The Steel Claw [Louis Crandell]; Sharkey; Bert Small; Sharkey's Men; The Crew of the submarine 'El Supremo'; Tom Scott; Hans; Spike; The crew of the Liner 'Tokai'

Reprints

from Valiant and Knockout (IPC, 1963 series) #17 August 1963

The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Kenneth Bulmer
Pencils: Jesús Blasco
Inks: Jesús Blasco
Letters: ?

Genre

adventure; science fiction; spy

Characters

The Steel Claw [Louis Crandell]; Sharkey; Bert Small; Sharkey's Men; The crew of the Liner 'Tokai'

Reprints

from Valiant and Knockout (IPC, 1963 series) #24 August 1963

The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Kenneth Bulmer
Pencils: Jesús Blasco
Inks: Jesús Blasco
Letters: ?

Genre

adventure; science fiction; spy

Characters

The Steel Claw [Louis Crandell]; Sharkey; Sharkey's Men; Spike; Hans; The crew of the frigate H.M.S. Agamemnon

Reprints

from Valiant and Knockout (IPC, 1963 series) #31 August 1963

The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Kenneth Bulmer
Pencils: Jesús Blasco
Inks: Jesús Blasco
Letters: ?

Genre

adventure; science fiction; spy

Characters

The Steel Claw [Louis Crandell]; Sharkey; Sharkey's Men; Hans

Reprints

from Valiant and Knockout (IPC, 1963 series) #7 September 1963 (7 September 1963)

The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Kenneth Bulmer
Pencils: Jesús Blasco
Inks: Jesús Blasco
Letters: ?

Genre

adventure; science fiction; spy

Characters

The Steel Claw [Louis Crandell]; Sharkey; Sharkey's Men; Hans; The Crew of the frigate Agamemnon

Reprints

from Valiant and Knockout (IPC, 1963 series) #14 September 1963

The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Kenneth Bulmer
Pencils: Jesús Blasco
Inks: Jesús Blasco
Letters: ?

Genre

adventure; science fiction; spy

Characters

The Steel Claw [Louis Crandell]; Sharkey; Sharkey's Men; Hans; The Crew of the frigate Agamemnon; Tom Scott

Reprints

from Valiant and Knockout (IPC, 1963 series) #21 September 1963

Indexer Notes

Final Steel Claw tale to be written by Ken Bulmer. Tom Tully would take over as scripter with the next story.

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Script: Steve Holland ?
Letters: typeset

Indexer Notes

A checklist, with credits, of all the Steel Claw stories published in The Valiant and associated titles.

