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Issue: Speed Comics #28 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1943
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Issues: #28 of 33 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagHarvey
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Family Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/06/1943
Volume: 1
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 10 (8 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
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Freedom [Don Wright]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Unknown pencils and inks per Nick Caputo. Previous indexer credited Alex Schomburg.
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The Undersea Terror

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Captain Freedom [Don Wright]; The Young Defenders [Slim; Whitey; Lefty; Blackie; Beanie; Joanie]; The Nazis (Villain)
First Line: Audacity is a Nazi weapon...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Art id by John McArthur.
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Treason

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Major Jones; General Schinke (Villain; Intro); the Nazis (Villain)
First Line: Star turns traitor!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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The Guerillas of Czechoslovakia

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): The Girl Commandos [Pat Parker; Tanya; Ellen; Penny; Mei-Ling]; The Nazis (Villain); Boroye
First Line: This is the story of the heroic guerilla-fighters of Czechoslovakia...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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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; The Professor (Villain); the Fiendish Four (Villain); Green Ghost (Villain)
First Line: Professor, if your gang of cutthroats...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Story Behind the Cover

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Captain Freedom
Character(s): Captain Freedom [Don Wright]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Snoopin' Pete of Hog's Corners
Character(s): Snoopin' Pete (Intro; only appearance)
First Line: Howdy, Sherlock?
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In Content Item: FlagSuper-Dooper Comics #6 published January 1946
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: This is the only appearance of the "Snoopin' Pete of Hog's Corners" feature.
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Mantrap Island

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, military
Character(s): Speed Taylor; The Japanese (Villain)
First Line: There she is boys!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gobs and Gals
First Line: The fresh air will wake him up.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Four cartoons.
This is the only appearance of "Gobs and Gals" as a cartoon feature. However, the magazine Army and Navy Fun Parade (Harvey, 1942 Series) has a recurring text feature called "Gobs and Gals".
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Science Combats Force

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Shock Gibson [Robert Charles Gibson]; Ike (Intro; an Eskimo); Beautee Bright (Intro); Dr. Benjamin Bright (Intro); The Japanese (Villain)
First Line: Loved by the many millions...
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Pages: 8

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