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Issue: Silver Streak Comics #13 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1941
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Issues: #13 of 23 Issues
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Publisher: FlagLev Gleason
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Indicia Publisher: New Friday Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/05/1941
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 15 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Lev Gleason
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 4.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: full color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Battle
Character(s): Captain Battle [Jonathan Battle]; Hale Battle; Daredevil [Bart Hill] (inset)
First Line: Before Capt. Battle could reach the scene, the Nazi submarine had sunk the freighter.
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In Issue: FlagSilver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil #2 published December 2012
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Captain Battle's Boys' Brigade
Synopsis: Illustrated advertisement for Captain Battle's Boys' Brigade, with coupon, for readers to mail in with ten cents to join the brigade.
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In Issue: FlagSilver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil #2 published December 2012
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover
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Enter Captain Battle, Jr.

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Battle
Character(s): Captain Battle [Jonathan Battle]; Hale Battle; Dr. Goode; Dr. Goode's daughter; Priesthood of Moko (villains); Hans (villain); un-named Nazi sub commander (villain, death); the Nazis (villains)
First Line: Captain Battle! Captain Battle! Where are you?
Synopsis: Captain Battle rescues Hale from the Priesthood of Moko, who are in the process of sacrificing him to their god, then heads with his young charge to deal with a Nazi sub attacking a small town. They rescue the daughter of the Dr. Goode, who has been taken prisoner by the Germans because of his secret wound-healing formula. After she makes a costume for the young boy, patterned after the Captain's, they head out to save the good doctor.
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In Issue: FlagSilver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil #2 published December 2012
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: The last 1/3 of the last page of the story is a plug for the latest Silver Streak and Captain Battle Comics issues, plus a photo of Captain Battle making a public appearance in New York City and promotion for readers to join Captain Battle's Boys' Brigade.
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The Adventure of the Laughing Hyena

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Silver Streak and Meteor, the Boy Speed-King
Character(s): The Silver Streak [un-named taxi cab driver]; Meteor [Mickey O'Toole]; The Hyena ["Bull" Karson] (villain, introduction); the Hyena's gang [Joe; un-named others](villains)
Synopsis: The Streak and Meteor read with disgust about the lynchings of negro sharecroppers by the bloodthirsty Hyenas, and decide to do something about it.
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In Issue: FlagSilver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil #2 published December 2012
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Mercury is renamed Meteor in this story. The last panel gives the title for the next story "Case of the Totem Pole".
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The Bomb Saboteurs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation
Feature(s): Cloud Curtis and His Golden Bullet
Character(s): Cloud Curtis; "Crusher" McCoy; "Pop" Whistler; Slouchy (villain); two un-named gang members (villains, both die)
First Line: In the still of the night...
Synopsis: Cloud catches a couple of thugs trying to blow up his aircraft hanger, and discover that others in their group plan to blow up International Aeroplane and a U.S. battleship. So, he sets out in the Golden Bullet to stop those schemes.
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In Issue: FlagSilver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil #2 published December 2012
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Pages: 5
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Quick Revenge, or, You Can't Do That To My Buddy

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Otto Binder ?
Penciller(s): Jack Binder (spot illustrations)
Inker(s): Jack Binder (spot illustrations)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Battle
Character(s): Captain Battle [Jonathan Battle]; Hale Battle; un-named bouncer (villain); un-named beer-dive owner (villain)
Synopsis: Captain Battle learns of a crooked roulette wheel at work, conning military men out of their hard earned money, so he and Hale take action by busting up the wheel and rounding up those responsible.
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In Issue: FlagSilver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil #2 published December 2012
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Pages: 3
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The Treasure Map

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Pirate Prince
Character(s): The Pirate Prince
First Line: Prince is involved in a tale of mystery and horror...
Synopsis: The Prince fishes a bottle out of the ocean, which contains an incomplete treasure map. Accidentally knocked overboard, he then dreams of seeing the treasure, landing on an island and meeting someone who tells him that he will get clues to the missing pieces of the map from weird beings on the island.
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In Issue: FlagSilver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil #2 published December 2012
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Pages: 5
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Boys and Girls, Win $100 in Cash Prizes

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Don Rico (cover); ?
Inker(s): Don Rico (cover); ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; most typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Silver Streak contest
Character(s): Captain Battle [Jonathan Battle] (inset); The Silver Streak [unknown taxi cab driver] (inset)
Synopsis: Illustrated promotion from the publisher, with Silver Streak #12 cover shown, for a new contest, offering a $50 1st Prize, $10 2nd Prize, five $5 3rd Prizes, and twenty-five $1 4th Prizes. First, readers are asked to answer this question in 100 words or less: "Which feature do you like best in Silver Streak Comics and why?". Secondly, also in 100 words or less, readers are asked, "How I get all my friends to buy Silver Streak Comics". All letters were to be postmarked by August 9, 1941.
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In Issue: FlagSilver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil #2 published December 2012
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Pages: 1
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The Mad Elephant

