Volume: 1
Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1941-09-05
Editing: Charles Biro (editor); Bob Wood (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Daredevil (Lev Gleason [1930s-1950s], 1941 series) #4 Edit Cover
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Death is the Referee!
(Table of Contents)

Daredevil / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Charles Biro (signed as Biro)
Inks:
Charles Biro (signed as Biro)
Colors:
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Letters:
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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Daredevil [Bart Hill]; Tonia Saunders; Hans Meyer
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Issue Data

Indexer 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. 4.

Daredevil Presents 10 Smash Features
(Table of Contents: 1)

table of contents / 1 page

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typeset
Characters:
Daredevil [Bart Hill]
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Indexer Notes

Found on the inside front cover.

TOC losting the 10 features included in the magazine with super brief synopses and a head view of Daredevil. It lists Charles Biro and Bob Wood as Editors.

Death Is the Referee
(Table of Contents: 2)

Daredevil / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
Charles Biro (signed as Biro)
Pencils:
Charles Biro (signed as Biro)
Inks:
Charles Biro (signed as Biro)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Daredevil [Bart Hill]; Tonia Saunders; Sue Smith (fiancee of Jeff); Jeff Hart; un-named yacht Captain; Hans Meyer (villain, dictator of the island, death)
Synopsis:
Sue and Jeff are taking their yacht to an uncharted island in the Pacific Ocean for their honeymoon and invite Bart and Tonia to accompany them. Unfortunately, when they are shipwrecked on the island, they face a cruel dictator who is out to kill all the men and make one the ladies his wife.
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Indexer Notes

Story title taken from the cover. Story inspired by "The Most Dangerous Game".

The last panels gives the title to next issue's story: "Dead Men Can Talk".

Pardons for Cash
(Table of Contents: 3)

Daredevil / text story / 3 pages

Script:
Dick Wood (signed)
Pencils:
Charles Biro (spot illustrations)
Inks:
Charles Biro (spot illustrations)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Daredevil [Bart Hill]; un-named prison guard; Captain Mellon (of the F.B.I.); Jonathan C. Shultz (villain, death); Sapone (villain)
Synopsis:
Racket king Shultz waits for the prison baseball team to take the field, with him keeping score, in order to make an ingenious prison break at just the right time.
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Indexer Notes

The last section of page 3 features the illustrated "Daredevil's Punch-of-the-Month," which spotlights "The Solar Plexus Punch Just Below the Ribs", describing how to effectively deliver this crippling blow.

The Claw In Captivity!!!
(Table of Contents: 4)

Claw / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
Bob Wood (signed)
Pencils:
Bob Wood (signed)
Inks:
Bob Wood (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Bill Hopkins; Jean Hopkins; Mrs. Hopkins (Jean's mother); Fu (villain, one of the Claw's agents)
Synopsis:
The Claw is captured and brought to New York City in chains, kept in a special holding area at the Central Park Zoo until a massive prison can be built to house him. However, the villain escapes and looks for Bill and Jean Hopkins to exact his revenge.
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In Glory Canyon
(Table of Contents: 5)

Pat Patriot / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Yippie! My old friend Chester Wood - has invited me to his ranch -[...]
  • Keywords:Glory Canyon; Glory Dam
Characters:
Pat Patriot [Patricia Patrios]; Chester Wood (introduction); un-named Sheriff; Butternose (villain, ranch hand, introduction)
Synopsis:
Pat's old friend, Chester Wood, invites her to come out to his ranch near Glory Canyon, where he is in charge of building the Glory Dam. After she arrives, Woods advises her that unknown parties have been attempting to destroy the dam as it supplies vital electricity to vital defense industries.
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Indexer Notes

The Original Daredevil Archives (Dark Horse, 2013 Series) #1 and Heroine Heaven (AC, 2022 Series) #6 reprints credit Reed Crandall as artist, but the work resembles that of Frank Borth on Phantom Lady.

Oddity: Pat is shown alternately with and without her cape.

Fu Tong
(Table of Contents: 6)

Nightro / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Nightro [Hugh Goddard]; Blackie (Goddard's dog); Fong (villain, introduction); Lee Tang (villain, introduction); un-named other gang members (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis:
Reading about the loss of a fourteenth Navy pilot, Hugh Goddard realizes that the pilots were better pilots than that, and chooses to investigate. He discovers that the pilots were suckered into landing their planes near a decoy plane, where they were captured.
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Indexer Notes

Script credit from Michael Gilbert.

