Silver Streak Comics #19
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Rescue of President Carden," Dick Briefer crafts a swashbuckling adventure where a humble deck hand named Harry—once briefly king of the forgotten island of Weetina—teams up with his shipmate Prince to reclaim his homeland from the tyrannical King Jules. With the help of Old Pierre, the only one who knows the truth about Harry’s secret past, they confront the king in a dramatic chase that ends in a fatal fall from the palace parapet. Fred Schwab’s dynamic cover captures the moment of peril, while Briefer’s storytelling blends royal intrigue and personal redemption in this 1942 adventure from Silver Streak Comics.
In "The Flying Arsenal," young inventor Dickie races against time to deploy his revolutionary rocket ship just as Nazi forces unleash a colossal dirigible bristling with troops and supplies. With the fate of the war hanging in the balance, Dickie and his ally Zip take to the skies in a daring aerial assault.
Cousin Gus is back for another "weekend" visit, and this time the family is determined it'll be his last—but their well-meaning guest has other ideas about what constitutes a relaxing country retreat. With a troublemaking kid, a reluctant uncle, and a dog that won't cooperate, chaos erupts around every corner as Gus turns simple household tasks into mayhem.
In "The Hidden Knife," Tex finds himself in wartime England, where a chance intervention at a bomb site leads to a startling revelation: the man he apprehends is none other than Sir Roger Pompey. Though cleared by Scotland Yard, Tex's instincts tell him something’s amiss, and when he’s ambushed by Pompey’s henchmen, he’s thrust into a dangerous game of espionage. With the fate of a railroad station hanging in the balance, Tex must outwit a traitor before the next attack.
In "The Pirate Who Was a King," a swashbuckling adventure from Silver Streak Comics #19 (1942), deck hand Harry reveals a shocking secret: as a boy, he briefly ruled the island of Weetina before swapping places with his twin brother. Now, with Prince at his side, Harry returns to his forgotten homeland—only to find it under the cruel rule of King Jules. When they uncover Old Pierre, the one man who knew the truth, the stage is set for a daring confrontation that will test loyalty, identity, and the cost of a crown.
When a saboteur strikes at a vital defense plant, the speedy hero Silver Streak races in to stop the explosion—only to vanish in the blast, leaving his young partner Meteor to hunt down those responsible. The trail leads to a mysterious figure known as the White Mummy and a nest of enemy agents plotting to cripple America's war effort, but Meteor's quest for answers (and revenge) takes a surprising turn when an unlikely reunion reveals Silver Streak's survival and the true scope of their adversaries' scheme.
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