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| Name | Speed Comics 22 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Captain Freedom [Don Wright] |
| Pencils | Joe Simon (signed) |
| Inks | Joe Simon (signed) |
| 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. |
| Story | Captain Freedom (8 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Captain Freedom [Don Wright]; The Young Defenders [Slim; Whitey; Lefty; Joanie]; Maku Siki (Japanese villain) |
| Pencils | Arturo Cazeneuve ? |
| Inks | Arturo Cazeneuve ? |
| First Line | The largest bomb ever constructed in the history of the world... |
| Story | Shock Gibson (8 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Shock Gibson [Robert Charles Gibson]; Emperor Hirohito (villain) |
| Pencils | Mort Leav |
| Inks | Mort Leav |
| First Line | It is an eventful day! |
| Notes | Name Mort Leav appears as pseudo Japanese writing in final panel of page 5 of this story. Either a joke or a signature. |
| Story | Pat Parker (6 pages) |
| 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. |
| Genre | Adventure; War |
| Characters | Pat Parker [Girl Commando]; Admiral Varing |
| Pencils | Barbara Hall ? |
| Inks | Barbara Hall ? |
| First Line | The Axis High Command spawns an insidious plot... |
| 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. |
| Story | Biff Bannon (6 pages) |
| Genre | Humor; Military |
| Characters | Biff Bannon; The Admiral |
| Script | Art Helfant (signed) |
| Pencils | Art Helfant (signed) |
| Inks | Art Helfant (signed) |
| Letters | Art Helfant (signed) |
| First Line | Spies... |
| Cartoon | You're in the Army Now! (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Military |
| Script | Al Weine (signed) |
| Pencils | Al Weine (signed) |
| Inks | Al Weine (signed) |
| Notes | Four one-panel gag cartoons, all war-oriented, by several different hands, including Al Weine. |
| Text Story | The Story Behind the Cover (2 pages) |
| Feature | Captain Freedom |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | Captain Freedom [Don Wright]; The Young Defenders [Slim; Whitey; Lefty; Joanie] |
| Pencils | Joe Simon (spot illustration) |
| Inks | Joe Simon (spot illustration) |
| First Line | Two stocky, bull-necked men... |
| Story | Black Cat (8 pages) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Black Cat [Linda Sterling]; Colonel Lowell Stone; Garboil (villain) |
| Pencils | Arturo Cazeneuve (signed) |
| Inks | Arturo Cazeneuve (signed) |
| First Line | Sabotage and espionage threaten the security of America's West Coast... |
| 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 |
| Story | Crash, Cork, and the Baron (6 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Aviation |
| Characters | Crash; Cork; The Baron |
| Pencils | Art Gates (signed) |
| Inks | Art Gates (signed) |
| First Line | With the Jap hordes sweeping across Burma... |
| Story | Roddy (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Roddy (introduction); Roddy's father |
| Script | Al Zere |
| Pencils | Al Zere |
| Inks | Al Zere |
| Letters | Al Zere |
| First Line | Boy! At's an idea! |
| Story | Roddy (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor; Children |
| Characters | Roddy; Roddy's father; Roddy's mother |
| Script | Al Zere |
| Pencils | Al Zere |
| Inks | Al Zere |
| Letters | Al Zere |
| First Line | Gosh! Ain't you afraid, Roddy? |
| Cartoon | Stop Us If You've Seen or Heard This One! (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Art Helfant (signed) |
| Pencils | Art Helfant (signed) |
| Inks | Art Helfant (signed) |
| Letters | Art Helfant (signed) |
| First Line | My buddy couldn't find a ladder... |
| Notes | 8 one-panel gag cartoons, all war-oriented. |
| Activity | Speed Sticklers (1 page) |
| Script | A. W. Nugent |
| Pencils | A. W. Nugent (signed) |
| Notes | Five different puzzles or activities. |
| Story | Ted Parrish (6 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure |
| Characters | Ted Parrish; Slug (crook); Dinah Lake; Jones (crook) |
| Pencils | Arturo Cazeneuve |
| Inks | Arturo Cazeneuve |
| First Line | Got it, Slug? |
| Story | Gobs and Gags (2 pages) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Arthur Beeman (signed) Mischa Richter |
| Pencils | Arthur Beeman (signed) Mischa Richter |
| Inks | Arthur Beeman (signed) Mischa Richter |
| 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. |
| Story | Speed Taylor (6 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Sports |
| Characters | Speed Taylor; Tubby; Clarence; Hans Schtunk (Nazi spy) |
| First Line | Clayton College's annual treasure hunt... |
| Comic Story | No Title (1 page) |
| Feature | Officer O'Toole Badge No. 44 |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Officer O'Toole |
| Script | Arthur Beeman (signed) ? |
| Pencils | Arthur Beeman (signed) ? |
| Inks | Arthur Beeman (signed) ? |
| First Line | Just got a call there's a hold-up at the bank! |
| Notes | This is the only appearance of the "Officer O'Toole Badge No. 44" feature. |
| Publisher advertisement | No Title (1 page) |
| Synopsis | House ad for "Champ," "Speed," "Green Hornet" and "War Victory" comics. |
| First Line | New Issues Now on Sale |
| 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. |
| 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 | |

