
Keywords
Africa; lion

New York Under Fire (Table of Contents: 10)

Crimebuster / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Dick Wood
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It was midnight in the heart of New York City.
Genre
crime; superhero
Characters
Crimebuster [Chuck Chandler]; Crimebuster's monkey
Keywords
Luftwaffe; New York City; World War II

Death To the Allies! (Table of Contents: 11)

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
Yes... it was all out war.
Characters
Claw (villain); Ghost [Brad Hendricks]; Kloglo (villain); Japanese (villains)

The Niagara Falls (Table of Contents: 12)

Stamps / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
Sidney Elias
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Where is the Niagara Falls?
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Information on stamps, plus ads for stamp collecting. Sequence added per Len Wolinsky, December 2008.

Mystery of the Everglades: Ch. 1 (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Bernard Klein
Inks
Bernard Klein
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Miller ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Out of the darkness of the mysterious Orient comes a...
Characters
Thirteen [Harold Higgins]; Jinx [Darrel Creig]; Jet (first appearance, villain)
Keywords
Black Island

Indexer Notes

Lettering on page 2, panel 2, says "Joe Miller is wild stud."

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Something entirely new in comics!
Characters
Crimebuster [Chuck Chandler]; Bombshell; Swoop Storm; Pepper Casey

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover. House ad for Boy Comics.

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You've seen him in the movies - you've read his hair-raising stories

Indexer Notes

Back cover. House ad for Silver Streak Comics featuring the Saint.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Daredevil goes to war and vows that one hundred Japs will fall for every drop of..."]
    Daredevil
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. War
    Daredevil
  4. 3. [The Bookie and the Baby]
    Sniffer
  5. 4. [Dance For Democracy]
    Pat Patriot
  6. 5. [The Revenge of Bull Doorim]
    Real American #1
  7. 6. Play Slap the Jap!
  8. 7. [The Bacteria Bombs]
    London
  9. 8. [The Irish Blitz]
    Whirlwind
  10. 9. [In Africa]
    Houdonnit
  11. 10. New York Under Fire
    Crimebuster
  12. 11. Death To the Allies!
    Claw
  13. 12. The Niagara Falls
    Stamps
  14. 13. Mystery of the Everglades: Ch. 1
    Thirteen and Jinx
  15. 14. ["Something entirely new in comics!"]
    Boy Comics
  16. 15. ["You've seen him in the movies - you've read his hair-raising stories"]
    Silver Streak Comics
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Keith Chandler
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Del Gruber
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Claus Simonsen
  • Richard Thomson
  • Jim Van Dore