(May-June 1946)

Harvey, 1941 Series
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Volume
1
Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Family Comics Inc.
Brand
Harvey Publications H [Wings & Eagle]
Editing
Leon Harvey (editor)

[Captain Freedom's Dangerous Double] (Table of Contents)

Captain Freedom / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Al Avison (signed as Avison)
Inks
Al Avison (signed as Avison)
Colors
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Freedom [Don Wright]; The Young Defenders [Slim; Whitey; Lefty; Blackie; Beanie; Joanie]

Indexer Notes

Title from the text story.

Hero's Boots (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Ernie Schroeder ?
Inks
Ernie Schroeder ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Haven't you ever heard someone say...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Freedom [Don Wright]; The Young Defenders [Slim; Whitey; Lefty; Blackie; Beanie; Joanie]; Wilmer Weems

Indexer Notes

A previous indexer gave art credits to 'Rudy Palais ?', but this is not his style at all.

The Laughter That Kills (Table of Contents: 2)

Shock Gibson / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Fujitani
Inks
Bob Fujitani
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Many hued is the picture...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Shock Gibson [Private Robert Charles Gibson]; The Japanese (villains)
Synopsis
The Japanese develop a type of gas that causes Allied forces to laugh uncontrollably, thus making them ripe for conquering.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pencil and ink credits from Don Mangus (June 8, 2006). Characters, reprint info and synopsis added by Craig Delich 11-18-08.

The Halls of Montezuma (Table of Contents: 3)

Blonde Bomber / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
Joe Rosen ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Honey and Slapso walk into the strangest, weirdest adventure of their careers...
Genre
adventure
Characters
The Blonde Bomber [Honey Blake]; Jimmy Slapso; Diego; Great Limbriago; Cortez

Indexer Notes

The "Blonde Bomber" feature regularly appears in Green Hornet Comics (Harvey, 1942 Series). It is now starting a short run in Speed Comics too.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
Art Helfant (signed)
Pencils
Art Helfant (signed)
Inks
Art Helfant (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
Art Helfant (signed) (sourced)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Such a nice quiet day
Genre
adventure; humor; military
Characters
Biff Bannon; Gerty

Indexer Notes

This is the final appearance of the "Biff Bannon" feature.

The feature logo for this story reads "Biff Bannon's Hurricane"

Captain Freedom's Dangerous Double (Table of Contents: 5)

Captain Freedom / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The renowned scientist finished his lecture...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Freedom [Don Wright]; The Young Defenders [Slim; Whitey; Lefty; Blackie; Beanie; Joanie]

Indexer Notes

Supertitled: The Story Behind the Cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Buddha Was a Big Boy! (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Joe Kubert
Inks
Joe Kubert
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There was quite a lot of concern...
Genre
adventure
Characters
Buddha
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pencils credit from the Pure Imagination reprint.

Keith Chandler : This looks to be Kubert on both pencils and inks.

The Tale of the King of Swing (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Powell
Inks
Bob Powell
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Johnnie Upbeat drafted!
Genre
war
Characters
Johnnie Upbeat
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Possibly based on Benny Goodman?

Art credits from reprint. Keith Chandler ; These had Powell only as possible inker, but this certainly looks like Powell inks.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [Captain Freedom's Dangerous Double]
    Captain Freedom
  2. 1. Hero's Boots
    Captain Freedom
  3. 2. The Laughter That Kills
    Shock Gibson
  4. 3. The Halls of Montezuma
    Blonde Bomber
  5. 4. ["Such a nice quiet day"]
    Biff Bannon
  6. 5. Captain Freedom's Dangerous Double
    Captain Freedom
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
  8. 7. Buddha Was a Big Boy!
  9. 8. The Tale of the King of Swing
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • Keith Chandler
  • Peter Croome
  • Craig Delich
  • Dan Kocher
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Per Sandell
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Len Wolinsky