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| Publication | October 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
| 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. |
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| Cover | Read How Capt. Freedom Aids the Commandos |
| Featuring | Captain Freedom |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Freedom [Don Wright] |
| 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. |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Freedom [Don Wright]; The Young Defenders [Slim; Whitey; Lefty; Joanie]; Adolph Shturk (Villain, Intro) |
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| Comic Story | The Nazi Shock Gibson (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Shock Gibson [Robert Charles Gibson]; The Nazi "Shock Gibson" (Villain; Intro); the Nazis (Villain) |
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| Comic Story | Origin of the Girl Commandos (6 pages) |
| Content | 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 |
| 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". |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; War | Characters: Biff Bannon; The Admiral |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Two cartoons. Sequence added per Len Wolinsky, December 2008. |
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| Notes | Sequence added per Len Wolinsky, December 2008. |
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| Illustration | Flags of the 28 United Nations (2 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
| Notes | Sequence added per Len Wolinsky, December 2008. |
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| Comic Story | Hollywood Attacked By Japs (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Shock Gibson [Robert Charles Gibson] (Guest Star); Ted Parrish (Guest Star); Girl Commando [Pat Parker] (Guest Star); The Girl Commandos [Tanya; Mei-Ling; Penelope Kirk; Ellen Billings] (Guest Star); Captain Freedom [Don Wright]; Dick Lane (Guest Star); Don Frazer (Guest Star); The Japanese (Villain); The Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Rick Horne |
| Notes | Introduction and origin of Harvey Comics' unofficial hero team. |
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| Text Story | The Story Behind the Cover (1.9 pages) |
| Featuring | Captain Freedom |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Freedom [Don Wright] |
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| Comic Story | Singapore Ed's Bar (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Crash; Cork; The Baron; Singapore Eddie (Villain; Intro); the Japanese (Villain) |
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| Credits | Script: William Jourdain [as Jourdain] (signed) | Pencils: William Jourdain [as Jourdain] (signed) | Inks: William Jourdain [as Jourdain] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Flossie; Flossie's father |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Sequence added per Len Wolinsky, December 2008. |
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| Comic Story | The Curse of Cave Canyon (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Ted Parrish; An old prospector (Villain; Intro) |
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| Activity | Speed Sticklers (1 page) |
| Synopsis | Puzzles & games. |
| Notes | Sequence added per Len Wolinsky, December 2008.
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Bimbo |
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| Content | Genre: Crime; Sports | Characters: Dapper Dan Dunn (villain; intro; death); Speed Taylor |
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