Editing

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Related Scans

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Table of Contents

0. [no title indexed]
The Steel Claw
1. Grip Of Steel
2. Claw Creators
3. The Steel Claw
The Steel Claw
4. [The Steel Claw Swings Into Action]
The Steel Claw
5. [Driven By Sheer Desperation, Crandell Leapt For The High Tension Cables!]
The Steel Claw
6. [The Airliner Took Off... With An Invisible Passenger Aboard!]
The Steel Claw
7. [The Steel Claw Went Into Action - Leaving A Trail Of Destruction Behind Him!]
The Steel Claw
8. [The Sailors Feared The Fog! Now They Had A New Enemy - The Steel Claw!]
The Steel Claw
9. [Fear Gripped Crandell - It Seemed That He Was Trapped!]
The Steel Claw
10. [The Steel Claw Seized The Microphone... And Threatened America!]
The Steel Claw
11. [Civilians Fled While Police And Soldiers Searched The Doomed City!]
The Steel Claw
12. [The Steel Claw Had To Become Invisible - Or Be Caught In His Own Deadly Trap!]
The Steel Claw
13. [A Deserted City In Darkness - And A Desperate Outlaw Caught In His Own Trap!]
The Steel Claw
14. [The Seconds Were Ticking Away - Soon New York Would Be Blown Sky-High!]
The Steel Claw
15. [Visible Once Again, Louis Crandell Was Trapped In The Doomed City!]
The Steel Claw
16. [Crandell Was Invisible Again... Now He Could Escape From The Doomed City!]
The Steel Claw
17. [The Minutes Were Ticking Away - Yet Still The Two Englishmen Searched For The Bomb!]
The Steel Claw
18. [The Bomb Had To Be Somewhere Inside The Towering Skyscraper!]
The Steel Claw
19. [The Military Jeep Screamed After The Flour Truck - The Claw Must Not Escape]
The Steel Claw
20. [Crandell Held The Key To World Power - And The Gangsters Didn't Mean To Let Him Go!]
The Steel Claw
21. [The Gangster Thirsted For Power - And He Would Stop At Nothing To Get It!]
The Steel Claw
22. [The Matchless Courage Of Barringer And Lynch Led Them To A Fiery Fate!]
The Steel Claw
23. [Begins Today... This Brand New Adventure Of Louis Crandell, The Invisible Man!]
The Steel Claw
24. [Doctor Deutz Was Loose In London... And The Steel Claw Was Blamed For His Misdeeds!]
The Steel Claw
25. [Crandell's Sole Hope Of Escape Rested On His Power To Become Invisible!]
The Steel Claw
26. [The Snarling Apeman Flung Himself At The Policemen - And Crashed Through A Skylight!]
The Steel Claw
27. [The Metal Hand Gleamed In The Darkness - And The Jeep Roared Straight At It!]
The Steel Claw
28. [The Tracker Dog Followed The Scent Of The Invisible Steel Claw!]
The Steel Claw
29. [Glaring Headlamps Spotlighted Crandell's Steel Claw And Rifle's Blazed!]
The Steel Claw
30. [Crandell Was Desperate... His Only Hope Of Clearing His Name Was To Expose The Apeman!]
The Steel Claw
31. [While Louis Crandell Battled For Survival A New Crime Was Added To His "Record"]
The Steel Claw
32. [As The Train Roared Along, Only One Frantic Hand Indicated The Steel Claw's Peril!]
The Steel Claw
33. [Crandell Fled In Search Of Electricity... With The Apeman At His Heels!]
The Steel Claw
34. [As Crandell Hurtled Earthwards His Steel Claw Groped For A Life Saving Wire!]
The Steel Claw
35. [Amid The Confusion On The Staircase The Invisible Crandell Awaited His Chance To Strike]
The Steel Claw
36. [As Crandell's Strength Ebbed, The Ring Of Armed Men Closed In On Him!]
The Steel Claw
37. [Crandell Had Become Fully Visible... And Was An Easy Target For An Army Bullet!]
The Steel Claw
38. [The Steel Claw Had Slipped Through The Police Net... But The Law Was Still On His Track!]
The Steel Claw
39. [Crandell Decided To Seek The Advice Of The One Man Who Could Help Him... Doctor Duetz!]
The Steel Claw
40. [Crandell Was Unaware That The Man He Had Turned To For Help Was His Secret Enemy!]
The Steel Claw
41. [Panic Seared Through Crandell... The Ray Machine Was Turning Him Into An Apeman!]
The Steel Claw
42. [Only The Incredible Power Of The Steel Claw Could Save Terry Gray's Life!]
The Steel Claw
43. [Starts Today! This Breath-Taking New Adventure With Louis Crandell!]
The Steel Claw
44. [Somehow Crandell Had To Board The Schooner Unseen - It Was His Only Chance Of Rescuing Tom!]
The Steel Claw
45. [Crandell Was At The Mercy Of Sharkey's Gun... Then Fate Intervened!]
The Steel Claw
46. [Tom Scott Was In Sharkey's Treacherous Clutches... But Unseen Aid Was At Hand!]
The Steel Claw
47. [The Steel Claw Was A Helpless Target For Sharkey's Merciless Gang!]
The Steel Claw
48. [Sharkey Had The All-Powerful Invention... And Now He Struck His First Treacherous Blow!]
The Steel Claw
49. [Ruthlessly Sharkey Ordered The Sinking Of The Yacht... He Wanted No Witnesses To His Piracy!]
The Steel Claw
50. [The Invisible Crandell Struck Fear Into The Hearts Of Sharkey's Men - And They Fled!]
The Steel Claw
51. [The Steel Claw Had But Minutes In Which To Prevent The Gang's Departure!]
The Steel Claw
52. [Only One Man Could Stop Sharkey From Carrying Out His Fiendish Plan... The Steel Claw]
The Steel Claw
53. [A Glowing Steel Hand Shot Out... And Put An End To Sharkey's Treachery!]
The Steel Claw
54. The Steel Claw - A Checklist

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Steel Claw: The Vanishing Man (December 2005)

