First "Daredevil vs. Claw" story. Origin and first appearance of Captain Battle. Bob Wood robot cover, story, and art. Dick Briefer, Jack Cole, and Fred Guardineer art.
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COVER DETAILS
Characters:
Silver Streak [un-named taxi cab driver]; Kitty Doyle; Iron Jaw I; The Claw (inset)
Pencils:
Bob Wood (signed)
Inks:
Bob Wood (signed)
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
The Iron Jaw shown is a robot and NOT the same villain who battled Crimebuster in Boy Comics.
STORY DETAILS
Title:
Daredevil Battles the Claw, Part 4
Characters:
Daredevil [Bart Hill]; Empress of America; the Claw (villain)
Synopsis:
After defeating Daredevil and taking over America, the Claw sees the underworld flock to him as willing and eager servants. Claw's first step is to take a bride and crown her as Empress of America, and, at her first celebration appearance, he vows to execute Daredevil!
Pages:
9.000
Script:
Jack Cole (signed)
Pencils:
Jack Cole (signed)
Inks:
Jack Cole (signed)
Title:
Prisoner On a U-Boat
Characters:
Lance Hale; the Nazis (villains, many die)
Synopsis:
Having made his way from the Congo to the west coast of Africa, Lance is fishing when a Nazi sub surfaces and takes him prisoner. A U.S. merchant vessel causes the sub to sink and Lance escapes and is rescued by the vessel.
Pages:
5.000
Script:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Inks:
Fred Guardineer (signed)
Letters:
Fred Guardineer ?
Notes:
Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2012-12-8. The last panel states that the title of the next story is "Temple of Death".
Characters:
Duggie; Duggie's father; Duggie's mother; Mrs. Scott
Synopsis:
Duggie's father chews him out for getting into a fight while trying to meddle in someone else's affairs and grounds the boy.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Art Helfant (signed)
Pencils:
Art Helfant (signed)
Inks:
Art Helfant (signed)
Letters:
Art Helfant
Notes:
Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2012-12-8.
Title:
Iron Jaw Revealed
Characters:
Silver Streak [un-named taxi cab driver]; Whiz (pet Falcon); President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (cameo); Kitty Doyle (introduction); Iron Jaw I (villain, introduction, a robot, death)
Synopsis:
Recovering from wounds suffered against Iron Jaw, Silver Streak leaves the hospital and visits Kitty Doyle to see if she can help him get back on the trail of Iron Jaw. When he hears the villain plans to attack a maker of armored trucks in Chicago, the Streak and Whiz go to the Windy City for a show down with the robot.
Pages:
7.000
Script:
Bob Wood (signed)
Pencils:
Bob Wood (signed)
Inks:
Bob Wood (signed)
Notes:
This Iron Jaw is NOT the villain Crimebuster battled in Boy Comics.....this is a robot.
Characters:
Kelly
Synopsis:
Officer Kelly, seeing the kids playing a dangerous game on the streets, decides to show them a safer game he used to play when he was a child.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Art Helfant (signed)
Pencils:
Art Helfant (signed)
Inks:
Art Helfant (signed)
Letters:
Art Helfant
Notes:
Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2012-12-8.
Title:
The Beau's Masquerade
Characters:
The Pirate Prince; Merry; Zoong (villain, spy); The Beau (villain, death); Zara (villain)
Synopsis:
The Beau, noting his resemblance to the Pirate Prince, captures the Prince and disguises himself as such, and takes over the Prince's ship. But his cruelty toward the crew members leads to a revolt, only ending when the real Prince returns and kills the villain in a swordfight.
Pages:
5.000
Script:
Dick Briefer [as Richard Norman] (signed)
Pencils:
Dick Briefer [as Richard Norman] (signed)
Inks:
Dick Briefer [as Richard Norman] (signed)
Title:
The Time Camera
Characters:
Dickie Dean; Zip; Mr. Rock (Mr. O'Day's business partner, death); Mr. O-Day (villain, businessman); Charlie (villain); Ed (villain)
Synopsis:
Dickie has created a "Time Camera", enabling the boy inventor to view scenes from the historical past that have occured within a 50 yard radius of the machine. Using the machine, Dickie and Zip hope to discover a clue to the identity of the arsonist killer of businessman Mr. O'Day.
