Issue: #8
Published: March 1941, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Dan Gillmor
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. 1.
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Promo (ad From The Publisher) (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Silver Streak |
Synopsis: |
Illustrated promotional ad giving free to readers a 7" x 10 1/4" four color portrait poster of the Silver Streak for every two "Silver Streak Portrait Certificates" they mailed in, OR 10 cents in coin with only one certificate. Readers were told this issue would have one certificate and the next issue would have another one. |
Credits: |
Pencils: Jack Cole | Inks: Jack Cole | Letters: typeset |
Genre: |
Superhero |
Characters: |
Silver Streak Whiz (pet Falcon) |
Comic Story (10 pages) |
The Claw vs. Daredevil [Part 2] |
Featuring: |
Daredevil and The Claw |
Synopsis: |
When Daredevil, as Bart Hill, learns that the President of the United States has imposed a new tax of 50% on people's incomes and that people are barred from their churches, he decides to take action. He has a doctor examine the President and discovers that the chief executive is in a state of coma, put there by the Claw. |
Credits: |
Script: Jack Cole (signed) | Pencils: Jack Cole (signed) | Inks: Jack Cole (signed) |
Genre: |
Superhero |
Characters: |
Daredevil [Bart Hill] President Franklin D. Roosevelt Un-named Police Commissioner The Claw (villain) |
Comic Story (5 pages) |
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Featuring: |
The Pirate Prince |
Synopsis: |
The prince and his crew approach a slave ship flying a white flag. When that ship draws near, it suddenly opens fire and the prince's ship goes down. The crew are saved by a whale which deposits the crew aboard the slaver ship and a fight ensues. |
Credits: |
Script: Dick Briefer [as REM Brant] (signed) | Pencils: Dick Briefer [as REM Brant] (signed) | Inks: Dick Briefer [as REM Brant] (signed) |
Genre: |
Historical |
Characters: |
The Pirate Prince |
Activity (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Can You Solve These? |
Synopsis: |
Readers are asked to solve 5 different problems. |
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) |
Comic Story (2 pages) |
Cactus Gulch |
Featuring: |
Gully Gulliver |
Synopsis: |
When Gully hears that the Sheriff is heading out to look for "Killer" Pete, Gully and Rammy dedcide to find him first......with "electrifying" results. |
Credits: |
Script: David B. Icove [as D. B. Icove] (signed) | Pencils: David B. Icove [as D. B. Icove] (signed) | Inks: David B. Icove [as D. B. Icove] (signed) |
Genre: |
Humor |
Characters: |
"Gully" Gulliver Jed (Sheriff) Rammy (a Goat) "Killer" Pete (villain) |
Comic Story (4 pages) |
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Featuring: |
Secret Agent X-101 |
Synopsis: |
Bart is very concerned about the murder of U.S. agents guarding the Air Force's new bomb sight that allows a bomb to land squarely on its target from a height of 50,000 feet. His investigation leads right back to the head of the aircraft company charged with protecting the invention. |
Credits: |
Script: ? [as Dick Dawson (byline)] | Pencils: ? [as Dick Dawson (byline)] | Inks: ? [as Dick Dawson (byline)] |
Genre: |
Crime |
Characters: |
Secret Agent X-101 [Bart Benson] Pat White Mr. Hendrix (villain) Sandra Hendrix (villain) Hans (villain) |
Cartoon (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Laffs |
Synopsis: |
Series of 8 different stand-alone cartoons. |
Credits: |
Script: David B. Icove | Pencils: David B. Icove | Inks: David B. Icove | Letters: typeset |
Genre: |
Humor |
Characters: |
Wilbur |
Advertisement (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Silver Streak Stamp Page |
Synopsis: |
The editors proudly announce a new series of stamps, based on the characters found in the thrilling book, "Mutiny on the Bounty". The page also lists ads from various stamp dealers with many stamps shown. |
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Letters: typeset |
Characters: |
Will Rogers |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Rusty |
Synopsis: |
When Rusty discovers that today, the 10th, is his brother's birthday, he hurries to the newsstand to get the latest issue of Silver Streak Comics, which, after he reads it, will be his brother's present! |
Credits: |
Script: Bob Wood (signed) | Pencils: Bob Wood (signed) | Inks: Bob Wood (signed) |
Genre: |
Humor |
Characters: |
Rusty Un-named Mother Of Rusty Mr. Jones (newsstand Dealer) The Claw (image) |
Advertisement (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Daisy Air Rifles |
Synopsis: |
Illustrated ad for the new Red Ryder Cowboy Carbine. |
Credits: |
Pencils: Fred Harman (signed) | Inks: Fred Harman (signed) | Letters: typeset |
Characters: |
Red Ryder Little Beaver |
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