Speed Comics (1939 series) (Brookwood) #3
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| Field | Previous | Change / Next |
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| Number | 3 | 3 |
| Volume | 1 | |
| No Volume | No | No |
| Display Volume With Number | No | No |
| Indicia Publisher | Brookwood Publishing Company, Inc. | |
| Indicia Publisher Not Printed | Printed | Printed |
| Brand | ||
| No Brand | No | Yes |
| Publication Date | December 1939 | December 1939 |
| Key Date | 1939-12-10 | 1939-12-10 |
| Year On Sale | None | None |
| Month On Sale | None | None |
| Day On Sale | None | None |
| On Sale Date Uncertain | No | No |
| Indicia Frequency | monthly | |
| No Indicia Frequency | No | No |
| Price | 0.10 USD | 0.10 USD |
| Page Count | 68 (note: total sum of story page counts is 63) | 68 (note: total sum of story page counts is 65) |
| Page Count Uncertain | No | No |
| Editing | Maurice Rosenfeld | Maurice Rosenfeld |
| No Editing | ||
| Notes | ||
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Sequence 0
| 0. no title (Shock Gibson) cover, 1p | [S P I C L E] | Expand compare view |
Sequence 1
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| Sequence Number | 1 | 1 |
| Title | In the Foreign Legion | "In a European capital a scene of parting takes place... 'No, JIm, I'm sorry. I can't marry you.' " |
| Unofficial Title? | Yes | Yes |
| Type | comic story | comic story |
| Feature | Shock Gibson | Shock Gibson |
| Genre | superhero | superhero |
| Job Number | ||
| Script | ? | ? |
| No Script | ||
| Pencils | Maurice Scott | Maurice Scott |
| No Pencils | ||
| Inks | Maurice Scott | Maurice Scott |
| No Inks | ||
| Colors | ? | ? |
| No Colors | ||
| Letters | ? | ? |
| No Letters | ||
| Editing | ||
| No Editing | X | X |
| Page Count | 22 | 22 |
| Page Count Uncertain | No | No |
| Characters | Jim Worth (Intro) | Charles Gibson [Shock] (joins Foreign Legion to track down Jim Worth); Jim Worth (Intro; son of a prominent American businessman; joins Foreign Legion to forget girl who jilted him) |
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Sequence 2
| Field | Added / Next |
|---|---|
| Sequence Number | 2 |
| Title | Shock Gibson Volunteers |
| Unofficial Title? | No |
| Type | promo (ad from the publisher) |
| Feature | |
| Genre | |
| Job Number | |
| Script | editors |
| No Script | |
| Pencils | |
| No Pencils | X |
| Inks | |
| No Inks | X |
| Colors | |
| No Colors | X |
| Letters | typeset |
| No Letters | |
| Editing | |
| No Editing | X |
| Page Count | 1 |
| Page Count Uncertain | No |
| Characters | |
| Synopsis | |
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| Notes | Send in the coupon and join the club |
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| Commenter | Comment | Timestamp | Old State | New State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Len Wolinsky | I wan't sure if I should categorize this as a promo or filler | 2010-06-05 08:40:24 | Editing | Editing |
Sequence 3
| Field | Previous | Change / Next |
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| Sequence Number | 2 | 3 |
| Title | The Capture of Al Lirog | "Our three friends are stranded at an inland village in South Africa..." |
| Unofficial Title? | Yes | Yes |
| Type | comic story | comic story |
| Feature | Crash, Cork, and the Baron | Crash, Cork, and the Baron |
| Genre | ||
| Job Number | ||
| Script | Klaus Nordling | Klaus Nordling |
| No Script | ||
| Pencils | Klaus Nordling (Fred North) | Klaus Nordling (Fred North) |
| No Pencils | ||
| Inks | Klaus Nordling | Klaus Nordling |
| No Inks | ||
| Colors | ? | ? |
| No Colors | ||
| Letters | ? | ? |
| No Letters | ||
| Editing | ||
| No Editing | X | X |
| Page Count | 6 | 6 |
| Page Count Uncertain | No | No |
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Sequence 4
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| Sequence Number | 3 | 4 |
| Title | The Soda Fountain Fence | "At a Hollywood party... 'Nice party, isn't it Ted?' 'Yes, but look, our hostess seems excited!' " |
