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Issue: Speed Comics #17 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1942
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Issues: #17 of 33 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagHarvey
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Family Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 02/12/1942
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 2.
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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
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Freedom; Shock Gibson (inset); Black Cat (inset); Biff Bannon (inset); Pat Parker (inset)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Case of the Fearful 4

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Fearful Four (Villain; Intro)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Fire in the Blackout

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Von Ritter (Villain; Intro); Fritz Arndt (Villain; Intro); Nazis (Villain); Don Fraser (Intro)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDivas, Dames & Daredevils #[nn] published January 2013
as Fire in the Blackout [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Buried Treasure

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6.5
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
First Line: I don't mind a guy being studious...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Speed Sticklers
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
First Line: - And remember it's aye, aye, sir!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Intrigue at the Winter Carnival

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Miss Sonja (Intro); Mr. Montgomery (Intro); Major Von Ritter and his spy ring (Villain; Intro)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Monsters from Mercury

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): John Thumb (Villain; Intro; Death?)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: I got plenty o' nothin'
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Swami's Fatal Fortunes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Swami (Villain; Intro); Jack Wormer (Intro; Death); Diane (Intro)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Story behind the Cover

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Captain Freedom
Character(s): Captain Freedom
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: illo by Kirby (rpt. from cover)
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The Battle of the Atlantic

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Character(s): Kosti (Villain; Intro); the Nazis (Villain)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Origin of the Black Cat

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagPocket Comics #1 published August 1941
was Origin of the Black Cat! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: The original story was printed in a digest-size comic on 12 small pages and is edited to fit the different format of this comic.

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