Issue Notes

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The Steel Claw / cover / 1 page (report information)

Grip Of Steel (Table of Contents: 1)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages (report information)

Claw Creators (Table of Contents: 2)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

The Steel Claw (Table of Contents: 3)

The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

[The Steel Claw Swings Into Action] (Table of Contents: 4)

The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

[Driven By Sheer Desperation, Crandell Leapt For The High Tension Cables!] (Table of Contents: 5)

The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

[The Airliner Took Off... With An Invisible Passenger Aboard!] (Table of Contents: 6)

The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

[The Steel Claw Went Into Action - Leaving A Trail Of Destruction Behind Him!] (Table of Contents: 7)

The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

[The Sailors Feared The Fog! Now They Had A New Enemy - The Steel Claw!] (Table of Contents: 8)

The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

[Fear Gripped Crandell - It Seemed That He Was Trapped!] (Table of Contents: 9)

The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

[The Steel Claw Seized The Microphone... And Threatened America!] (Table of Contents: 10)

The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

[Civilians Fled While Police And Soldiers Searched The Doomed City!] (Table of Contents: 11)

The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

[The Steel Claw Had To Become Invisible - Or Be Caught In His Own Deadly Trap!] (Table of Contents: 12)

The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

[A Deserted City In Darkness - And A Desperate Outlaw Caught In His Own Trap!] (Table of Contents: 13)

The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

[The Seconds Were Ticking Away - Soon New York Would Be Blown Sky-High!] (Table of Contents: 14)

The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

[Visible Once Again, Louis Crandell Was Trapped In The Doomed City!] (Table of Contents: 15)

The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

[Crandell Was Invisible Again... Now He Could Escape From The Doomed City!] (Table of Contents: 16)

The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

[The Minutes Were Ticking Away - Yet Still The Two Englishmen Searched For The Bomb!] (Table of Contents: 17)

The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

[The Bomb Had To Be Somewhere Inside The Towering Skyscraper!] (Table of Contents: 18)

The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

[The Military Jeep Screamed After The Flour Truck - The Claw Must Not Escape] (Table of Contents: 19)

The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

[Crandell Held The Key To World Power - And The Gangsters Didn't Mean To Let Him Go!] (Table of Contents: 20)

The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

[The Gangster Thirsted For Power - And He Would Stop At Nothing To Get It!] (Table of Contents: 21)

The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

[The Matchless Courage Of Barringer And Lynch Led Them To A Fiery Fate!] (Table of Contents: 22)

The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

[Begins Today... This Brand New Adventure Of Louis Crandell, The Invisible Man!] (Table of Contents: 23)

The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

[Doctor Deutz Was Loose In London... And The Steel Claw Was Blamed For His Misdeeds!] (Table of Contents: 24)

The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

[Crandell's Sole Hope Of Escape Rested On His Power To Become Invisible!] (Table of Contents: 25)

The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

[The Snarling Apeman Flung Himself At The Policemen - And Crashed Through A Skylight!] (Table of Contents: 26)

The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

[The Metal Hand Gleamed In The Darkness - And The Jeep Roared Straight At It!] (Table of Contents: 27)

The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

[The Tracker Dog Followed The Scent Of The Invisible Steel Claw!] (Table of Contents: 28)

The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

[Glaring Headlamps Spotlighted Crandell's Steel Claw And Rifle's Blazed!] (Table of Contents: 29)

The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

[Crandell Was Desperate... His Only Hope Of Clearing His Name Was To Expose The Apeman!] (Table of Contents: 30)

The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

[While Louis Crandell Battled For Survival A New Crime Was Added To His "Record"] (Table of Contents: 31)

The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

[As The Train Roared Along, Only One Frantic Hand Indicated The Steel Claw's Peril!] (Table of Contents: 32)

The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

[Crandell Fled In Search Of Electricity... With The Apeman At His Heels!] (Table of Contents: 33)

The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

[As Crandell Hurtled Earthwards His Steel Claw Groped For A Life Saving Wire!] (Table of Contents: 34)

The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

[Amid The Confusion On The Staircase The Invisible Crandell Awaited His Chance To Strike] (Table of Contents: 35)

The Steel Claw / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

[As Crandell's Strength Ebbed, The Ring Of Armed Men Closed In On Him!] (Table of Contents: 36)

Steel Claw: The Vanishing Man

(December 2005)