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Flashback 01: Daredevil Battles Hitler #1 (1941/1970) 1 VG+ 4.5

The first issue of the Flashback reprint series presents Daredevil Battles Hitler #1 originally published in 1941 by Lev Gleason. Cover pencils by Charles Biro, inks by Bob Wood; Daredevil crashes in on a meeting at Berchtesgaden in which Hitler makes final plans to invade England across the Channel, then has to evade Nazi soldiers seeking to locate and kill him; Meanwhile, British Prime Minister Churchill meets with Daredevil and the Silver Streak and assigns them to watch a mysterious cottage on the Downs, which leads to an all-out naval battle with the enemy. The Claw Double Crosses Hitler, script by Charles Biro, art by Jack Cole; Hitler approaches the Claw to ask his assistance in helping him and the Japanese successfully attack and destroy the British in Singapore; Daredevil poses as a lieutenant of the Claw to get behind enemy lines to stop the attack. Fighting Hitler and His Jungle Hordes; Daredevil and Lance must stop Hitler's plans to conquer Africa from within, aimed at cutting Great Britain off from her colonial empire. The Case of the Secret Code Machine, script by Charles Biro, art by Jack Cole; Dickie is summoned to Washington D.C. with his latest invention: a fool-proof decoding machine; Unfortunately, it is stolen by several Nazi agents, who try and rush it back to Berlin before Dean, Todd and Daredevil can stop them. "Wreck Goering's Sky-Fighters"; Daredevil and Cloud help fight off the murderous Nazi air blitzkrieg with the help of the RAF, including stopping the Nazi Reichsmarshall, who accepts Cloud's proposal to battle it out with each other in the air. "Von Roeder Nazi Sea Raider" starring Daredevil and The Pirate Prince, art by Harry Anderson; vs. Hitler and Admiral Roeder. "The Man of Hate Adolf Hitler - Dictator of Germany," script and art by Bob Davis. 68-pages, full color cardstock covers, 7-3/4-in. x 10-3/8-in. black-and-white interior on white paper stock, saddle-stitched binding. Cover price $3.00.