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Silver Streak Comics #13 (1941)
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In "Enter Captain Battle, Jr.," young Jo, rescued from the Priesthood of Moko by the heroic Captain Battle, dons a makeshift costume inspired by his mentor and joins him in a daring mission to save Dr. Goode from a Nazi submarine. Together, they race to protect the scientist and his daughter, facing danger on land and sea in this classic 1941 adventure.
In "The Adventure of the Laughing Hyena," the Streak and Meteor take a stand against the brutal mob violence of the Hyenas, confronting a wave of racial terror with courage and resolve. Written with purpose and drawn with intensity, this 1941 tale delivers a powerful, timely story of justice in the face of hatred.
In "The Bomb Saboteurs," Cloud springs into action when he intercepts two thugs attempting to destroy his aircraft hangar, uncovering a larger plot to sabotage International Aeroplane and a U.S. battleship. With the clock ticking, he takes to the skies in the Golden Bullet to thwart the next wave of attacks.
In "The Treasure Map," a prince pulls a mysterious bottle from the sea, uncovering an incomplete map that sets him on a quest across the waves. After a fall overboard, he dreams of an island where strange creatures hold the keys to the map’s missing pieces—each one a riddle wrapped in myth.
In the heart of the African jungle, a wounded elephant driven mad by pain terrorizes the Meru village, prompting its people to call on the legendary adventurer Lance for help. As he tracks the beast through dense brush and shifting terrain, Lance finds himself repeatedly stepping in to save the chief’s daughter, caught in the chaos of the rampaging animal’s path.
In the 1941 adventure tale "null" from *Silver Streak Comics #13*, young inventor Dickie brings his revolutionary photo-lightning machine to the offices of Kent Burk and Endicott, hoping to patent a device capable of summoning lightning at will. Unaware that an imposter is among them, he sets off a chain of events that sends his invention into the hands of the mysterious Professor Blankhorne.
In ancient Tibet, a young American Lama known as Thun-Dohr is called before the Dalai Lama to hear the tale of a lost white search party and the infant survivor they brought back—now destined to be trained in the sacred arts of the Gom-pa. After passing the trials of the Potala, he is granted a golden bracelet, forging a spiritual bond with the Dalai Lama to battle evil together.
In "The Riddle of the Missing Bullet!" from Silver Streak Comics #13 (1941), Presto crosses paths with Toni Billups, a former movie star and old acquaintance, who reveals her father has been haunted by visions of his own murder. When news arrives that Toni’s father has been killed at a boxing match, Presto sets out to solve the mystery—only to find that the killer may have left behind a clue too small to see.
In "The Affair of the Scarlet Skull," Daredevil races to stop a shadowy Nazi plot that uses the infamous Scarlet Skull to stage a high-stakes kidnapping of the U.S. President, all while a double in the White House works to sabotage American morale from within. With danger lurking in plain sight, Daredevil must unravel a web of deception before the nation’s leadership falls into enemy hands.