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| Cover is signed "Gwen". I wonder who Gwen was. |
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| Publication | September 1942 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
| Notes | Pencil identification by Henry Mendryk, who reports that "Glaven" was a boyhood friend of Simon.
Some experts believe the pencils are by Jack Kirby.
Keith Chandler : Simon, I think, possibly with another inker on Captain Freedom's face. |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Freedom [Don Wright] |
| Notes | Pencil identification by Henry Mendryk, who reports that "Glaven" was a boyhood friend of Simon.
Some experts believe the pencils are by Jack Kirby.
Keith Chandler : Simon, I think, possibly with another inker on Captain Freedom's face. |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Freedom [Don Wright]; The Young Defenders [Slim; Whitey; Lefty; Joanie]; Maku Siki (Japanese villain) |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Shock Gibson [Robert Charles Gibson]; Emperor Hirohito (villain) |
| Notes | Name Mort Leav appears as pseudo Japanese writing in final panel of page 5 of this story. Either a joke or a signature. |
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| Synopsis | Pat Parker, a senior nurse working with her team in Malta, dons the costume of Girl Commando and pursues the enemy aboard a submarine. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; War | Characters: Pat Parker [Girl Commando]; Admiral Varing |
| Notes | Keith Chandler : A previous indexer sugeested Jill Elgin as artist, but, by comparison with the signed Parker story in issue #24, this is more likely to be Barbara Hall. In a possible red herring, the final panel has a male artist sitting at his easel and addressing the readers, advising them to discover the story development in the next issue. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Military | Characters: Biff Bannon; The Admiral |
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| Cartoon | You're in the Army Now! (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military |
| Notes | Four one-panel gag cartoons, all war-oriented, by several different hands, including Al Weine. |
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| Text Story | The Story Behind the Cover (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Captain Freedom |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Freedom [Don Wright]; The Young Defenders [Slim; Whitey; Lefty; Joanie] |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Cat [Linda Sterling]; Colonel Lowell Stone; Garboil (villain) |
| Notes | Keith Chandler : The story opens with an excellent double-page spread. The second panel of page one has Linda talking about a film series clearly based on M.G.M.'s Andy Hardy series. Andrew Smith = Andy Hardy; Judge Smith = Judge Hardy, played by Lowell Stone = Lewis Stone |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Aviation | Characters: Crash; Cork; The Baron |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Roddy (introduction); Roddy's father |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Roddy; Roddy's father; Roddy's mother |
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| Cartoon | Stop Us If You've Seen or Heard This One! (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | 8 one-panel gag cartoons, all war-oriented. |
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| Activity | Speed Sticklers (1 page) |
| Notes | Five different puzzles or activities. |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Ted Parrish; Slug (crook); Dinah Lake; Jones (crook) |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | 6 one-panel gag cartoons, all war-oriented, and one text joke. One cartoon is signed "Beeman" but the art in the others does not look like his work. The other cartoons may be by Al Weine, who drew another page of cartoons in this issue. |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Sports | Characters: Speed Taylor; Tubby; Clarence; Hans Schtunk (Nazi spy) |
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| Featuring | Officer O'Toole Badge No. 44 |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Officer O'Toole |
| Notes | This is the only appearance of the "Officer O'Toole Badge No. 44" feature. |
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| Synopsis | House ad for "Champ," "Speed," "Green Hornet" and "War Victory" comics. |
| Notes | Back cover, red tinting. Covers of "Champ" 22, "Speed" 22, and "Green Hornet" 8 are reproduced. Only the masthead logo of "War Victory" is displayed. |
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