Daredevil Comics #18

(August 1943)

[The Origin of Daredevil] (Table of Contents: 1)

Daredevil / comic story / 16 pages (report information)

Script

Charles Biro (signed)

Pencils

Charles Biro (signed)

Inks

Charles Biro (signed)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Yes, I'll tell you how I came to be--but it's to be our secret where I'm from - where I live - and who I am!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Daredevil [Bart Hill] (origin); The Little Wise Guys [Jock Herendeen; Pee Wee; Meatball; Scarecrow]; Mary Hill (mother of Bart Hill); John Hill (father of Bart Hill); Edgar; Chief Salt; Jack

Synopsis

Origin of Daredevil (Bart Hill), which differs from version in Silver Streak Comics #6.

Reprints

• in Savage Dragon (Image, 1993 series) #150 (July 2009)
• in Centaurus (J.F.C. Editions, 2013 series) #1 (April 2013)

Keywords

Australia; gold mine

[The Music of Madness] (Table of Contents: 2)

Dickie Dean / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Wood (signed as Dick & Dick)

Pencils

Dick Briefer (signed as Dick & Dick)

Inks

Dick Briefer (signed as Dick & Dick)

Colors

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Dickie Dean is hard at work in his laboratory, when... Dickie!!

Genre

war

Characters

Dickie Dean; Dr. Gershaway Gig; Chan; Nazis

Synopsis

Dr. Gig invents a machine that paralyzes people.

Keywords

California

[Hospital Havoc] (Table of Contents: 3)

Sniffer / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Wood ?

Pencils

Carl Hubbell (signed as Hubbell)

Inks

Carl Hubbell (signed as Hubbell)

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Our scene - the offices of the Secret Service in Australia... Tsk! Tsk! Tsk!

Genre

spy; adventure

Characters

Sniffer; Crusher; Evans

[A Dream of Africa] (Table of Contents: 4)

Scoop Scuttle / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Basil Wolverton (signed as Basil Bombrain Wolverton)

Pencils

Basil Wolverton (signed as Basil Bombrain Wolverton)

Inks

Basil Wolverton (signed as Basil Bombrain Wolverton)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

I object!

Genre

humor

Characters

Scoop Scuttle

Keywords

North Africa

Too Tough to Fight (Table of Contents: 5)

Crimebuster / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Wood

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Slim Angles clutched the small revolver tightly as he stood waiting in the darkness.

Genre

crime; superhero

Characters

Crimebuster [Chuck Chandler]; Slim Angles; Dan; Squeeks (monkey)

Keywords

Dan's Tavern

The Ghost Meets the Claw's Uncle (Table of Contents: 6)

Claw / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Wood

Pencils

Bob Wood

Inks

Bob Wood

Colors

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The Claw - black-hearted fiend of civilization goes to Tibet as the...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Ghost [Brad Hendricks]; Claw (villain); Major General Hackett; Suki; Claw's uncle

Reprints

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #34 (2001)

Keywords

Camp Collins; Tibet

Indexer Notes

"This is not a true story."
Credits from the AC reprint.

[The Wedding of the Pirate Prince--Almost] (Table of Contents: 7)

Pirate Prince / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Briefer (signed)

Pencils

Dick Briefer (signed)

Inks

Dick Briefer (signed)

Colors

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

What is this?

Characters

Pirate Prince; The Black Mask [Erika]

Synopsis

The Black Mask is kidnapped in a ploy to get Prince to marry another.