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Silver Streak Comics #11 (1941)
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In "Great Peril," Jonathan is ambushed in his lab by the mysterious Deaglos, who slip past his defenses and seize key pieces of his technology. With Jonathan knocked unconscious through a hidden trap door, the birdlike invaders take Jane captive, their true intent shrouded in the dark promise of her becoming the Queen of the Black Dragon.
In "Daredevil vs. the Claw [Part 5]," the Claw, desperate after repeated losses, dares to summon Lucifer himself in a bid for power. With the stakes raised and a dire bargain struck, the fate of the Claw hangs in the balance—if Daredevil triumphs once more, the villain may be banished to Asia forever.
In "Bok, King of Slavers," the ruthless Bok demands a shipmaker construct a vessel for his slave smuggling operations, threatening to burn down his entire fleet when he refuses. Forced into compliance, the shipmaker agrees to build a ship with a double hull—concealing the slaves within—but Bok's true intentions may be far more cunning than anyone suspects.
In the 1941 adventure "Dickie Dean Boy Inventor Fights the Gadget Octopus," young inventor Dickie Dean, after rescuing a boy with his Sky Bug, learns the community lacks a safe space for kids. When he suggests repurposing the abandoned amusement park, the boy’s father grants him the land—only for the sinister Professor Skinn to plot sabotage.
In the heart of the jungle, Lance tracks a group of natives and their kidnapped companion, Nellie, to a hidden temple where she’s set to be sacrificed. With courage and quick thinking, he navigates treacherous traps and ancient dangers to rescue her, then leads her back through the wilds to her waiting expedition.
In "The Ghost of the Domino," the shadow of a dead criminal looms large when three witnesses to his crimes are murdered—just as he promised revenge from beyond the grave. Presto investigates, and when Martin and Murphy find Domino’s grave empty, they realize the real danger isn’t a ghost, but a traitor in the shadows, hunting down his former allies for a hidden fortune.
In "The Ripper," Cloud, Crusher, and Pop face off against a sinister international spy organization using a mysterious aircraft known as The Ripper to sabotage Army flying students. When the Ripper’s powerful magnet traps the Golden Bullet and drags it back to the enemy’s hidden base, the trio must escape captivity and reclaim their plane to bring down the threat once and for all.
In the frontier town of Cactus City, Sheriff Jed D. B. Icove confronts Snake, a suspect in the murder of Dan Leary, who claims a bulletproof alibi backed by witnesses. As the sheriff struggles to reconcile the alibi with the crime, a young scout named Jerry follows Dan Dearborn’s trail into Indian territory, where Dan has been captured and forced to endure a deadly tribal trial—setting the stage for a perilous mission to expose a secret enemy among the frontier’s most feared outlaws.
In "null," Dan and Jerry stumble upon a village in ruins after an Indian raid, only to learn from a dying settler that white men—led by a traitorous figure named Girty—incited the attack. Taken prisoner and sentenced to be burned at the stake, Dan must outwit his captors when Girty unexpectedly appears, forcing him to act fast to survive.
In "Introducing Mercury, the Boy Streak," the Silver Streak, recently honored with the Medal of Honor by President Roosevelt, races to New York City—only to intervene when he spots a boy being attacked. After rescuing him, the hero passes on his powers, launching a new legacy. Meanwhile, mobster Dutch Bultz offers a million dollars to Wang Fo to eliminate the Streak, setting a dangerous game in motion.