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Issue: Speed Comics #24 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1942
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Issues: #24 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: 18 (14 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: New Speed Comics on cover.
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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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Commandos in Action

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Freedom [Don Wright]; Girl Commando [Pat Parker]
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Freedom [Don Wright]; Young Defenders [Blackie, Joanie, Slim]; un-named Japanese [posing as Silas Green] (villain, introduction)
First Line: Within the grim confines of the Horror Mansion...
Synopsis: When the Young Defenders see a man horribly killed and get Don Wright to investigate a license plate number of the fleeing perpetrator, they find out the car belongs to an inventor named Silas Green, who has invented a horrible killing agent called the Yellow Death! Captain Freedom vows to track the fiend down.
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In Issue: FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #6 published January 2011
In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #65 published April 2007
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Shock Gibson [Robert Charles Gibson]; Dr. Taro Imai
First Line: Robert Gibson, young scientist and heir to millions...
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Pages: 8
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Glorious History of Korea

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): President Ahnho; Penny Kirk; Manolo [Zero] (villain); Bick Caniff; Pat Parker; Ellen, Tanya; Meiling; Don Fraser; Dick Lane; Crab (villain)
First Line: In the Year of the Rat...
Synopsis: Japanese spy Zero, posing as President Ahnho's Philippine manservant, tricks him into returning to Korea where he is captured by the Crab. The Girl Commandos, with Dick and Don, fly to Korea to rescue him.
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Pages: 6.5
Disclose Notes: Ahn Chang Ho was President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea in 1926? Kim Koo was the President from 1940-1947.
Mansei (ten thousand years), aka Man-se, refers to the March 1 (Sam-il), 1919 demonstrations against Japanese occupation.
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Mom's Best Birthday Present

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Promotes War Savings Stamps.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Character(s): Biff Bannon; The Admiral
First Line: Competition, eh!
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Pages: 6
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Dog Gone

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Officer Reilly; Tommy
First Line: There was a twinkle in Officer Reilly's eye...
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Pages: 1
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Hendrik Hudson

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Trail Blazers
Character(s): Hendrik Hudson
First Line: Hudson discovered the river that bears his name in 1608.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This is the only appearance of the "Trail Blazers" feature. Not to be confused with the "True Western Trail Blazers" feature at Prize.
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Nazi Uniforms

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Garboil (film director, villain); Heindrich (Nazi actor); Rick Horne; Captain Mason
First Line: Hollywood rests after Black Cat's heroic smashing the planned Jap invasion...
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Story begins with an excellent two-page spread.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Character(s): Crash; Cork; The Baron; Carol
First Line: Ordered to Chungking, China...
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: This is the final appearance of the "Crash, Cork, and the Baron" feature.

The 'By Art Gates' byline is ambiguous as to script, but Bails gives art only to Gates on this feature.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William Jourdain [as Jourdain] (signed)
Penciller(s): William Jourdain [as Jourdain] (signed)
Inker(s): William Jourdain [as Jourdain] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Flossie; Sgt. Dolan
First Line: I wanna join up with that there ladie's [sic] regiment!
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William Jourdain [as Jourdain] (signed)
Penciller(s): William Jourdain [as Jourdain] (signed)
Inker(s): William Jourdain [as Jourdain] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Flossie; Flossie's mother; Flossie's father; Flossie's grandma
First Line: My goodness! There was somethin' important...
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A Rat's Tale

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (illustration)
Inker(s): ? (illustration)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Old Grey Beard (a rat)
First Line: Old Grey Beard poked his sharp nose from behind a crate...
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?; ? [as Timmons]
Penciller(s): ?; ? [as Timmons]
Inker(s): ?; ? [as Timmons]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Russia. U. S. A. England. and then -- Mars!
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Ted Parrish; Drait (film director, dies); Dinah Lake (villain)
First Line: Murder...and the black finger of guilt points at...Ted Parrish!
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Pages: 6
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Solve a Riddle

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John Paul Jones

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): American Heroes
Character(s): John Paul Jones
First Line: John Paul, born in Scotland...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Only appearance of the "American Heroes" feature.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, sports
Character(s): Speed Taylor; Tubby; Mr. Montgomery
First Line: Football becomes unimportant...
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Pages: 6

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