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| Date | | Number: 23 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Speed Comics 23 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Scanned copy available at goldenagecomics.co.uk. |
| Cover | Read How Capt. Freedom Aids the Commandos / 1 page |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Biff Bannon (inset); Pat Parker (inset); Ted Parrish (inset) |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby ? Joe Simon ? |
| Inks | Joe Simon |
| Notes | There is uncertainty in the pencil credit for this cover. The 1998 Jack Kirby Checklist and Jack Kirby Collector state Jack Kirby pencils. Greg Theakston states Joe Simon and Harry Mendryk's blog feels the pencils are by Joe Simon. Keith Chandler: The pose of the main figure and the faces of the soldiers are far more typical of Simon than Kirby. |
| PSA | No Title (1 page) |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| Script | Henry Morgenthau Jr. (signed) |
| First Line | A special message to the readers of Speed Comics from Henry Morgenthau, Jr. - secretary of the treasury! |
| Story | Captain Freedom (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | Adolph Shturk kills a federal agent and sets up Don Wright for the crime. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Young Defenders [Slim; Whitey; Lefty; Joanie]; Adolph Shturk (villain, intro); Dick Johnson |
| Pencils | Arturo Cazeneuve ? |
| Inks | Arturo Cazeneuve ? |
| First Line | Can Captain Freedom escape the net of circumstantial evidence that emeshes him... or must he face the electric chair for murder? |
| Comic Story | The Nazi Shock Gibson / Shock Gibson (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | A Nazi spy accidentally gains the same powers as Shock Gibson. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Nazi "Shock Gibson" (villain; intro); the Nazis (villain); George; Sandra |
| Pencils | Al Bryant |
| Inks | Al Bryant |
| First Line | Somewhere in the Atlantic, an American convoy is attacked by a fleet of Nazi raiders.. and one of the greatest naval battles of all history ensues! |
| Comic Story | Origin of the Girl Commandos / Pat Parker (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Pat assembles some volunteers to be her Girl Commandos and save a downed squadron. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Girl Commando [Pat Parker]; The Girl Commandos [Tanya (intro); Mei Ling (intro); Penelope Penny Kirk (intro); Ellen Billings]; The Japanese (villain); Dick Lane; Don Fraser; Captain Parker; Mischa |
| Pencils | Barbara Hall |
| Inks | Barbara Hall |
| First Line | As the bloody hands of the Japanese murders stretch down the Burma Road, Captain Pat Parker and her lieutenant, Ellen Billings, follow British-American flyers to the defense of India! |
| 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 definitely not Elgin. Keith Chandler : Well reasoned, but simply compare the art with the signed Hall story in issue #24. Hall's use of two nostrils only to designate a nose is the surest sign. "Pat Parker" is replaced next issue by "Girl Commandos", which is a spin-off of "Pat Parker". The character Pat Parker will continue to appear in "Girl Commandos". |
| Story | Biff Bannon (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Biff falls off his ship onto a Japanese submarine. |
| Genre | Humor; War |
| Characters | Biff Bannon; The Admiral |
| Script | Art Helfant (signed) |
| Pencils | Art Helfant (signed) |
| Inks | Art Helfant (signed) Rube Goldberg (signed) |
| Letters | Art Helfant (signed) Rube Goldberg (signed) |
| First Line | U.S. Marines and Japs are locked in a life and death struggle for the possession of the island of Wewant Wini.... Rube Goldberg (signed) |
| Rube Goldberg (signed) | |
| Story | Smokey Stover Rube Goldberg (signed) |
| Genre | Humor Rube Goldberg (signed) |
| Script | Bill Holman (signed) Bill Holman (signed) |
| Pencils | Bill Holman (signed) Bill Holman (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Holman (signed) Bill Holman (signed) |
| First Line | Where are you rushing to, Smokey - a bondfire? |
| Notes | Two cartoons. Sequence added per Len Wolinsky, December 2008. |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title |
| First Line | Just out on sale at all newsstands |
| Notes | Sequence added per Len Wolinsky, December 2008. Promo for Champ Comics #23 and Green Hornet Comics #9. |
| Illustration | Flags of the 28 United Nations (2 pages) |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Notes | Sequence added per Len Wolinsky, December 2008. |