| Unofficial Title? | Yes | Yes |
| Type | comic story | comic story |
| Feature | Ted Parrish | Ted Parrish |
| Genre | ||
| Job Number | ||
| Script | Bob Powell | Bob Powell |
| No Script | ||
| Pencils | Bob Powell | Bob Powell |
| No Pencils | ||
| Inks | Bob Powell | Bob Powell |
| No Inks | ||
| Colors | ? | ? |
| No Colors | ||
| Letters | ? | ? |
| No Letters | ||
| Editing | ||
| No Editing | X | X |
| Page Count | 4 | 4 |
| Page Count Uncertain | No | No |
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Sequence 5
| Field | Previous | Change / Next |
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| Sequence Number | 4 | 5 |
| Title | An Escape From Headhunters | An Escape From Headhunters |
| Unofficial Title? | No | No |
| Type | text story | text story |
| Feature | ||
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| Job Number | ||
| Script | Charles Miller | Charles Miller |
| No Script | ||
| Pencils | ? | |
| No Pencils | X | |
| Inks | ? | |
| No Inks | X | |
| Colors | ? | |
| No Colors | X | |
| Letters | typeset | typeset |
| No Letters | ||
| Editing | ||
| No Editing | X | X |
| Page Count | 2 | 2 |
| Page Count Uncertain | No | No |
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Sequence 6
| Field | Previous | Change / Next |
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| Sequence Number | 5 | 6 |
| Title | The Ray-Gun Spies | "Well, well -- the Navy's come to give me a headache my last hours on this island!" |
| Unofficial Title? | Yes | Yes |
| Type | comic story | comic story |
| Feature | Biff Bannon | Biff Bannon of the U.S. Marines |
| Genre | ||
| Job Number | ||
| Script | Dick Briefer | Dick Briefer |
| No Script | ||
| Pencils | Dick Briefer (Remington Brant) | Dick Briefer (Remington Brant) |
| No Pencils | ||
| Inks | Dick Briefer | Dick Briefer |
| No Inks | ||
| Colors | ? | ? |
| No Colors | ||
| Letters | ? | ? |
| No Letters | ||
| Editing | ||
| No Editing | X | X |
| Page Count | 6 | 6 |
| Page Count Uncertain | No | No |
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Sequence 7
| Field | Previous | Change / Next |
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| Sequence Number | 6 | 7 |
| Title | Fire On the Ferry | "In a blazing car ferry, a human rat is trapped!" |
| Unofficial Title? | Yes | Yes |
| Type | comic story | comic story |
| Feature | Smoke Carter | Smoke Carter |
| Genre | ||
| Job Number | ||
| Script | Munson Paddock | Munson Paddock |
| No Script | ||
| Pencils | Munson Paddock | Munson Paddock (signed Joe E. Martin) |
| No Pencils | ||
| Inks | Munson Paddock | Munson Paddock |
| No Inks | ||
| Colors | ? | ? |
| No Colors | ||
| Letters | ? | ? |
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| Editing | ||
| No Editing | X | X |
| Page Count | 6 | 6 |
| Page Count Uncertain | No | No |
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Sequence 8
| Field | Previous | Change / Next |
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| Sequence Number | 7 | 8 |
| Title | The Giant Mosquitoes | "Locked in his vast laboratory, Landor, brilliant mad scientist, plots the destruction..." |
| Unofficial Title? | Yes | Yes |
| Type | comic story | comic story |
| Feature | Landor, Maker of Monsters | Landor, Maker of Monsters |
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| Script | ? | ? |
| No Script | ||
| Pencils | Gregory Torey (?) | Gregory Torey (?) |
| No Pencils | ||
| Inks | Gregory Torey (?) | Gregory Torey (?) |
| No Inks | ||
| Colors | ? | ? |
| No Colors | ||
| Letters | ? | ? |
| No Letters | ||
| Editing | ||
| No Editing | X | X |
| Page Count | 4 | 4 |
| Page Count Uncertain | No | No |
| Characters | Landor (hideously deformed mad scintist); Anthony Torrence (hero); Marcia (his beautiful fiancée) | |
| Synopsis | ||
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| Notes | rip-off of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA unmasking scene | rip-off of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA unmasking scene |
