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Issue: Daredevil Comics #8 Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1942
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Issues: #8 of 134 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagLev Gleason
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Comic House Inc.
On Sale Date: 1942
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Bob Wood
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Daredevil [Bart Hill]; The Claw (inset)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Return of Sniffer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Daredevil [Bart Hill]; Sniffer; Dick Schmidt (introduction); Mr. Schmidt (introduction); Mrs. Schmidt (introduction); O'Dooley (Policeman); Herr Herring (villain); Bundists (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: Daredevil uses young David Schmidt to infiltrate a Bund organization to get the goods on them and what they are up to before he mops up the house with them.
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In Content Item: FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #11 published December 2012
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
Disclose Notes: The masthead reads Daredevil "The Greatest Name in Comics".
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Crippled Vengeance: Chapter Three

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Thirteen and Jinx
Character(s): Thirteen [Harold Higgins]; Jinx [Darrel Creig]; Marie Duvall; Red (armored car driver, death); Mike (armored car driver, death); King Questionmark [also as Mrs. Dodge] (villain); Hitler (villain, introduction, gangster); Goebbels (villain, introduction, gangster); Lord Haw Haw (villain, introduction, gangster)
Synopsis: Thirteen, Jinx and Marie make it out of the burning house and to a car that they hope to make a get-away in, believing that King Questionmark has perished in the fire. But the King has survived and knocks over an armored car for the cash, accidently leaving one of his cronies behind for the Police to capture. Unfortunately for Thirteen and Jinx, King Questionmark busts Gobbels out of jail and the villain casts a bomb into the air.
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In Content Item: FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #11 published December 2012
as Chapter Three of Crippled Vengeance [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The Hitler, Goebbels and Lord Haw Haw in this story are not their Nazi namesakes.
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South American Smasher

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Whirlwind the Blonde Bomber
Character(s): Whirlwind [Terry Turner]; Mickey Warren (world boxing champion); K. O. Kelly; Rosita; Castelli (villain, introduction, South American boxing champion)
Synopsis: Terry and Mickey decide to go into town to watch K.O. put the moves on a Mexican senorita, when the South American champ, Castelli, roughs K.O. and man-handles the girl. Terry decides to have it out with Castelli in a boxing ring...fair and square.
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In Content Item: FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #11 published December 2012
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Pages: 5
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Little Big Shot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Nightro
Character(s): Nightro [Hugh Goddard]; Joe (grocery store owner); Tony; New York Benny (villain, introduction, flashback, death); Buggs (villain, flashback)
Synopsis: Hugh is walking the streets when he sees two young boys pull a fast one on a grocer. After stopping them and repaying the grocer, and hoping to turn them from a life of crime, Hugh tells them the story of New York Benny.
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In Content Item: FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #11 published December 2012
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Last appearance
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The New Silver Streak Bombshell

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Silver Streak Comics
Character(s): Silver Streak (unknown taxi cab driver); Captain Battle [Jonathan Hale]; Hale Battle; The Pirate Prince; The Saint; Dickie Dean
Synopsis: Illustrated promtional centerfold advertisement for the new issue of Silver Streak Comics and some of the features inside.
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In Content Item: FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #11 published December 2012
as The New Silver Streak Bombshell [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Hollywood Sabotage

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Pat Patriot [Patricia Patrios]; Delznic (movie producer); Keef (guard on the set); Mr. Reynolds (Boy Scout leader); Walter Mills (villain, actor); Fritz Haubner (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: Miss Patriot is invited on set to watch a new war movie being made called "Fight to Die," and meets the star of the movie, who has fallen for her. However, little does Pat know that the star of the film is in on a Nazi plot to sabotage the nearby aircraft plant.
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In Content Item: FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #11 published December 2012
as Hollywood Sabotage [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Credits suggested by the Who's Who.
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This Page Is Reserved for Sniffer

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Sniffer
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In Content Item: FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #11 published December 2012
as This Page Is Reserved For Sniffer [Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated promotional page announcing that Sniffer will have his very own comic strip.
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The Oil Racketeers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Real "Number One" American
Character(s): Bronze Terror [Jeff Dixon] (lawyer); Fred (gas station attendant); Lefty (villain, introduction); Flaps (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: When Jeff sees a friend of his being beaten up at a gas station, he wades into them, gives them a shellacking, and lets them go, not realizing they are criminals that had just committed a heist. Hiding out on an Indian reservation, Lefty sees a pool of oil on their land and buys it for $25,000...but he doesn't realize he has been taken!
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In Content Item: FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #11 published December 2012
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: In several panels of the story, an Indian is seen reading a copy of Silver Streak Comics.
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Transpacific Tragedy

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 3
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Who Is the Boar?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): London
Character(s): London [Marc Holmes]; Leslie Holmes (introduction, a female spy); The Boar (villain, introduction); Adolf Hitler (villain); the Nazis (villains)
Synopsis: While battling a criminal, Leslie saves London's life and thus makes headlines all over the world...headlines that reach Nazi Germany, where Hitler unleashes the first super-powered villain London has faced: The Boar.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Bill Black confirms that Robinson wrote the story, so ? removed. The Boar returns in the next issue. Robinson signs both first and final panels.
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Case of the Missing Mayor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Wood (signed)
Penciller(s): Bob Wood (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Wood (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Claw versus The Ghost
Character(s): The Claw (villain); The Ghost [Brad Hendricks]; unnamed Mayor; Adolf Hitler (villain, cameo); Yong (villain)
Synopsis: After battling the Ghost and possibly killing him, the Claw disappears. But the Ghost is not dead and wonders why his enemy has vanished...until he hears that the Mayor has been kidnapped and would be murdered unless the city surrenders.
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In Content Item: FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #11 published December 2012
as The Claw Versus the Ghost [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 7

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