Charles Biro cover. Pat Patriot, Nightro, Real American No. 1, and London features begin. Claw backup story. First and only appearance of the Pioneer. Biro, Jerry Robinson, Reed Crandall, and Dick Briefer art.
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Synopsis:
Forty years after he and his partner discovered the tomb of Princess Sheba, Dr. Pierce, knowing the Princess was buried alive, discovers a secret hidden inside the golden cobra buried with her: a serum which can bring her back to life!
Pages:
13.000
Script:
Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed)
Pencils:
Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed)
Inks:
Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed)
Notes:
The splash page features the "Seal of the Princess Sheba".
Title:
Introducing the Whirlwind
Characters:
The Whirlwind [Terry Turner] (introduction, a boxer); Mr. Turner (introduction); Bonnie (introduction, Terry's girl friend); Jean Jacques (villain, lumberjack, introduction); Dolores [also as Delores] (villain, introduction); Monte (villain, fight promoter, introduction)
Synopsis:
Terry Turner is taking on an inhuman brute named Jean Jacques for the heavyweight championship, and learns that two swindlers, who tricked his Dad into signing some papers, are asking Terry to take a dive in the fight, or else his Dad will go up the river.
Pages:
6.000
Script:
Dick Wood [as Dick] (signed)
Pencils:
Bernard Klein [as Bernie] (signed)
Inks:
Bernard Klein [as Bernie] (signed)
Characters:
Nightro [Hugh Goddard] (introduction, scientist, origin); Dr. Miller (introduction); Hoag (villain, introduction); Tollini (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:
Two unscrupulous miners, having discovered a vein of pitchblend (or radium), have their find confirmed by scientist, Hugh Goddard. But when Hugh suggests turning the discovery over to the Cancer Cure Foundation, the greedy miners club Hugh and depart with their discovery, leaving Goddard abandoned in the Alaska wilderness with little hope of survival.
Pages:
5.000
Script:
Dick Wood
Pencils:
George Roussos [as Inky Roussos] (signed)
Inks:
George Roussos [as Inky Roussos] (signed)
Notes:
Writer verified by Michael Gilbert.
Nightro, who becomes snow blind, can see again with the use of polaroid lenses in his glasses, something strangely familar when one looks at how DC's Dr. Mid-Nite could see with infra-red lenses.
Title:
Baseball Beginnings
Characters:
Dash Dillon (introduction, medical student); Coach Taylor; Lynn Taylor (the baseball coach's daughter); Tony (Dash's friend);
Synopsis:
The baseball team at Hale University is doing poorly and Coach Taylor is in danger of losing his job. However, his daughter suggests to Dash Dillon that he join the team since he is such a great pitcher and hitter.......and his talents may be enough to turn things around and save her Dad's job.
Pages:
4.000
Pencils:
Edd Ashe (signed)
Inks:
Edd Ashe (signed)
Title:
The Coming of the Pioneer
Characters:
The Pioneer (introduction, origin); The Boss (villain); Joe (villain); Scotty (villain)
Synopsis:
The Pioneer hears a crash and discovers a wrecked car with injured men at the bottom of a gorge. He nurses them back to health, not realizing that they are escaped killers!
Pages:
5.000
Script:
Bob Wood
Pencils:
J. Gahr (signed)
Inks:
J. Gahr (signed)
Notes:
Only appearance, even though the last panel says that the Pioneer will return in the next issue.
Writer confirmed by Michael Gilbert.
When the artist signed his name, below it it reads "Copr. 1941 The Freelance".
Title:
Daredevil on "Defense"
Characters:
Daredevil [Bart Hill]; Polas (half-breed cafe owner in San Francisco); Sin Lee (Chinese); Nick Mondello (villain, death?); un-named assistant to Mondello (villain)
Synopsis:
While investigating illegal alien entries, Daredevil visits a small cafe in San Francisco and learns about a brutal man named Nick Mondello, who is behind the wave of smuggled aliens into the area.