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Sequence 9
| Field | Previous | Change / Next |
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| Sequence Number | 8 | 9 |
| Title | The Cattle Thieves | "Tex foils a band of desperate cattle thieves." |
| Unofficial Title? | Yes | Yes |
| Type | comic story | comic story |
| Feature | Texas Tyler | Texas Tyler |
| Genre | ||
| Job Number | ||
| Script | Harry Walters | Harry Walters |
| No Script | ||
| Pencils | Harry Walters | Harry Walters |
| No Pencils | ||
| Inks | Harry Walters | Harry Walters |
| No Inks | ||
| Colors | ? | ? |
| No Colors | ||
| Letters | ? | ? |
| No Letters | ||
| Editing | ||
| No Editing | X | X |
| Page Count | 4 | 4 |
| Page Count Uncertain | No | No |
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Sequence 10
| Field | Added / Next |
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| Sequence Number | 10 |
| Title | Air Speed |
| Unofficial Title? | No |
| Type | filler |
| Feature | |
| Genre | |
| Job Number | |
| Script | ? |
| No Script | |
| Pencils | "Ace" Shaw (signed) |
| No Pencils | |
| Inks | ? |
| No Inks | |
| Colors | ? |
| No Colors | |
| Letters | ? |
| No Letters | |
| Editing | |
| No Editing | X |
| Page Count | 1 |
| Page Count Uncertain | No |
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| Synopsis | |
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| Notes | Facts about planes |
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Sequence 11
| Field | Previous | Change / Next |
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| Sequence Number | 9 | 11 |
| Title | Peg Leg Peters | "Modern pirates still roam the North Atlantic, and though they no longer fly..." |
| Unofficial Title? | Yes | Yes |
| Type | comic story | comic story |
| Feature | Spike Marlin | Spike Marlin |
| Genre | ||
| Job Number | ||
| Script | ? | ? |
| No Script | ||
| Pencils | George Tuska (Carl Larson) | George Tuska (Carl Larson) |
| No Pencils | ||
| Inks | George Tuska | George Tuska |
| No Inks | ||
| Colors | ? | ? |
| No Colors | ||
| Letters | ? | ? |
| No Letters | ||
| Editing | ||
| No Editing | X | X |
| Page Count | 8 | 8 |
| Page Count Uncertain | No | No |
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Sequence 12
| Field | Added / Next |
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| Sequence Number | 12 |
| Title | Every Month in Speed Comics |
| Unofficial Title? | No |
| Type | promo (ad from the publisher) |
| Feature | |
| Genre | |
| Job Number | |
| Script | ? |
| No Script | |
| Pencils | ? |
| No Pencils | |
| Inks | ? |
| No Inks | |
| Colors | ? |
| No Colors | |
| Letters | typeset |
| No Letters | |
| Editing | |
| No Editing | X |
| Page Count | |
| Page Count Uncertain | No |
| Characters | |
| Synopsis | |
| Reprint Notes | |
| Notes | Inside-back cover house ad for Speed, showing all the main characters |
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Comments
| Commenter | Comment | Revision | Timestamp | Old State | New State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Len Wolinsky | Editing | 2010-06-05 08:18:47 | Available | Editing | |
| Len Wolinsky | I wan't sure if I should categorize this as a promo or filler | 2. Shock Gibson Volunteers (no feature) promo (ad from the publisher), 1p | 2010-06-05 08:40:24 | Editing | Editing |
| Len Wolinsky | 2010-06-05 08:53:00 | Editing | Pending Review | ||
| Donald Dale Milne | 2010-06-06 20:32:37 | Pending Review | Under Review | ||
| Donald Dale Milne | Len - I've added the indicia publisher "Brookwood Publishing Company, Inc." You can use it here after it's approved, probably tomorrow. And your use of promo looks right to me. - Don |
2010-06-06 20:38:43 | Under Review | Editing | |
| Len Wolinsky | 2010-06-07 01:16:16 | Editing | Under Review | ||
| Donald Dale Milne | 2010-06-07 01:29:50 | Under Review | Approved |
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