[Rossi the Racketeer]
(Table of Contents: 7)

Real American Number One / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Dick Briefer (signed)
Pencils:
Dick Briefer (signed)
Inks:
Dick Briefer (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; western-frontier
Characters:
The Bronze Terror [Jeff Dixon]; White Falcon; Rossi (villain, introduction, death); Butch (villain, introduction); Stella (villain, introduction); other un-named gang members (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis:
Rossi and his gang come to the city of Redfield, where they set up a new atraction: an amusement center comprised of crooked gambling machines.
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[The Mystery Sub]
(Table of Contents: 8)

Dash Dillon at Hale / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Edd Ashe (signed)
Inks:
Edd Ashe (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure
Characters:
Dash Dillon; Carrie; Socko; Dean Roberts; President Franklin D. Roosevelt (cameo); un-named German U-Boat Commander (villain); other un-named Nazis (villains)
Synopsis:
Dash is told by the dean of the college that he must pass his German exam on Friday or be ineligible for the football team, just as a radio broadcast tells of the sinking of a U.S. ship by a German submarine. When Dash rounds up the crew of the sub, the President of the United Sates presents Dash with the Distinguished Service Cross.
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Indexer Notes

Script credit from Archive reprint.

The Glass Gargoyle
(Table of Contents: 9)

Thirteen / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:superhero; science fiction
Characters:
Thirteen [Harold Higgins]; Officer Casey (Policeman); Arthur C. Yates (villain, explorer and lecturer, introduction); Compello (villain, introduction, death); Inky (villain)
Synopsis:
Higgins decides to go to the museum to see the famed Egyptian Buddha that has gruesome tradegies associated with it. While he's there, a gang of crooks enter and make off with the exhibit which contains a key to an Egyptian code.
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 10)

Puzzle Fun / activity / 1 page

Script:
A. W. Nugent (signed)
Pencils:
A. W. Nugent (signed)
Inks:
A. W. Nugent (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Characters:
Jack Bunny; Jim Panzee; Mrs. Hen
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Indexer Notes

Page contains six different activities for the reader to do, including finding seven intentional mistakes in a drawing and finding hidden pictures.

[The Submarine Signaller]
(Table of Contents: 11)

London / comic story / 7 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
London [Marc Holmes]; Prime Minister Winston Churchill (cameo); Bland (villain, introduction); The Nazis (villains)
Synopsis:
A rather unique voyage occurs, the ship carrying a diplomat, a condemned criminal, an aspiring playright and a fading movie actress all on the trail of a ship sunk by a German U-Boat.
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Indexer Notes

Script credit from Jerry Robinson.

[The New Manager]
(Table of Contents: 12)

Whirlwind The Blonde Bomber / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
Dick Wood (signed as Dick)
Pencils:
Bernard Klein (signed as Bernie)
Inks:
Bernard Klein (signed as Bernie)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure
Characters:
Whirlwind [Terry Turner]; Tim (Terry's fight manager); Jackie Wings (fight promoter, introduction); Atwood (Tim's attorney); Dobbs (Wing's butler); Mr. Shaeffer (fight promoter); Mauler Murphy (boxer)
Synopsis:
Terry's contract is placed in the hands of his fighter manager's attorney, who informs the boxer that he is to report to Westchester to help with an "Aid For Britain" boxing exhibition.
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Get It On Your Newsstand Now
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Captain Battle / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Free Focusing Power Telescope With This Offer
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 14)

Scientific Wonders of the World / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. Death is the Referee!
    Daredevil
  2. Daredevil Presents 10 Smash Features
  3. Death Is the Referee
    Daredevil
  4. Pardons for Cash
    Daredevil
  5. The Claw In Captivity!!!
    Claw
  6. In Glory Canyon
    Pat Patriot
  7. Fu Tong
    Nightro
  8. [Rossi the Racketeer]
    Real American Number One
  9. [The Mystery Sub]
    Dash Dillon at Hale
  10. The Glass Gargoyle
    Thirteen
  11. [no title indexed]
    Puzzle Fun
  12. [The Submarine Signaller]
    London
  13. [The New Manager]
    Whirlwind The Blonde Bomber
  14. Get It On Your Newsstand Now
    Captain Battle
  15. Free Focusing Power Telescope With This Offer
    Scientific Wonders of the World
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