World War II Nazi dogfight, skull cover by Charles Biro. It's the Claw vs. the Ghost, and Sniffer and Daredevil fight Nazi insurgents. Biro, Dick Briefer, Jerry Robinson, and George Roussos art.
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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 Return of Sniffer
Characters:
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.
Pages:
13.000
Script:
Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed)
Pencils:
Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed)
Inks:
Charles Biro [as Biro] (signed)
Notes:
The masthead reads Daredevil "The Greatest Name in Comics".
Title:
Crippled Vengeance: Chapter Three
Characters:
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.
Pages:
8.000
Script:
Dick Wood (signed)
Pencils:
Bernard Klein [as Bernie Klein] (signed)
Inks:
Bernard Klein [as Bernie Klein] (signed)
Notes:
The Hitler, Goebbels and Lord Haw Haw in this story are not their Nazi namesakes.
Title:
South American Smasher
Characters:
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.
Pages:
5.000
Script:
Dick Wood [as Dick] (signed)
Pencils:
Bernard Klein [as Bernie] (signed)
Inks:
Bernard Klein [as Bernie] (signed)
Title:
Little Big Shot
Characters:
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.
Pages:
5.000
Script:
Dick Wood
Pencils:
George Roussos
Inks:
George Roussos
Notes:
Last appearance
Title:
Hollywood Sabotage
Characters:
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.
Pages:
6.000
Script:
Charles Biro ?; Bob Wood ?
Pencils:
Lin Streeter ?; Al Fagly ?
Inks:
Lin Streeter ?; Al Fagly ?
Notes:
Credits suggested by the Who's Who.
Title:
The Oil Racketeers
Characters:
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!
Pages:
6.000
Script:
Dick Briefer (signed)
Pencils:
Dick Briefer (signed)
Inks:
Dick Briefer (signed)
Notes:
In several panels of the story, an Indian is seen reading a copy of Silver Streak Comics.
Title:
Transpacific Tragedy
Pages:
3.000
Script:
Dick Wood (signed)
Letters:
typeset
Title:
Who Is the Boar?
Characters:
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.
Pages:
7.000
Script:
Jerry Robinson (signed)
Pencils:
Jerry Robinson (signed)
Inks:
Jerry Robinson (signed)
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.
Title:
Case of the Missing Mayor
Characters:
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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CGC Census Report*
Grade
NG
PG
CVR
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
2
3
3
1
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
14
Qualified
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
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
0
0
0
CGCxJSA
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
0
0
0
Restored
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
Total
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
3
4
3
1
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
18
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