Daredevil vs. the Claw. Daredevil, in his new blue and red costume, makes his second appearance and first cover appearance. Jack Cole story, cover, and art. Jack Binder art.
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COVER DETAILS
Title:
Daredevil Battles The Claw
Characters:
The Claw; Daredevil [Bart Hill]
Pencils:
Jack Cole
Inks:
Jack Cole
STORY DETAILS
Title:
Daredevil Battles the Claw: Part 1
Characters:
The Daredevil [Bart Hill]; Tonia Saunders (introduction); Jarves (Bart's butler); The Claw (villain); Sin-Lee (villain, death)
Synopsis:
The Claw has his minions burrow under the Atlantic Ocean so that he can attack New York City (and America) from underground. Fortunately, Bart Hill is there when the Claw attacks and he changes into the Daredevil to put a stop to the attack.
Pages:
16.000
Script:
Jack Cole (signed)
Pencils:
Jack Cole (signed)
Inks:
Jack Cole (signed)
Notes:
Daredevil regains power to speak; continues in next issue, a black and white restoration/homage to this story by C.C. Beck is printed in Golden-Age Men of Mystery (AC, 1996 series) #13. Daredevil now wears his familiar red and blue costume.
Title:
Introducing the Pirate Prince
Characters:
The Pirate Prince (introduction); Captain Tuttle; un-named daughter of Captain Tuttle; Gilley (one of the Prince's men)
Synopsis:
Spurning the love of a woman, the Prince and his men take on a slave ship called "The Vulture" and free the slaves aboard. Unfortunately, the daughter of the Captain of this ship presents more problems that the Prince bargained for!
Notes:
Writer/artist credits added by Craig Delich 2012-7-13.
Characters:
Silver Streak [un-named taxi cab driver]; Whiz (pet Falcon); un-named scientist (death); Ali Ben-Hassen (villain, flashback, death); un-named residents of Fantasy Isle (villains, all die)
Synopsis:
Silver Streak investigates the deaths of several people from the "Fire Death", and his search leads him to Fantasy Isle, home to an evil, strange people, who have kidnapped people and made them their slaves.
Notes:
Whiz was introduced in Silver Streak #6 (September 1940).
Title:
The Wrath of Rokula
Characters:
Zongar; Abaraxx (Zongar's amulet spirit); Thomas West (inventor); Ruth West (daughter of West); Professor Rokula (villain, death)
Synopsis:
Zongar must stop a madman who has invented a hypnotic machine that places inventors he has kidnapped under his spell so they will create the necessary machines that will enable him to rule the universe.
Pages:
4.000
Title:
The White Dragon Flower
Characters:
Cloud Curtis McCoy; "Crusher" McCoy; "Pop" Whistler; "Fat Sam" Jackel (villain, airline operator); Curly (villain); Burk (villain); The White Dragon Flower (villain); un-named escort of the White Dragon Flower (villain); Kharan (villain)
Synopsis:
Cloud accuses airline owner Jackel of treason and sets out in an attempt to intercept the General Staff plane that is carrying defense plans and designs for new ships, planes and guns to be discussed at an emergency defense meeting in Washington D.C..
Characters:
Marshall "Dangle" Stephens; Johnny Costigan; Red Degan (villain); Joe Barnes (villain)
Synopsis:
Three men on the run from the Sheriff of Little Gulch includes the son of a prominent man who has somehow got tangled up with two desperados.
Pages:
2.000
Script:
Kane Warren (signed)
Pencils:
? (spot illustration)
Inks:
? (spot illustration)
Letters:
typeset
Notes:
The last part of page 2 has the Statement of Ownership, which lists Jack Cole as Editor and Morris Latzen as Business Manager.
Title:
Debut of a Dynamo
Characters:
Dynamo Hill [Bart Hill] (introduction, origin, employee of Crambell, Importer); Dr. Frisby (Bart's doctor); Aubrey Gill (importer); Mr. Crambell (villain)
Synopsis:
Milksop Bart Hill, upon visiting his doctor friend, is told that he has a strange, deadly ailment and will die at sundown. So he decides to stand up to his boss in a most unusual way and discovers that he is running a smuggling racket.
Pages:
8.000
Script:
Bob Turner
Pencils:
Harry Anderson
Inks:
Harry Anderson
Notes:
Writer/artist credits added by Craig Delich 2012-7-13.
Synopsis:
Mortimer Skinn has watched his two brothers murdered on their birthdays as well as other family members.....now Mortimer's birthday has come and he is scared to death and demands Police protection. Dickie discovers that the villain is a blind member of the family, whose brothers had attempted to kill him, but he beat them to it! Now the professor operates on Dickie and turns him into a willing accomplice for crime!
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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
3
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
5
4
4
5
2
3
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
36
Qualified
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
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
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
Total
3
0
1
0
0
2
3
2
1
6
5
5
6
2
3
2
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
46
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