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Issue: Speed Comics #23 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1942
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Issues: #23 of 33 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagHarvey
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Family Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Leon Harvey
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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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Read How Capt. Freedom Aids the Commandos

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby ?; Joe Simon ?
Inker(s): Joe Simon
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Captain Freedom
Character(s): Captain Freedom
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Arturo Cazeneuve ?
Inker(s): Arturo Cazeneuve ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Captain Freedom
Character(s): Adolph Shturk (Villain, Intro); Captain Freedom
First Line: Can Captain Freedom escape the net of circumstantial evidence that emeshes him...
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Pages: 8
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The Nazi Shock Gibson

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Bryant
Inker(s): Al Bryant
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shock Gibson
Character(s): The Nazi "Shock Gibson" (Villain; Intro); the Nazis (Villain)
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Pages: 8
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Origin of the Girl Commandos

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Barbara Hall ?
Inker(s): Barbara Hall ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Pat Parker, Girl Commando
Character(s): The Girl Commandos [Tanya (Intro); Mei-Ling (Intro); Penelope Penny Kirk (Intro); Ellen Billings; Pat Parker]; The Japanese (Villain)
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Disclose Notes: Previous indexer credited Jill Elgin. Elgin took over Girl Commandos from Barbara Hall some time in 1943. As Hall is credited with the next issue's Girl Commandos, and this issue is dated in 1942, it's almost certainly Hall and definately not Elgin.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Art Helfant
Penciller(s): Art Helfant (signed)
Inker(s): Art Helfant (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, war
Feature(s): Biff Bannon
Character(s): Biff Bannon
First Line: U.S. Marines and Japs are locked in a life and death struggle...
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Pages: 6
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Holman; Rube Goldberg
Penciller(s): Bill Holman; Rube Goldberg
Inker(s): Bill Holman; Rube Goldberg
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Smokey Stover; Invention
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Pages: 0.67
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 0.33
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Flags of the 28 United Nations

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
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Pages: 2
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Hollywood Attacked By Japs

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Arturo Cazeneuve (signed)
Inker(s): Arturo Cazeneuve (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Black Cat
Character(s): Shock Gibson (Guest Star); Ted Parrish (Guest Star); Pat Parker (Guest Star); Girl Commandoes (Guest Star); Captain Freedom (Intro; Origin; Harvey's unofficial hero team); Dick Lane (Guest Star); Don Frazer (Guest Star); The Japanese (Villain); The Black Cat [Linda Turner]
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Pages: 8
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The Story Behind the Cover

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Captain Freedom
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Pages: 2
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Singapore Ed's Bar

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Art Gates (signed)
Inker(s): Art Gates (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Crash, Cork, and the Baron
Character(s): Singapore Eddie (Villain; Intro); the Japanese (Villain)
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jourdain
Penciller(s): Jourdain
Inker(s): Jourdain
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Flossie
First Line: I'll blow you to some ice cream cones...
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Pages: 1
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Army Fun
First Line: You're new in the Navy - aren't you!
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Pages: 1
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The Curse of Cave Canyon

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, Man of 1000 Faces
Character(s): An old prospector (Villain; Intro)
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Pages: 6
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Speed Sticklers

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Puzzles & games.
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Art Helfant
Penciller(s): Art Helfant (signed)
Inker(s): Art Helfant (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Bimbo's Beanery
First Line: Yes! I can use a good man to carry a sign around...
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Rudy Palais ?
Inker(s): Rudy Palais ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, sports
Feature(s): Speed Taylor
Character(s): Dapper Dan Dunn (villain; intro; death); Speed Taylor
First Line: The gridiron is the background for one of our country's favorite sports...
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Pages: 6

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