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Issue: Speed Comics #43 Public Domain
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Publisher: FlagHarvey
Indicia Publisher: Family Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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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
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Captain Freedom [Don Wright]; The Young Defenders [Slim; Whitey; Lefty; Blackie; Beanie; Joanie]
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Miscellaneous
1
Title from the text story.
Hero's Boots

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

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

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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Subject Matter
adventure, humorous
Biff Bannon; Gerty
Such a nice quiet day
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Captain Freedom's Dangerous Double

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Captain Freedom
Captain Freedom [Don Wright]; The Young Defenders [Slim; Whitey; Lefty; Blackie; Beanie; Joanie]
The renowned scientist finished his lecture...
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Miscellaneous
2
Supertitled: The Story Behind the Cover.
[untitled]

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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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?
Subject Matter
adventure
Buddha
There was quite a lot of concern...
Reprinting
FlagBuried Treasure #1 published January 1986
as Buddha Was a Big Boy [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Pencils credit from the Pure Imagination reprint.

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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
Subject Matter
war
Johnnie Upbeat
Johnnie Upbeat drafted!
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FlagThe Man in Black #1 published January 1990
as The Tale of the King of Swing [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
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