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Scanned from a coverless and incomplete book, scans by Jeff Cannell, with Dave H edits.
Fills for the missing pages are from the paper copy already on site, scanned and edited by soothsayr and movielover.
Part of DCM's Big TENTH Anniversary celebration!
March 28th, 2020. |
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Issue: #11
Published: June 1941, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Lev Gleason
Color: Full Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-Stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing
Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 2.
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| Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Captain Battle's Boys' Brigade |
| Synopsis: |
Illustrated promotional advertisement for Captain Battle's new club, complete with stylized coupon to submit with 10 cents. |
| Credits: |
Pencils: Jack Binder | Inks: Jack Binder | Letters: typeset |
| Characters: |
Captain Battle [Jonathan Battle] |
| Comic Story (9 pages) |
Great Peril |
| Featuring: |
Capt. Battle |
| Synopsis: |
Jonathan is taken by surprise by the Deaglos in his laboratory, but falls unconscious through a trap door unseen. However, the strange birdmen succeed in securing some of Battle's inventions and kidnap Jane for good measure so that she can become the Queen for the Black Dragon. |
| Credits: |
Script: Carl Formes [as Formes] (signed) | Pencils: Jack Binder [as Binder] (signed) | Inks: Jack Binder [as Binder] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
Captain Battle [Jonathan Battle] Jane Lorrain The Black Dragon (villain) Deaglos (villains, Birdmen Of The Dragon) |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
Bok, King of Slavers |
| Featuring: |
The Pirate Prince |
| Synopsis: |
Bok forces a local shipmaker to construct a special ship for his use in slave smuggling, but when he refuses, all of the shipmaker's fleet is destroyed by fire. He then agrees to build the ship with a double hull, that will effectively hide the whereabouts of slaves aboard the ship.....or so it is thought! |
| Credits: |
Script: Dick Briefer [as Richard Norman] (signed) | Pencils: Dick Briefer [as Richard Norman] (signed) | Inks: Dick Briefer [as Richard Norman] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Historical |
| Characters: |
The Pirate Prince Snad (a Shipmaker) Bok (villain, King Of The Slave Smugglers, Death) Pete (villain) Marp (villain) |
| Comic Story (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Kelly the Cop |
| Synopsis: |
Kelly hears a commotion and finds Beansie and Felix going at it. |
| Credits: |
Script: Art Helfant (signed) | Pencils: Art Helfant (signed) | Inks: Art Helfant (signed) | Letters: Art Helfant |
| Genre: |
Humor |
| Characters: |
Kelly Felix Beansie The Bully (villain) |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Dickie Dean Boy Inventor Fights the Gadget Octopus |
| Featuring: |
Dickie Dean Boy Inventor |
| Synopsis: |
After saving the life of a young boy with his Sky Bug, Dickie speaks with the boy's father and comments that there is no safe play area for children in the community. When Dickie suggests using the old amusement park grounds as a possible site, Mr. Tagle gives the property to Dickie to fix up. However, the evil Professor Skinn intends to stop such efforts. |
| Credits: |
Script: Dick Wood ? | Pencils: Pierce Rice ? | Inks: Louis Cazeneuve ? |
| Genre: |
Adventure |
| Characters: |
Dickie Dean Zip Pete Tagle Jackie Tagle Professor Skinn [aka Professor Skin] (villain) Blubber (villain) |
| Activity (1 page) |
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| Featuring: |
Can You Answer These? |
| Synopsis: |
Nine illustrated puzzlers are given for the readers to answer, plus there is seven question intelligence quiz. All answers are provided. |
| Credits: |
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) |
| Activity (1 page) |
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Can You Solve These? |
| Synopsis: |