Pages:
7.000
Script:
Jack Cole (signed)
Pencils:
Jack Cole (signed)
Inks:
Jack Cole (signed)
Characters:
Mrs. Jenkins; Billy; Bobby; Agnes; Tom
Synopsis:
Series of 19 assorted gags, some illustrated.
Pages:
1.000
Script:
David B. Icove [as D. B. I.] (signed)
Pencils:
David B. Icove [as D. B. I.] (signed)
Inks:
David B. Icove [as D. B. I.] (signed)
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
Writer/artist credits added by Craig Delich 2012-12-8.
Title:
Scar-Face Dyke's Ambush
Characters:
Dan Dearborn; George Rogers Clark; Jerry; Scar-Face Dykes (villain); Indians (villains, many die)
Synopsis:
Dan heads down the river to do battle with Scar-Face Dykes, who has been riling up the Indians against the white men.
Pages:
4.000
Script:
Walter Galli (signed)
Pencils:
Walter Galli (signed)
Inks:
Walter Galli (signed)
Title:
Murder For Breakfast
Characters:
Presto Bill Martin [also as the Police Commissioner and Mondello]; Sergeant Murphy (Policeman); Kay Kenyon [Kay O'Brien] (actress); Mr. Jackson (Kay's cousin); Mr. Gold (Kay's producer); Mr. Fillman (villain, Kay's writer); un-named butler (villain, death)
Synopsis:
Presto decides to help out a movie actress, in town to star in "Murder for Breakfast," who has received an extortion note asking her for $50,000, otherwise horrible things will occur at the performance.
Pages:
5.000
Script:
Bob Wood (signed)
Pencils:
Bob Wood (signed)
Inks:
Bob Wood (signed)
Title:
The Black Dragon
Characters:
Captain Battle [Jonathan Battle]; Jane Lorraine (Battle's secretary); (The Black Dragon (villain, introduction); The Deaglos (villains, bird-men, introduction for all, all die)
Synopsis:
When Captain Battle discovers that mysterious Birdmen are conquering friendly European nations, all being directed by the evil foe of freedom, The Black Dragon, he decides to personally battle this menace.
Pages:
8.000
Script:
Carl Formes [as C. Formes] (signed)
Pencils:
Jack Binder (signed)
Inks:
Jack Binder (signed)
Notes:
Dissolvo is a color concentrate, the vibrations of which melt down nerve and bone tissue into a gelatinous mass.
Title:
The Saving Watch, or, Range Justice Never Fails
Characters:
The Silver Rider; Lucifer (Rider's horse); Luke Davis; old widow Jones; Jim Lasker [aka Dead Shot Jim] (villain, rancher)
Synopsis:
The Silver Ranger stops a greedy man from getting ranchers high on liquor, then getting them to sign the deeds to their property over to him.
Pages:
3.000
Script:
Carl Formes (signed)
Pencils:
Jack Binder (signed)
Inks:
Jack Binder (signed)
Letters:
Typeset
Title:
The Heater
Characters:
Cloud Curtis; "Crusher" McCoy; "Pop" Whistler; The Heater (villains, introduction, all die)
Synopsis:
Cloud must go up against a terrible heat ray that roasts pilots alive and melts aircraft.
Pages:
5.000
Script:
Otto Binder ?
Pencils:
Jack Binder (signed)
Inks:
Jack Binder (signed)
Characters:
Pat Patriot; Pat's mother; "Slugger" O'Toole; Daredevil [Bart Hill] (image); Silver Streak [un-named taxi cab driver] (image); Dickie Dean (image); The Claw (villain, image)
Synopsis:
Pat is the team's only hope against the Mud Hens in a baseball game. And he has extra incentive to do well: Pat's mother promises the gang a surprise if they win the game!
Pages:
1.000
Script:
Bob Wood (signed)
Pencils:
Bob Wood (signed)
Inks:
Bob Wood (signed)
Notes:
Sequence added by Craig Delich 2012-12-9. In part, this story is a publisher promotion for Silver Streak Comics.
Characters:
Bucko Private; Katie; Officer Blotz
Synopsis:
To keep Bucko from having a date with Katie, Officer Blotz puts the Private on guard duty near an old cannon.
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