| Comic Story | Hollywood Attacked By Japs / Black Cat (8 pages) |
| Synopsis | The Japanese invade and take over Hollywood, the Black Cat gets help from the other Harvey heroes to defeat them. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Ted Parrish (guest star); Girl Commando [Pat Parker] (guest star); The Girl Commandos [Tanya; Mei-Ling; Penelope Kirk; Ellen Billings] (guest stars); Dick Lane (guest star); Don Frazer (guest star); The Japanese (villains); Rick Horne |
| Pencils | Arturo Cazeneuve (signed) |
| Inks | Arturo Cazeneuve (signed) |
| First Line | Rendered desperate, Linda Turner, glamourous screen star... |
| Notes | Introduction and origin of Harvey Comics' unofficial hero team. |
| Text Story | The Story Behind the Cover (1.9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Captain Freedom appears on a European beach to help some British Commandoes fight the German army. |
| Feature | Captain Freedom |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Superhero |
| First Line | At Boulogne, the Nazis laid a trap for the Commandos. |
| Advertisement | Screen Art Studios Pictures |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | 54 colored 2 1/2 x 3 wester star pictures 30c |
| Advertisement | Dr. W. D. Tracy Treatment |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Surface blotches blemishes blackheads pimply surface skin |
| Comic Story | Singapore Ed's Bar / Crash, Cork, and the Baron (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | An American in a Japanese plane lands at the air base and gives them information on the Japanese at Rangoon. |
| Genre | Aviation |
| Characters | Crash; Cork; The Baron; Singapore Eddie (villain; intro); the Japanese (villains) |
| Pencils | Art Gates (signed) |
| Inks | Art Gates (signed) |
| First Line | When Singapore Eddie...tough, wily ex-barkeep... |
| Story | Flossie (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Flossie tries to get some ice cream for her and her father. |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Flossie; Flossie's father |
| Script | W. Jourdain |
| Pencils | W. Jourdain |
| Inks | W. Jourdain |
| Letters | W. Jourdain |
| First Line | I'll blow you to some ice cream cones if you'll get 'em, Flossie! |
| Story | Army Fun (1 page) |
| Letters | ?; typeset |
| Genre | Humor |
| First Line | You're new in the Navy - aren't you! |
| Notes | Sequence added per Len Wolinsky, December 2008. Two one-panel cartoons and a text joke. |
| Comic Story | The Curse of Cave Canyon / Ted Parrish (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A prospector in Cave Canyon causes trouble for a film shoot. |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Ted Parrish; An old prospector (villain; intro); Mr. Davis; Miss Evans |
| Pencils | Arturo Cazeneuve ? |
| Inks | Arturo Cazeneuve ? |
| First Line | The Man of 1000 Faces, Hollywood's famous actor... |
| Activity | Speed Sticklers (1 page) |
| Notes | Sequence added per Len Wolinsky, December 2008. Puzzles and games. |
| Story | Bimbo's Beanery (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Bimbo has trouble hiring a guy to carry around a sign. |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Bimbo |
| Script | Art Helfant (signed) |
| Pencils | Art Helfant (signed) |
| Inks | Art Helfant (signed) |
| Letters | Art Helfant (signed) |
| First Line | Yes! I can use a good man to carry a sign around - know one? |
| Story | Speed Taylor (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Dapper Dan drugs the Clayton football team to win a bet. |
| Genre | Crime; Sports |
| Characters | Dapper Dan Dunn (villain; intro; death); Speed Taylor; Tubby; Nellie |
| Pencils | Rudy Palais ? |
| Inks | Rudy Palais ? |
| First Line | The gridiron is the background for one of our country's favorite sports... |
| Advertisement | Wonders of Science Simplified (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Free with this offer 33 power telescope lens kit |
| Advertisement | Webster's Comprehensive Encyclopedic Dictionary (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Get this giant Webster's Comprehensive Encyclopedic Dictionary free to examine |
| Advertisement | Modern Concise Encyclopedia (1 page) |
| Letters | typeset |
| First Line | Amazing gift to "comic" readers! Valuable encyclopedia volume worth $3.00 yours for only 7¢ |
| Notes | Back cover. |
| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution License. More details about this comic may be available in their page here | |
