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Issue: Silver Streak Comics #1 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1939
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Issues: #1 of 23 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagLev Gleason
Brand: A Rhoda Publ. YG
Indicia Publisher: Your Guide Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/22/1939
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Indicia:
SILVER STREAK COMICS is published monthly by Your Guide Publications, Inc., publishing, editorial and executive offices are at 67 W. 44th St., New York, New York, N.Y. December 1939. Vol. 1 No. 1. Entry as second class matter at the post office at New York, N. Y., applied for under the act of March 3, 1879. single copies 10 cents; yearly subscription in U. S. and Canada, $1; elsewhere $2. No actual person is named or delineated in this magazine Copyright, 1939 by Your Guide Publications, Inc. Application for title pending at U. S. Patent Office. Printed in U. S. A.
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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
Format Notes:  
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reprinted from a Content Item in another Issue.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Claw
Character(s): The Claw; Captain Fearless
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Tom-Tom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Indian Lore
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The use of the tom-tom in Indian society.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Menken ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Claw
Character(s): The Claw (introduction); Jerry Morris; Eloise Pearsall; Hy-Lang
First Line: On a map, the island of Ricca is but a dot in Mid Pacific, sitting at the crossroads of international trade routes.
Synopsis: Jerry Morris and Ambassador Eloise Pearsall happen to stop at Ricca, on their way to China to aid war victims. This is the home of The Claw, and The Claw needs a woman to aid in his world conquest.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDaredevil Comics #21 published January 1944
as The Coming of the Claw [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Per Bails' Who's Who, payment records show that Cole and someone named "Menken" (signature illegible) were paid for this Claw story. "Menken" may be a letterer.
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The Acid Test

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Factograms
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Six factoids.
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As Time Stops

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Mister Midnite
Character(s): Mr. Midnite (Neal Carruthers); Will-O-Wisp (villain); Slip; Gunner; Chief Birey
Synopsis: A ball of light is committing crimes.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Save on Bullets

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): John Carteris (Sheriff); Kenneth Lester (Deputy); Ken Lester
Synopsis: The Sheriff of Green Gulch was dignified, well bred, and older man (even though he didn't look it or act like it) who was careful, and slow about things, especially guns. Although his young Deputy held that against him, when the chips were down, the Sheriff knew how to take care of troublemakers......without wasting time or lead!
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In Content Item: FlagThe Bill Everett Archives #2 published September 2013
as Save on Bullets [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Meeting With a Genie

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Character(s): Red Reeves (introduction); the Genie (introduction); Reilley; Mrs. Reeves
First Line: Begory, I'll have to be chasin' them kids agin - they be fightin' in the street - and causin a traffic jam.
Synopsis: Red finds a genie in a marble.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Ting Ling's Power Play

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Captain Fearless
Character(s): Captain Fearless; Ting Ling (villain); Lt. Dugan
First Line: The blockade-running sloop "The Wasp" - two days out of Calcutta, India, with munitions for the Chinese government.
Synopsis: Captain Fearless has his ship stolen by Ting Ling.
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In Content Item: FlagSilver Streak Comics #[22] published February 1946
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Continued next issue.
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The Airport Murders

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Calling the Duke
Character(s): The Duke; Jack Smith; Mary; the Hooded man; Bill
First Line: Calling the Duke!
Synopsis: Someone is killing test pilots.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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The Spy Ring Case

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Wasp
Character(s): The Wasp (Burton Slade); Rudolph Lake; Philip Wingate; Dan Roberts; Wilson; Jim; Ludwig; Max
Synopsis: The Wasp tracks down a spy ring that is stealing blueprints.
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From Content Item: FlagMotion Picture Funnies Weekly #1 published January 1939
was Spy Ring [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Make This
First Line: Solid scale model of the Lockheed 14
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: How to make a model airplane out of balsa wood.
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Mesa Justice

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Barry Lane
Character(s): Barry Lane (introduction); Pat Bowers; Matt Blake
Synopsis: Barry helps the sheriff round up a gang of cattle rustlers.
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Introducing the Spirit Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction, superhero
Feature(s): Spirit Man
Character(s): Spiritman [Spirit Malcolm] (introduction); Ray Williams; Fritz
First Line: A little more on the space control - how's the time control?
Synopsis: Spiritman stops men robbing the U. S. gold depository.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The story spells Spiritman as one word whereas the feature name has it as two words.
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Here's Marvel Comics

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Ad for Marvel Mystery Comics #2 - with reprinted cover.
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In Content Item: FlagMarvel Masterworks: Golden Age Marvel Comics #1 published January 2012
as Also produced by the Funnies, Inc. shop... [Advertisement on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. There was an ad for this issue on the inside front cover of Marvel Mystery Comics #2. Early issues of Silver Streak Comics are believe to have been produced by Funnies, Inc., which also produced the early Marvel [Mystery] Comics.
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Did You Say Thrills?

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Claw; Capt. Fearless
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Next issue out November 10, 1939.

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