Pages:
2.000
Script:
Charles Biro ? [as Daredevil] (signed)
Pencils:
Charles Biro (spot illustrations)
Inks:
Charles Biro (spot illustrations)
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
The last part of page two has a feature mastheaded "Daredevil's Punch-of-the-Month", with title "The Left-Hook", plus an illustration of Daredevil. Daredevil explains when the punch is usually used and how it is delivered.
Title:
Origin of the Bronze Terror
Characters:
The Bronze Terror [Jeff Dixon] (introduction, son of an Indian Chief, lawyer, origin); White Falcon (introduction, Jeff's father); Lilly (introduction, Jeff's childhood sweetheart); un-named Sheriff; un-named aide to the Chief (death); Mr. Welch (villain, crooked lawyer); Judge Hawks (villain); Zeke (villain, death); Scar Thornton (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:
Unscrupulous renegade Scar Thornton fills the Indians with liquor and fleeces them of their money on crooked games of chance. When the Chief of the tribe appears and tells all of his tribal members to go home, Scar takes offense and vows to kill the Indian.
Pages:
6.000
Script:
Dick Briefer (signed)
Pencils:
Dick Briefer (signed)
Inks:
Dick Briefer (signed)
Title:
London Can Take It!
Characters:
London [Marc Holmes] (introduction); Dian (introduction); Prime Minister Winston Churchill; Admiral Hawkins; Dian (Prime Minister's niece); Franz (villain); the Nazis (villains)
Synopsis:
A prisoner in a concentration camp, Franz escapes with the help of Dian and makes his way to London, where he is greeted and lauded by the Prime Minister himself. However, Holmes smells a rat, and that rat turns out to be Franz himself, who kidnaps Churchill and is in the process of taking him to see Hitler himself when he is stopped by Holmes.
Pages:
8.000
Script:
Jerry Robinson (signed)
Pencils:
Jerry Robinson (signed)
Inks:
Jerry Robinson (signed)
Notes:
Script credit from Jerry Robinson.
Title:
Origin of Pat Patriot
Characters:
Pat Patriot [Patricia Patrios] (introduction, origin); Mike Brown (introduction, Pat's boy friend); un-named foreman (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:
Pat is fired from her job at the Mallison Airplane Plant by a less than friendly foreman and appears in a play later that evening, garbed in a rather patriotic costume. Later, when she discovers that her former foreman is smuggling airplane engines to the enemy, she steps forward to stop his activities.
Pages:
6.000
Script:
Charles Biro [as Chuck Woodro](signed); Bob Wood [as Chuck Woodro] (signed)
Pencils:
Frank Borth ?; Reed Crandall ?
Inks:
Frank Borth ?; Reed Crandall ?
Notes:
The Archives reprint lists Reed Crandall as artist. However, the art style here resembles the work of Frank Borth on the Phantom Lady.
Title:
World's Worst Villain
Characters:
The Claw (villain); Daredevil [Bart Hill] (cameo); Mrs. Hopkins (introduction, Jean's mother); Bill Hopkins (introduction, an engineer, Jean's brother); Jean Hopkins [aka known as Jean Rogers] (introduction, secretary); Bea (Jean's co-worker); Dick Hopkins (introduction, Jean's other brother); President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Synopsis:
After leaving work, Jean Rogers reads in the paper that her brother Dick is missing after an entire trainload of men enroute for Army maneuvers has vanished. Meanwhile, President Roosevelt receives a letter from the Claw stating that he has those men held prisoner, and unless the President grants trhe Claw full control of the nation's gold supply, the men await a horrible fate!
Pages:
9.000
Script:
Bob Wood (signed)
Pencils:
Bob Wood (signed)
Inks:
Bob Wood (signed)
Notes:
The last panel gives the title of next issue's story: "The Battle of the Centuries!".
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CGC Census Report*
Grade
0.5
1.0
1.5
1.8
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
4.5
5.0
5.5
6.0
6.5
7.0
7.5
8.0
8.5
9.0
9.2
9.4
9.6
9.8
9.9
10.0
Total
Universal
1
1
0
2
1
1
1
0
2
1
3
2
0
1
2
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
21
Qualified
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Signature Series
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Restored
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
Total
1
1
0
2
1
2
3
1
3
1
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
32
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