A baseball crossword puzzle is given for readers to solve (solution included), an illustrated "Barnyard Murder Mystery" is presented for readers to determine who the murderer is, and there are two mathematical illustrated problems for readers to solve. |
| Credits: |
Script: David B. Icove | Pencils: David B. Icove | Inks: David B. Icove |
| Characters: |
Ferdie Frog Slippery Snake Porky Pig Dirty Dog Dopey Duck (death) Rocky Rooster (villain) |
| Text Story (3 pages) |
The Red Scar, or, Prairie Justice Never Lags: Part 4 |
| Featuring: |
Silver Ranger and His Wonder Horse Lucifer |
| Synopsis: |
The Ranger comes across a prospector who has just been fatally shot, but before he dies, he gives the Ranger a map to his gold mine that he had staked in his daughter's name. The Ranger tracks the killer to the town saloon and confronts him as the cur asks the saloon keeper to lock up two bags of gold dust. Out-numbered, the Ranger dashes out of the saloon right into the Sheriff, who, along with his deputies, rounds up Barker and the others. |
| Credits: |
Script: Carl Formes (signed) | Pencils: Jack Binder | Inks: Jack Binder | Letters: ?; most typeset |
| Genre: |
Historical Western-frontier |
| Characters: |
The Silver Ranger Lucifer (Ranger's Horse) Sam Leonard (prospector, Death) Sally Leonard (Sam's Daughter) Un-named Sheriff Slim Barker (villain) |
| Comic Story (5 pages) |
The Ripper |
| Featuring: |
Cloud Curtis and His Golden Bullet |
| Synopsis: |
Cloud must battle the threat of an international spy organization, who has sent their aircraft, termed The Ripper, to attack Army flying students. Cloud, Crusher and Pop attack the Ripper, but that plane's strong magnet holds the Golden Bullet in place and returns the aircraft to the spy's headquarters, from which Cloud and friends break out of their prison, man their plane and destroy the Ripper and crew. |
| Credits: |
Script: Carl Formes [as Formes] (signed) | Pencils: Jack Binder [as Binder] (signed) | Inks: Jack Binder [as Binder] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Aviation |
| Characters: |
Cloud Curtis "Crusher" McCoy "Pop" Whistler Scissors (villain, Death) Spike (villain, Death) |
| Comic Story (4 pages) |
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| Featuring: |
Dan Dearborn, Freedom's Son |
| Synopsis: |
Dan and Jerry come upon a village in flames after an Indian raid and learn from one of the dying settlers that white men, led by a man named Girty, egged the Indians on to make the attack. Dan becomes a captive of the Indians and is slated to be burned at the stake when Girty shows up and Dan uses a ruse to save his life. |
| Credits: |
Script: Walter Galli | Pencils: Bernard Klein [as Bernie] (signed) | Inks: Bernard Klein [as Bernie] (signed) |
| Genre: |
Historical |
| Characters: |
Dan Dearborn Jerry Simon Girty (villain) The Indians (villains) |
| Comic Story (7 pages) |
Introducing Mercury, the Boy Streak |
| Featuring: |
Silver Streak , World's Fastest Man, and Whiz, King of Falcons |
| Synopsis: |
Having received the Medal of Honor from President Roosevelt, the Streak heads north to New York City, where he sees a boy being manhandled. He saves the boy and endows him with the same powers he has, while, elsewhere, mobster Dutch Bultz offers to pay Wang Fo $1 million if he can eliminate Silver Streak. |
| Credits: |
Script: Bob Wood (signed) | Pencils: Bob Wood (signed) | Inks: Bob Wood (signed) |
| Genre: |
Superhero |
| Characters: |
The Silver Streak [un-named Taxi Cab Driver] Mercury, The Boy Streak [Mickey O'Toole] (introduction) Whiz (pet Falcon) Slugger O'Toole (Mickey's Father, Mentioned Only, Death) Riley (Policeman) Dutch Bultz [aka "The Racket King"] (villain, Mobster) Wang Fo [aka Wang Fu] (villain) |
| Advertisement (1 page) |
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| Synopsis: |
Illustrated advertizement by the Spencer Fireworks Company in Polk, Ohio, for its products, including selling its 1941 Young American Assortment, $6.45 worth of fireworks, for only $2.95. Wioth every order, the buyer will receive a 35 cent giftbox of Salutes free. |
| Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
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