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Publisher: Lev Gleason

Title: Silver Streak Comics
Issue: 11
Page Count: 68
Publish Date: June 1941
Volume: 1
Contributors: Editor: Lev Gleason

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Silver Streak Comics #11
Owner: jimbo707

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Story Title: [ no title ] - cover
Features:Captain Battle
Pages:1
Pencils:?; Don Rico (head of Daredevil and Claw at the top only) (signed)
Inks:?; Don Rico (head of Daredevil and Claw at the top only) (signed)
Genre:superhero
Characters:Captain Battle [Jonathan Battle]; Daredevil [Bart Hill] (inset); The Claw (inset)


Story Title: [ no title ] - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:Captain Battle's Boys' Brigade
Pages:1
Pencils:Jack Binder
Inks:Jack Binder
Letters:typeset
Characters:Captain Battle [Jonathan Battle]
Synopsis:Illustrated promotional advertisement for Captain Battle's new club, complete with stylized coupon to submit with 10 cents.


Story Title: Great Peril - comic story
Features:Capt. Battle
Pages:9
Pencils:Jack Binder [as Binder] (signed)
Inks:Jack Binder [as Binder] (signed)
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.


Story Title: Daredevil vs. the Claw [Part 5] - comic story
Features:Daredevil versus the Claw
Pages:9
Pencils:Don Rico (signed)
Inks:Don Rico (signed)
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.
Reprinted:in Men of Mystery (AC, 1999 series) #111 (2019) in black and white.


Story Title: [ no title ] - text story
Features:Laffs
Pages:1
Pencils:David B. Icove [as D. B. I.] (signed)
Inks:David B. Icove [as D. B. I.] (signed)
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.


Story Title: Bok, King of Slavers - comic story
Features:The Pirate Prince
Pages:5
Pencils:Dick Briefer [as Richard Norman] (signed)
Inks:Dick Briefer [as Richard Norman] (signed)
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!


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Kelly the Cop
Pages:1
Pencils:Art Helfant (signed)
Inks:Art Helfant (signed)
Letters:Art Helfant
Genre:humor
Characters:Kelly; Felix; Beansie the Bully (villain)
Synopsis:Kelly hears a commotion and finds Beansie and Felix going at it.


Story Title: Dickie Dean Boy Inventor Fights the Gadget Octopus - comic story
Features:Dickie Dean Boy Inventor
Pages:7
Pencils:Pierce Rice ?
Inks:Louis Cazeneuve ?
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.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Lance Hale
Pages:5
Pencils:Fred Guardineer (signed)
Inks:Fred Guardineer (signed)
Letters:Fred Guardineer ?
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.


Story Title: [ no title ] - activity
Features:Can You Answer These?
Pages:1
Pencils:David B. Icove [as D. B. I.] (signed)
Inks:David B. Icove [as D. B. I.] (signed)
Synopsis:Nine illustrated puzzlers are given for the readers to answer, plus there is seven question intelligence quiz. All answers are provided.


Story Title: [ no title ] - activity
Features:Can You Solve These?
Pages:1
Pencils:David B. Icove
Inks:David B. Icove
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.


Story Title: The Ghost of the Domino - comic story
Features:Presto Martin, Quick Change Artist
Pages:5
Pencils:Bob Wood (signed)
Inks:Bob Wood (signed)
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.


Story Title: The Red Scar, or, Prairie Justice Never Lags: Part 4 - text story
Features:Silver Ranger and His Wonder Horse Lucifer
Pages:3
Pencils:Jack Binder
Inks:Jack Binder
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.


Story Title: The Ripper - comic story
Features:Cloud Curtis and His Golden Bullet
Pages:5
Pencils:Jack Binder [as Binder] (signed)
Inks:Jack Binder [as Binder] (signed)
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.


Story Title: Western Justice - comic story
Features:Sheriff Jed
Pages:1
Pencils:David B. Icove [as D. B. Icove] (signed)
Inks:David B. Icove [as D. B. Icove] (signed)
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.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Dan Dearborn, Freedom's Son
Pages:4
Pencils:Bernard Klein [as Bernie] (signed)
Inks:Bernard Klein [as Bernie] (signed)
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.


Story Title: Introducing Mercury, the Boy Streak - comic story
Features:Silver Streak , World's Fastest Man, and Whiz, King of Falcons
Pages:7
Pencils:Bob Wood (signed)
Inks:Bob Wood (signed)
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.


Story Title: Tops 'em All! - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:Silver Streak Comics
Pages:1
Pencils:Bob Wood (signed)
Inks:Bob Wood (signed)
Letters:?; some typeset
Characters:The Silver Streak [un-named taxi cab driver]; Mercury [Mickey O'Toole]; Whiz (pet Falcon); Cloud Curtis; Captain Battle [Jonathan Battle]; Presto Martin; Dickie Dean; Daredevil [Bart Hill]; The Pirate Prince
Synopsis:Illustrated promotional; advertizement for Silver Streak Comics #12 (July, 1941) and the features found within its pages. Ad states the issue would go on sale June 5th (1941).


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Synopsis:Illustrated advertizement by the Spencer Fireworks Company in Polk, Ohio, for its products, including selling its 1941 Young American Assortment, $6.45 worth of fireworks, for only $2.95. Wioth every order, the buyer will receive a 35 cent giftbox of Salutes free.


View this comic at comics.org. Data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.

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