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COVER DETAILS
Characters:
Daredevil [Bart Hill]; The Claw (inset)
Pencils:
Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed)
Inks:
Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed)
STORY DETAILS
Title:
The Case of the Killer Who Hated Death!!
Characters:
Daredevil [Bart Hill]; Tonis Saunders; Joan Cramm (friend of Tonia's); Judge Reed (death); Chief of Police Scott (death); Gerald Parks (villain, Tonia's butler)
Synopsis:
Daredevil must battle a person who seems ordinary during the day, but who suddenly seems to take on a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde personality at night, becoming a vicious, monsterous killer! His first order of business is to stop the murderer of several prominent people, which, to his surprise, seems to be his girl friend, Tonia Saunders!
Pages:
13.000
Script:
Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed)
Pencils:
Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed)
Inks:
Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed)
Letters:
Charles Biro
Notes:
The last panel gives the title of next issue's story: "The Sport of Death!".
Title:
The Suicide Circle
Characters:
Nightro [Hugh Goddard]; Blackie (Goddard's pet dog); Doctor Dykeman; Christy Silvera (villain, racketeer); Pete Poulos (villain, racketeer)
Synopsis:
Two racketeers discover a doctor who has created a process in skin grafting that would allow criminals to commit crimes without leaving fingerprints behind, which leads to a crime wave of suspected suicides that are really cold-blooded murders!
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.
Title:
Origin of 13
Characters:
13 [Harold Higgins] (introduction, origin); Hal Higgins (Harold's brother, death); Harold's un-named fiancee (death); Captain Higgins (Harold's father, death); Margy Higgins (Harold's sister, death); Larry Miller; Ah Ling (villain); Clyde Roussos (villain, Editor of The Herald); Fong (villain)
Synopsis:
A reporter for The Herald is first on the 13th day of the month because of his editor's belief that the young man's views on a story are all wrong. In the coming months, Harold suffers more tragedies, all occuring on the 13th day of the month. Taking that as an omen, Higgins adopts the costume and identity of 13, hoping to still solve the news story he was fired over and to break his "13" jinx forever.
Pages:
5.000
Script:
Dick Wood (signed)
Pencils:
Bernard Klein [as Bernie Klein] (signed)
Inks:
Bernard Klein [as Bernie Klein] (signed)
Title:
The Battle of the Centuries
Characters:
The Claw (villain); Bill Hopkins (engineer); Dick Hopkins (Bill's brother, soldier); Chinese aides to the Claw (villains, some die)
Synopsis:
Having hypnotized the 2000 soldiers he had captured to serve as an Army to help him seize control of America, the Claw faces the challenge of an opposing force, led by Bill Hopkins, out to rescue his brother.
Pages:
7.000
Script:
Bob Wood (signed)
Pencils:
Bob Wood (signed)
Inks:
Bob Wood (signed)
Letters:
Bob Wood
Notes:
The masthead reads "Will the Claw Rule America?".
Synopsis:
Surveying the damage to London after the attacks made on it by the enemy, Holmes promises that the spy ring operating in the city will be captured within 48 hours. The leader of the spy ring has other ideas about that, co-ordinating an enemy air attack and eliminating the thorn in his side: Marc Holmes, better known as London.
Pages:
7.000
Script:
Jerry Robinson (signed)
Pencils:
Jerry Robinson (signed)
Inks:
Jerry Robinson (signed)
Letters:
Jerry Robinson
Notes:
The arrival of Rudolf Hess, Deputy Führer, in England in 1941 is fictionalized here.
Characters:
Pat Patriot [Patricia Patrios]; un-named U.S. Army Major; un-named saboteurs (villains, one dies)
Synopsis:
Because of her capture of saboteurs at the airplane factory, Pat is asked to attend a big celebration at the Army camp. The major in charge tells her that things are not right in the camp: gun sights have been damaged, food has been contaminated, and a flu epidemic has spread throughout the camp. Pat volunteers to fly to a medical station to secure flu vaccine, and does, but she is attacked by the sabotage ring in the process.
Pages:
6.000
Script:
Charles Biro ?; Bob Wood ?
Pencils:
Frank Borth ?; Reed Crandall ?
Inks:
Frank Borth ?; Reed Crandall ?
Notes:
Script credits suggested by Bails' Who's Who.
The Archives reprint lists Reed Crandall as artist.
Title:
I Saw Daredevil Battle The Claw
Characters:
Daredevil [Bart Hill]; The Claw (villain)
Synopsis:
The Claw announces to people near Radio City Music Hall that they must bow down to him and acknowledge him as ruler in the city or suffer the consequences. Fortunately, Daredevil is on the scene in his civilian identity and switches quickly into his fighting garb and takes on the Claw.
Pages:
3.000
Script:
Dick Wood (signed)
Pencils:
Bob Wood [as B. W.] (signed) (spot illustrations)
Inks:
Bob Wood [as B. W.] (signed) (spot illustrations)
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
The last part of page 3 is the illustrated feature: "Daredevil's Punch-of-the-Month," and this issue Daredevil, who is pictured, describes "The Right Uppercut": what it is and how to effectively deliver it to an opponent.
Title:
Nasty Road Builders
Characters:
The Bronze Terror [Jeff Dixon]; Ed (Jeff's partner at the law firm); Lilly; Lilly's un-named father; Judge Hawks (villain); "Dirk" Fleming (villain, head of a construction company); Slim (villain); Mike (villain)
Synopsis:
The evil Judge Hawks and Dirk Fleming have discovered some old blue laws that allow them to use Indians as slave laborers on a road construction project, but the Bronze Terror has other ideas, especially when Dirk takes a liking to Lilly's father and wants to marry her.
Synopsis:
As Whirlwind continues to win in the ring, two fight promoters decide the only way to stop Terry is by hiring an ugly brute of a creature from Brazil to step in the ring with him.
Pages:
7.000
Script:
Dick Wood (signed)
Pencils:
Bernard Klein [as Bernie] (signed)
Inks:
Bernard Klein [as Bernie] (signed)
Characters:
Dash Dillon; "Smokey" Cole (Army football player); Wilson (Hale football player); Mazie (villain); two un-named city gamblers (villains)
Synopsis:
Two unethical gamblers decide that the only way for Hale College to lose the game against Army is to get Hale's star player, Dash Dillon, out of the way, and Mazie is the one to do it. Unfortunately, Mazie kidnaps the wrong player.
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