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COVER DETAILS
Characters:
Daredevil [Bart Hill]; The Little Wise Guys [Curly; Pee Wee; Jock; Scarecrow]
Pencils:
Charles Biro (signed)
Inks:
Charles Biro (signed)
STORY DETAILS
Title:
The Phony Death-House Reverend
Characters:
Daredevil [Bart Hill]; The Little Wise Guys [Curly; Pee Wee; Jock; Scarecrow]; tailor (death); Mr. Neuman (bank teller); Miss Breen (bank employee, death); un-named Deputy-Sheriff; Lippy [the Death-House Reverend] (villain); Monk Scartor (villain); Scotty (villain)
Synopsis:
Lippy helps Monk escape from prison and immediately Monk attempts a job at a bank. He loses a foot during the escape, and his mob members decide to abandon him, for which Monk decides to rub the whole gang out. Only Daredevil and the Little Wise Guys can stop him.
Pages:
10.000
Script:
Charles Biro (signed)
Pencils:
Norman Maurer (signed)
Inks:
Norman Maurer (signed)
Characters:
Daredevil [Bart Hill] (origin); The Little Wise Guys [Curly; Pee Wee; Jock; Scarecrow]; John Hill (Bart's father, gold mine owner, death); Mary Hill (Bart's mother, death from suicide); Jack (John's lawyer, death); Edgar (Bart's father's stepbrother, Bart's uncle) (villain, managed John's gold mine, death); native Chief dressed like Daredevil (villain, death)
Synopsis:
Daredevil asks the Little Wise Guys if they would like to know how he came to be Daredevil, and they agree, also wanting to know if they can see him without his mask. Bart tells them of his parent's trip to Australia to meet with Edgar, who managed John's gold mine, and tells them the mine is worthless. Unaware that Edgar wants the mine, John is killed by natives, Mary committing suicide, and the baby abandoned. The baby grows up in a tribe and challenges the Chief to battle, defeating him and becoming the new Chief. He discovers the truth and goes back to America to avenge his parents.
Pages:
16.000
Script:
Charles Biro (signed)
Pencils:
Charles Biro (signed)
Inks:
Charles Biro (signed)
Notes:
The story, reprinted from Daredevil Comics #18 (August, 1943), states that the story and art are by Charles Biro. Art credits from Norman Maurer revised to Biro by Craig Delich.
This origin story differs from the version found in Silver Streak Comics #6.
Characters:
Sniffer; Benito; Henry (neighbor of Sniffer); Henry's wife; Murgatroyd J. Hoopgoople (Sniffer's landlord); apartment building tenants; Fenimore (zoo keeper); Albert (zoo keeper); three un-named TV executives; Crusher (villain); Pot-Belly McGurk (villain); McGurk's mob (villains); Satan (villain, image only); The Owl (villain, image only)
Synopsis:
The goings-on in Sniffer's apartment has caused the other tenants to complain to the landlord and ask for his eviction. When the landlord gets scared to do so, he hires some toughs to throw Sniffer out, and in the process of doing so, Sniffer gets amnesia. He wanders around trying to find lodging, and finally overhears some zoo attendants talk about a car accident one of them was in, and how their life flashed before them in four seconds. Sniffer thinks that if he is involved in such an accident, that he'll discover who he really is. It doesn't quite work out, though.
Pages:
9.670
Script:
Virginia Hubbell
Pencils:
Carl Hubbell (signed)
Inks:
Carl Hubbell (signed)
Characters:
Jack Dempsey; Gene Tunney
Pages:
0.330
Script:
Morris Weiss (credited)
Pencils:
Morris Weiss (credited)
Inks:
Morris Weiss (credited)
Notes:
In a single large panel, the famed "long count" is illustrated, recounting when Jack Dempsey failed to go to a neutral corner after knocking down Gene Tunney, thus allowing Tunney to recover. Dempsey eventually lost the fight.
Characters:
Twiddle; artist
Synopsis:
Twiddle decides to get his portrait painted, but doesn't think the picture looks like him.....so the artist makes an unexpected adjustment.
Synopsis:
With a visiting Crimebuster in his office, Inspector Crandell receives a call from Barney Garrett, who tells the Inspector that he expects to be killed.....and the Inspector hears some shouting and the line goes dead. The pair rush over to Barney's place and find him dead....their job is to find the culprit.
Pages:
2.000
Script:
Dick French (credited)
Letters:
typeset
Pages:
1.000
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Readers may win $2 for their letters of comment and suggestions that are printed in each issue.
Letters from: Lilian Irene White, Henry S. Galus, Carl Eugene Lemme, Victor M. Prebor, Stuart Brown, Ronald Spenard, Robert Jackson, and Mrs. Inez Sharp.
Title:
The Last Round!
Characters:
Go-Along Gallagher [aka Punchdrunk]; Nocky (Gallagher's manager); Bea Frank; Jerry; Eddie Frank; Pete (sparring partner); The Quaker Express (villain, boxer); Slick Slyme (villain, manager of the Quaker Express)
Synopsis:
Gallagher wins his first professional fight, then decides to go out to a party with Bea Frank, an action Gallagher's manager strongly advises against. At any rate, Gallagher is scheduled to fight "The Quaker Express" next, and his manager gets an offer for Gallagher to throw the fight in the first round...or else!
Pages:
8.000
Script:
Morris Weiss [as Wes Sirrom] (signed)
Pencils:
Morris Weiss [as Wes Sirrom] (signed)
Inks:
Morris Weiss [as Wes Sirrom] (signed)
Notes:
Script and art credits by Craig Delich.
Characters:
two un-named men
Synopsis:
Two men, working for different clothing companies, are marching up and down the street carrying signs proclaiming that their companies provide "pants to match". The two men note that their attire would match if they just changed their pants.....and they do.
Pages:
1.000
Notes:
Strip has no masthead title!
Title:
The Whale Sub
Characters:
Dickie Dean [Richard Dean]; Zip Todd; Professor Nelson (Ichthyologist, mention only); pair of smugglers (villains)
Synopsis:
Dickie has built a mechanical whale, which can operate on or under the water, as well as fly, for an Ichthyologist friend of his. Harbor Police alert Zip that some smugglers are operating in the area and to on the lookout. Unfortunately for Zip, the smugglers force him at gunpoint to operate the device, with unexpected results.
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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
0
1
1
1
0
4
3
1
2
0
1
1
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
20
Qualified
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
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
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Total
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
4
3
1
2
0
1
1
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
21
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