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Issue: Speed Comics #27 Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1943
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Issues: #27 of 33 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagHarvey
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Family Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/05/1943
Volume: 1
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (9 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, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 4.
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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
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Captain Freedom [Don Wright]; Shock Gibson [Robert Charles Gibson]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Destructive Construction Company

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Freedom [Don Wright]; Cassidy (villain, introduction, death)
First Line: The price of liberty is eternal vigilance!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Case of the Photo Crimes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Rick (newspaperman); unnamed Naval Lieutenant (introduction, death); Greenway (villain, film director, introduction, death); female movie extra (villain, introduction, death); unnamed stdio electrician (villain, introduction)
First Line: Tired of her public life as a screen star...
Synopsis: Filming on Linda Turner's latest film is halted until the arrival of a Naval officer, who happens to be carrying a briefcase of photos and secret gun emplacements. Later, when Linda and Rick discover the officer dead and papers stolen, the Black Cat goes into action to track down the culprits involved.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Script revision from Powell ? to ? by Craig Delich. The Who's Who indicates that Powell only drew the feature and no extant evidence proves that he wrote it as well.
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The Greatest Siege Gun Ever Built!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Shock Gibson [Robert Charles Gibson]; Ed (soldier, introduction); Prof. Schnitzeljammer (villain, introduction); Adolf Hitler (villain); the Nazis (villains)
First Line: Pvt. Robert Gibson of the U. S. Army goes A. W. O. L...
Synopsis: Gibson is surprised by a new type of gun the Nazis have, called the Hitler Gun, that is capable of being fired from extremely long distances at any target the enemy selects.
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In Content Item: FlagSuper-Dooper Comics #7 published January 1946
as The Greatest Siege Gun Ever Built [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Art previously credited as: pencils - Jack Kirby ?, inks - Joe Simon ?, never credited as such in TwoMorrows Kirby Checklist. Correction from Bud Plant, 2006-12-5.

Keith Chandler : But the signature is clearly visible.
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The Story Behind the Cover

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Shock Gibson [Robert Charles Gibson]; Captain Freedom [Don Wright]
First Line: It was Private Robert Gibson of the U. S. Army who saw them first.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Battle for Burma

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): The Girl Commandos [Pat Parker; Tanya; Ellen; Penny; Mei-Ling]; Colonel Sanday; Ann Waverly (villain, introduction); the Japanese
First Line: Follow the trail of the Girl Commandos...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Billy Brains; Pete the Tramp
First Line: By painting this magnifying fluid on the lens...
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In Content Item: FlagSuper-Dooper Comics #6 published January 1946
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: The "Billy Brains the Boy Marvel" feature was last seen in Champ Comics (Harvey, 1940 Series) #25 (April 1943). This is its final appearance.
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The Professor and the Fiendish Four, Part ?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Character(s): Padlock Homes; Dr. Watsis; The Professor (villain); the Fiendish Four; the Green Ghost (introduction)
First Line: The geeat detective and Dr. Watsis...
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
First Line: We're gonna have a 'cendiary bomb drill!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: The "Jr. Air Warden" feature appears next in The Green Mask (Fox, 1940 Series) #10 (August 1944).
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Oom-Pa-Pa!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Biff Bannon
First Line: Package for Biff Bannon!
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Pages: 6

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