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Issue: Speed Comics #15 Public Domain
Publication Date: November 1941
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Issues: #15 of 33 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagHarvey
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Alfred Harvey
On Sale Date: 1941
Volume: 1
Pages: 100
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Leon Harvey
Disclose Notes: pocket-size issue
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: four color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US (except #14-16, which are pocket-size)
Paper Stock: Newsprint
Binding: Saddle-Stitched (except #14-16, which are squarebound)
Publishing Format: was ongoing
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Al Avison
Inker(s): Al Avison
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shock Gibson
Character(s): Shock Gibson [Robert Charles Gibson]
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Pages: 1
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The Doll Murders

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Avison
Inker(s): Al Avison
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shock Gibson
Character(s): Shock Gibson [Robert Charles Gibson]; Joan Davis (introduction); Mr. Davis (introduction); Jacob Midas (introduction, death); Dr. Taboo (Villain; Intro; Death)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
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The Blitzer

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Arturo Cazeneuve ?
Inker(s): Arturo Cazeneuve ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Freedom
Character(s): Captain Freedom [Don Wright] The Blitzer (villain, introduction, death)
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Pages: 11
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Art Helfant
Penciller(s): Art Helfant
Inker(s): Art Helfant
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Biff Bannon
Character(s): A spy (Villain; Intro)
First Line: Heh! Heh! Heh! I wonder if he can be following me?
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Pages: 10
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Fiancee's Fury

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Art Gates
Inker(s): Art Gates
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Crash, Cork, and the Baron
Character(s): Betty Chatfield (Intro); The Nazis (Villain)
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Pages: 11
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It's Terrific! 3rd Big Issue

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, superhero
Feature(s): Black Cat
Synopsis: House ad for Pocket Comics #3
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: A 2-page centerfold spread.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Feature(s): Pat Parker, War Nurse
Character(s): Pat Parker; Fritz (villain, death); unnamed Nazi leader (villain); the Nazis (villains)
First Line: As the city of London sleeps -- slinking invaders prepare an insidious disease and slow death for battle-weary civilians...
Synopsis: Hearing the words of a dying patient in a London war hospital spurs Pat to head to a hidden cove on the English coast, where she spies a German sub surfacing. She follows the Nazis to London's water supply and notes they are about to pollute the water with cholera germs. She destroys them with fire, then follows the sub towards Germany, and captures it single-handedly.
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In Issue: FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #12 published April 2013
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Pat Parker dons a mask and costume and becomes War Nurse on the last page of the story.
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The Mystery of the Jade Box

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Speed Taylor
Character(s): Nan Grey (Intro); Killer Mike (Intro); The Crowly Jewel Mob (Villain; Intro)
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Pages: 12
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Captain Freedom's Midnight Adventure

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Freedom
Character(s): Captain Freedom [Don Wright]
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Art Helfant
Penciller(s): Art Helfant
Inker(s): Art Helfant
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Bimbo's Beanery
First Line: Thanks a lot for the bone Bimbo...
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Pages: 2
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Meet the Stars
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Pages: 2
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The Living Dummies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Arturo Cazeneuve
Inker(s): Arturo Cazeneuve
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Ted Parrish
Character(s): Marco (Villain; Introduction; Death); Adolf Fuss (Villain; Introduction)
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Pages: 12

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