Speed Comics
#20
(July 1942)
Harvey,
1941 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Family Comics, Inc.
- Editing
- Leon Harvey (editor)
[no title indexed]
Captain Freedom / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Freedom
Indexer Notes
There is uncertainty in the pencil credit for this cover.
The 1998 Jack Kirby Checklist and Jack Kirby Collector state Jack Kirby pencils.
Greg Theakston states Joe Simon and Harry Mendryk's blog feels the pencils are by Joe Simon.
The Case of the Living Corpse
Captain Freedom / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Freedom; Chang Ku (introduction, death); Chang Ku impostor (villain, introduction); the Japanese
[The Japanese Invade Central Park]
Shock Gibson / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Shock Gibson; The Japanese (villain)
[The Disappearing Bombers]
Pat Parker / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero; medical; war
- Characters
- Pat Parker; Ellen Billings (a nurse, introduction); Dick Lane (introduction); Vicomte De Lantenac (introduction); The Nazis (villain)
[no title indexed]
Biff Bannon / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Down goes tub, Jap and all!
- Genre
- humor; war; military
- Characters
- Biff Bannon; The Japanese (villain)
The Story Behind the Cover
Captain Freedom / text story / 3 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Captain Freedom
Indexer Notes
illos by Simon and Kirby (rpt. from cover)
[The Torpedo Plot]
Black Cat [Harvey] / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Black Cat; Garboil (villain); Nazis (villain); Curly (introduction)
- Reprints
-
in Black Cat The War Years (Lorne-Harvey, 1994 series) #1 (1994) [2 page center spread reduced to 1 page in reprint.]
-
[Trapping a Fifth Columnist]
Crash, Cork, and the Baron / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- war; adventure
- Characters
- Crash; Cork; the Baron; Niki (introduction, villain) the Japanese (villain); Zana Curtis (introduction)
[no title indexed]
Flossie / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- W. Jourdain (signed as Jordan)
- Pencils
- W. Jourdain (signed as Jordan)
- Inks
- W. Jourdain (signed as Jordan)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Just a minute, lil' girl!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Flossie
[no title indexed]
Flossie / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- W. Jourdain (signed as Jordan)
- Pencils
- W. Jourdain (signed as Jordan)
- Inks
- W. Jourdain (signed as Jordan)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is not a very good report card, Flossie!
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Flossie
[no title indexed]
Gobs and Gags / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Sam Cooper (signed as Cooper)
- Pencils
- Sam Cooper (signed as Cooper)
- Inks
- Sam Cooper (signed as Cooper)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm getting tired of this.
- Genre
- humor; military
[The General Pershing Impersonation]
Ted Parrish / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- war; adventure
- Characters
- Ted Parrish; The Nazis (villain)
Murder without Rules!
Speed Taylor / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Speed Taylor; Silky Dawson (villain, introduction); Judge Halleck (introduction); Gimpy (introduction); Nan (introduction); Harry Hardy (introduction)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Captain Freedom -
1.
The Case of the Living Corpse
Captain Freedom -
2.
[The Japanese Invade Central Park]
Shock Gibson -
3.
[The Disappearing Bombers]
Pat Parker -
4.
["Down goes tub, Jap and all!"]
Biff Bannon -
5.
The Story Behind the Cover
Captain Freedom -
6.
[The Torpedo Plot]
Black Cat [Harvey] -
7.
[Trapping a Fifth Columnist]
Crash, Cork, and the Baron -
8.
["Just a minute, lil' girl!"]
Flossie -
9.
["This is not a very good report card, Flossie!"]
Flossie -
10.
["I'm getting tired of this."]
Gobs and Gags -
11.
[The General Pershing Impersonation]
Ted Parrish -
12.
[no title indexed]
Speed Sticklers -
13.
Murder without Rules!
Speed Taylor -
14.
["A Colorado town reports a porcupine..."]
Funny Phony Facts
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Tony R. Rose
- Jean-Francois Masse
- Mike Nielsen
- Jim Van Dore
- Per Sandell
- Michael Hoskin
- Ramon Schenk
- Mike Burkey
- Clint Maxwell
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