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Daredevil Comics 003 (paper)

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Issue: #3
Published: September 1941, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Index completely revised by Chris Launder (January 16, 2005).

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Daredevil [Bart Hill] The Claw (inset)

Comic Story (13 pages)	The Case of the Killer Who Hated Death!!
Synopsis:	Daredevil must battle a person who seems ordinary during the day, but who suddenly seems to take on a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde personality at night, becoming a vicious, monsterous killer! His first order of business is to stop the murderer of several prominent people, which, to his surprise, seems to be his girl friend, Tonia Saunders!
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Daredevil [Bart Hill] Tonis Saunders Joan Cramm (friend Of Tonia's) Judge Reed (death) Chief Of Police Scott (death) Gerald Parks (villain, Tonia's Butler)

Comic Story (5 pages)	The Suicide Circle
Featuring:	Nightro the Streamlined Robinhood
Synopsis:	Two racketeers discover a doctor who has created a process in skin grafting that would allow criminals to commit crimes without leaving fingerprints behind, which leads to a crime wave of suspected suicides that are really cold-blooded murders!
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Nightro [Hugh Goddard] Blackie (Goddard's Pet Dog) Doctor Dykeman Christy Silvera (villain, Racketeer) Pete Poulos (villain, Racketeer)

Comic Story (5 pages)	Origin of 13
Featuring:	13
Synopsis:	A reporter for The Herald is first on the 13th day of the month because of his editor's belief that the young man's views on a story are all wrong. In the coming months, Harold suffers more tragedies, all occuring on the 13th day of the month. Taking that as an omen, Higgins adopts the costume and identity of 13, hoping to still solve the news story he was fired over and to break his "13" jinx forever.
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	13 [Harold Higgins] (introduction, Origin) Hal Higgins (Harold's Brother, Death) Harold's Un-named Fiancee (death) Captain Higgins (Harold's Father, Death) Margy Higgins (Harold's Sister, Death) Larry Miller Ah Ling (villain) Clyde Roussos (villain, Editor Of The Herald) Fong (villain)

Comic Story (7 pages)	The Battle of the Centuries
Synopsis:	Having hypnotized the 2000 soldiers he had captured to serve as an Army to help him seize control of America, the Claw faces the challenge of an opposing force, led by Bill Hopkins, out to rescue his brother.
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Bill Hopkins (engineer) Dick Hopkins (Bill's Brother, Soldier) Chinese Aides To The Claw (villains, Some Die)

Comic Story (7 pages)
Featuring:	London
Synopsis:	Surveying the damage to London after the attacks made on it by the enemy, Holmes promises that the spy ring operating in the city will be captured within 48 hours. The leader of the spy ring has other ideas about that, co-ordinating an enemy air attack and eliminating the thorn in his side: Marc Holmes, better known as London.
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	London [Marc Holmes] Hector Pinchley (villain) Herr Shlutz (villain) Weazel (villain, Death) Morries (villain, Candy Shop Owner) Hesst (villain, Master Of Espionage)

Comic Story (6 pages)
Featuring:	Pat Patriot America's Joan of Arc
Synopsis:	Because of her capture of saboteurs at the airplane factory, Pat is asked to attend a big celebration at the Army camp. The major in charge tells her that things are not right in the camp: gun sights have been damaged, food has been contaminated, and a flu epidemic has spread throughout the camp. Pat volunteers to fly to a medical station to secure flu vaccine, and does, but she is attacked by the sabotage ring in the process.
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Pat Patriot [Patricia Patrios] Un-named U.S. Army Major Un-named Saboteurs (villains, One Dies)

Text Story (3 pages)	I Saw Daredevil Battle The Claw
Synopsis:	The Claw announces to people near Radio City Music Hall that they must bow down to him and acknowledge him as ruler in the city or suffer the consequences. Fortunately, Daredevil is on the scene in his civilian identity and switches quickly into his fighting garb and takes on the Claw.
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Superhero

Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page)	Here's Your Chance, Fellas!
Credits:	Letters: typeset

Comic Story (6 pages)	Nasty Road Builders
Featuring:	Real American #1
Synopsis:	The evil Judge Hawks and Dirk Fleming have discovered some old blue laws that allow them to use Indians as slave laborers on a road construction project, but the Bronze Terror has other ideas, especially when Dirk takes a liking to Lilly's father and wants to marry her.
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	The Bronze Terror [Jeff Dixon] Ed (Jeff's Partner At The Law Firm) Lilly Lilly's Un-named Father Judge Hawks (villain) "Dirk" Fleming (villain, Head Of A Construction Company) Slim (villain) Mike (villain)

Comic Story (7 pages)	K.O.'s Jones in 2nd
Featuring:	Whirlwind
Synopsis:	As Whirlwind continues to win in the ring, two fight promoters decide the only way to stop Terry is by hiring an ugly brute of a creature from Brazil to step in the ring with him.
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Whirlwind [Terry Turner] Buddy Jones (boxer) Cassidy (boxer) Mike Costello (villain, Fight Promoter) Owl Adams (villain, Fight Promoter) Gargan (villain)

Comic Story (4 pages)
Featuring:	Dash Dillon at Hale
Synopsis:	Two unethical gamblers decide that the only way for Hale College to lose the game against Army is to get Hale's star player, Dash Dillon, out of the way, and Mazie is the one to do it. Unfortunately, Mazie kidnaps the wrong player.
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Dash Dillon "Smokey" Cole (Army Football Player) Wilson (Hale Football Player) Mazie (villain) Two Un-named City Gamblers (villains)

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