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Fred Guardineer ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, jungle
Feature(s): Lance Hale
Character(s): Lance Hale; un-named Chief of Meru tribe; Nada (Meru Chief's daughter)
First Line: Driven mad with pain...
Synopsis: Driven mad with pain, a wounded African elephant runs rampant through the Meru village, and inhabitants contact Lance, hoping he could stop the destructive beast. In the process of doing so, Lance saves the daughter of the Meru chief several times.
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In Issue: FlagSilver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil #2 published December 2012
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: The last panel tells of Lance Hale's next battle, this time against a man-eating crocodile.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick Wood [as Dick Hamilton] (signed)
Penciller(s): Fred Schwab ?
Inker(s): Fred Schwab ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dickie Dean, the Boy Inventor
Character(s): Dickie Dean; Zip Todd; Professor Blankhorne (villain, introduction, death); C.B. Wolf (villain, death)
First Line: He's done it again!
Synopsis: Dickie invents a photo-lightning machine that can generate a bolt of lightning that can hit any spot within a radius of miles. He takes it in to the offices of Kent Burk and Endicott to get it patented, not realizing an imposter is on hand to steal the invention and get it to Professor Blankhorne.
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In Issue: FlagSilver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil #2 published December 2012
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The Who's Who states that "Dick Hamilton" was the pen-name of writer Dick Wood. Also, the art is obviously NOT by Dick Briefer, but appears to be Fred Schwab.
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Origin of Thun-Dohr

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Jeff Remon] (signed)
Penciller(s): ? [as Jeff Remon] (signed)
Inker(s): ? [as Jeff Remon] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Thun-Dohr
Character(s): Thun-Dohr (introduction, origin); un-named parents of Thun-Dohr (both die); The Dalai Lama; Dr. Benson Bell (death); Sin Khaii (villain, introduction); Clavell (Professor Bell's assistant, made evil by the Black Madness)
First Line: In the farthest depths of unknown Tibet...
Synopsis: At a monastary in ancient Tibet, a young American Lama, now called Thun-Dohr, is summoned by the Dalai Lama and told the story of a white search party that met its fate looking for Lha-I-Ha......there was one survivor, a young baby, brought to the Dalai Lama. This young man is told he was then trained, in mind and body, in the arts of the Gom-pa, and that, now, he must undergo the tests of the Potala. He passes and is given a bracelet of gold that connects the spirits of himself and the Dalai Lama, who will fight evil together....in spirit.
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In Issue: FlagSilver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil #2 published December 2012
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Jeff Remon is a by-line for the strip only.
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The Riddle of the Missing Bullet!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Presto Martin, Quick Change Detective!
Character(s): Presto Martin [also as Mr. Billups]; Sergeant Murphy; Toni Billups; Mr. Billups (death); Battleship LeBlanc (boxer); Jackson (villain); un-named cook (villain)
Synopsis: Presto runs into ex-movie star and acquaintance, Toni Billups, and finds out that her father has been having dreams in which he is going to be murdered. Later, he is informed at a boxing match that Toni's father has indeed been killed and Presto is off to discover the killer's identity.
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In Issue: FlagSilver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil #2 published December 2012
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: There is a blurb at the bottom of the last page giving the title of next issue's adventure, "The Case of the Baseball Murders".
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The Affair of the Scarlet Skull

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Daredevil
Character(s): Daredevil [Bart Hill] [also as The Scarlet Skull]; Tonia Saunders (Bart's fiancee); The Scarlet Skull (villain, introduction); Eric Sinhart (villain)
Synopsis: Daredevil discovers that a Nazi bigwig is behind a plot to use the Scarlet Skull to kidnap the President of the United States, while a member of the gang disguises himself as the President in order to undermine U.S. war efforts.
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In Issue: FlagSilver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil #2 published December 2012
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Policeman at the Police Station is shown reading a copy of Silver Streak Comics. The last panel reveals the next story title: "Enter the Parson".
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Charles Biro
Inker(s): Charles Biro
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daredevil Comics
Character(s): Daredevil [Bart Hill]; The Claw; Nightro [Hugh Goddard]; London [Marc Holmes]; Whirlwind [Terry Turner]; Bronze Terror [Jeff Dixon]; The Pioneer, Champion of America
Synopsis: Illustrated promotional advertisement for Daredevil Comics #2, picturing the cover, and some of the interior features.
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In Issue: FlagSilver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil #2 published December 2012
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Captain Battle Comics
Character(s): Captain Battle [Jonathan Battle]
Synopsis: Illustrated promotional advertisement for the first issue of Captain Battle Comics, including the titles of the three Captain Battle stories with synopses.
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In Issue: FlagSilver Streak Archives Featuring the Original Daredevil #2 published December 2012
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover

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