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Issue: Speed Comics #43 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1946
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Issues: #43 of 33 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagHarvey
Brand: Harvey Publications H [Wings & Eagle]View Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Family Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (7 stories, 1 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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Captain Freedom's Dangerous Double

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Freedom [Don Wright]; The Young Defenders [Slim; Whitey; Lefty; Blackie; Beanie; Joanie]
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Title from the text story.
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Hero's Boots

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Freedom [Don Wright]; The Young Defenders [Slim; Whitey; Lefty; Blackie; Beanie; Joanie]; Wilmer Weems
First Line: Haven't you ever heard someone say...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: A previous indexer gave art credits to 'Rudy Palais ?', but this is not his style at all.
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The Laughter That Kills

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Shock Gibson [Private Robert Charles Gibson]; The Japanese (villains)
First Line: Many hued is the picture...
Synopsis: The Japanese develop a type of gas that causes Allied forces to laugh uncontrollably, thus making them ripe for conquering.
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In Content Item: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #71 published July 2008
as The Laughter That Kills [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Halls of Montezuma

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): The Blonde Bomber [Honey Blake]; Jimmy Slapso; Diego; Great Limbriago; Cortez
First Line: Honey and Slapso walk into the strangest, weirdest adventure of their careers...
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The "Blonde Bomber" feature regularly appears in Green Hornet Comics (Harvey, 1942 Series). It is now starting a short run in Speed Comics too.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Character(s): Biff Bannon; Gerty
First Line: Such a nice quiet day
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Pages: 4
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Captain Freedom's Dangerous Double

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Freedom
Character(s): Captain Freedom [Don Wright]; The Young Defenders [Slim; Whitey; Lefty; Blackie; Beanie; Joanie]
First Line: The renowned scientist finished his lecture...
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Supertitled: The Story Behind the Cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 1
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Buddha Was a Big Boy!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Buddha
First Line: There was quite a lot of concern...
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In Content Item: FlagBuried Treasure #1 published January 1986
as Buddha Was a Big Boy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Pencils credit from the Pure Imagination reprint.

Keith Chandler : This looks to be Kubert on both pencils and inks.
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The Tale of the King of Swing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Johnnie Upbeat
First Line: Johnnie Upbeat drafted!
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In Content Item: FlagThe Man in Black #1 published January 1990
as The Tale of the King of Swing [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 2

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