Speed Comics #34

(September 1944)

Killers' Cataract! (Table of Contents)

Captain Freedom / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ernie Schroeder

Inks:

Ernie Schroeder

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Captain Freedom [Don Wright]; The Young Defenders [Slim; Whitey; Lefty; Blackie; Beanie; Joanie]; Mandoza (villain, introduction); the Nazis (villains)

Synopsis:

Don takes the Young Defenders up to Niagara Falls for a vacation, but soon is involved as Captain Freedom against a man named Mandoza, who helps Nazi POW's escape to assist him in using toy torpedo boats to destroy a power plant.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #83 ([October] 2010) [in black and white]

Indexer Notes

Art credits by Bill Black, added by Craig Delich 2011-4-19.

[Fury In the Phillipines] (Table of Contents)

Shock Gibson / comic story / 7.66 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Powell ?

Pencils:

Ernie Schroeder

Inks:

Ernie Schroeder

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Shock Gibson [Robert Charles Gibson]; Captain Kane (introdiction); Juan (introduction); Pablo (introduction); Major Taro Kanaka (villain, introduction); the Japanese (villains)

Synopsis:

The Japanese, having taken over the island of Mindanao in the Philippines and begun their viscious cruelty to the inhabitants, faces the guerilla force leader, American Captain Kane. However, when he is captured by the enemy, Private Gibson decides to single-handedly make his way to the Philippines to save Kane: as Shock Gibson.

Reprints:

• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #87
• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #87 (2012) (in black and white)

Indexer Notes

Artist revision from Bob Powell ? to Schroeder by Bill Black, added by Craig Delich 2012-12-13.

[Attaboy, Biff!] (Table of Contents)

Biff Bannon / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Art Helfant

Pencils:

Art Helfant

Inks:

Art Helfant

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Him! (Table of Contents)

Black Cat / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joe Kubert ?

Inks:

Joe Kubert ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Him [Dolores "Hedy" LaRue] (introduction); Zanmill (introduction); Mark Gaynor (introduction); Joe Mad Fox (villain, introduction); Fox's un-named partner (villain, introduction)

Reprints:

• in The Original Black Cat (Lorne-Harvey, 1988 series) #3 (1990)

The Story Behind the Cover (Table of Contents)

Captain Freedom, Black Cat, Shock Gibson / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Shock Gibson [Robert Charles Gibson]; Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Captain Freedom [Don Wright]

[The Green Ghost, Part 3] (Table of Contents)

Padlock Homes / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed Wheelan

Pencils:

Ed Wheelan

Inks:

Ed Wheelan

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

The Green Ghost (Villain)

The Greeks Say: Fight! (Table of Contents)

Girl Commandoes / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jill Elgin

Inks:

Jill Elgin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Madame Intrigue (Villain; Intro); Nazis (Villain)

Reprints: show reprint note before migration (migrated reprint links need inspection)

• in War Sirens and Liberty Belles (Lorne-Harvey, 1991 series) #1 (1991)

Indexer Notes

Reprint noted by Darci via the GCD Errors list, January 2009.