Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	December 1939
Frequency	Monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Notes	Indica (transcription courtesy of Frank Motler): SILVER STREAK COMICS is published monthly by Your Guide Publications, Inc., publishing, editorial and executive offices are at 67 W. 44th St., New York, New York, N.Y. December 1939. Vol. 1 No. 1. Entry as second class matter at the post office at New York, N. Y., applied for under the act of March 3, 1879. single copies 10 cents; yearly subscription in U. S. and Canada, $1; elsewhere $2. No actual person is named or delineated in this magazine Copyright, 1939 by Your Guide Publications, Inc. Application for title pending at U. S. Patent Office. Printed in U. S. A.

Cover Details

Pencils	Jack Cole
Inks	Jack Cole

1 page Indian Lore filler "The Tom-Tom"

Genre	Fact
Script	Jack A. Warren
Pencils	Jack A. Warren
Inks	Jack A. Warren

11 page The Claw story "On a map, the island of Ricca is but a dot in Mid Pacific ..."

Characters	The Claw (introduction); Jerry Morris; Eloise Pearsall
Synopsis	Jerry Morris and Ambassador Eloise Pearsall happen to stop at Ricca, on their way to China to aid war victims. This is the home of The Claw, and The Claw needs a woman to aid in his world conquest.
Script	Jack Cole?
Pencils	Jack Cole
Inks	Jack Cole
Reprinted	in Daredevil Comics (Lev Gleason, 1941 series) #21

1 page Factograms filler "The Acid Test"

Script	Ray Gill (signed)
Pencils	Ray Gill (signed)
Inks	Ray Gill (signed)

6 page Mister Midnite story "As Time Stops"

Characters	Mr. Midnite (Neal Carruthers)
Pencils	Jim Chambers ?

2 page text story "Save on Bullets"

Script

Ray Gill

7 page Red Reeves story "Meeting With a Genie"

Characters	I: Red Reeves and the Genie
Pencils	Harold DeLay ?
Inks	Harold DeLay ?

8 page Captain Fearless story "Ting Ling's Power Play"

Characters	I: Captain Fearless
Script	Malcolm Kildale?
Pencils	Malcolm Kildale
Inks	Malcolm Kildale
Notes	continued next issue

9 page Calling the Duke story "The Airport Murders"

Characters	I: The Duke
Script	Larry Antonette?
Pencils	Larry Antonette
Inks	Larry Antonette

6 page Wasp story "The Spy Ring Case"

Characters	I: The Wasp (Burton Slade)
Script	Arthur Pinajian?
Pencils	Arthur Pinajian [as Jay Fletcher]
Inks	Arthur Pinajian

1 page Make This story

Script	Ray Gill
Pencils	Ray Gill
Inks	Ray Gill
Notes	modelling feature

5 page Barry Lane story "Mesa Justice"

Characters	I: Barry Lane
Script	Steve Dahlman
Pencils	Steve Dahlman
Inks	Steve Dahlman

8 page Spirit Man story "Introducing the Spirit Man"

Characters

I: Spirit Man (Spirit Malcolm)

1 page advertisement "Here's Marvel Comics"

Synopsis	Ad for Marvel Mystery Comics #2 - with reprinted cover.
Letters	Typeset
Notes	Inside back cover. Frank Motler noted the existence of this ad on the Timely-Atlas list during a conversation about an ad for this issue on the inside front cover of Marvel Mystery Comics #2. Early issues of Silver Streak Comics are believe to have been produced by Funnies, Inc., which also produced the early Marvel [Mystery] Comics.

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Did You Say Thrills?"

Characters	The Claw; Capt. Fearless; Spirtman
Synopsis	Next issue out November 10, 1939