(March 1945)

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.
Editing
Leon Harvey (credited) (editor, managing editor)

Issue Notes

Copyright, 1945, by the Green Hornet, Inc. [sic]
First of 2 issues with this copyright.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Black Cat; Captain Freedom; Shock Gibson / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Alex Schomburg (signed as Schomburg)
Inks
Alex Schomburg (signed as Schomburg)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Freedom [Don Wright]; The Black Cat [Linda Turner]
Reprints

Hirohito's Ghost (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Powell ?
Inks
Bob Powell ?; Ernie Schroeder ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Freedom of the press...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Freedom [Don Wright]; The Young Defenders [Slim; Whitey; Lefty; Blackie; Beanie; Joanie]; Patrolman Sweded Larsen

Indexer Notes

Possible Powell art per Nick Caputo, May 2017.

Doom For Traitors (Table of Contents: 2)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Spawned in the cesspool of Axis evil...
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Him (villain - "America's Nemesis No.1")
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Keith Chandler : Art credits were previously question marked, but I believe this IS Kubert on pencils and inks.

Biff Bannon's Nightmare (Table of Contents: 3)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You got nothin' on me kitty...
Feature Logo
Biff Bannon U. S. Marine
Genre
humor; war; military
Characters
Biff Bannon
Reprints

Monsters Who Breed - - Earthquakes (Table of Contents: 4)

Shock Gibson / comic story / 7.5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bob Powell ?
Inks
Bob Powell ?; Ernie Schroeder ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
With sickening noises...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Shock Gibson [Robert Charles Gibson]; Professor Eltoy (villain)

Indexer Notes

Story title from Dick Sabo based on the original art (April 1, 2006). Possible Powell art per Nick Caputo, May 2017.

Keith Chandler : Powell pencils, possibly with Schroeder inks, I think.

The Story Behind The Cover (Table of Contents: 5)

Captain Freedom, Black Cat, Shock Gibson / text story / 1.8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Doc Bright stepped out of the large passenger plane...
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Freedom [Don Wright]; Shock Gibson [Robert Charles Gibson]; The Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Doc Bright

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

statement of ownership / 0.2 page (report information)

Script
Leon Harvey (credited) (editor)
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
Ed Wheelan (signed)
Pencils
Ed Wheelan (signed)
Inks
Ed Wheelan (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In the past few months...
Feature Logo
The Adventures of Padlock Homes
Genre
humor; detective-mystery
Characters
Padlock Homes; Dr. Watsis; The Green Ghost; The Fiendish Four [Saki; Suki; Soki; Siki]

Murder for Matadors (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Jill Elgin
Inks
Jill Elgin
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It takes a bull-fighter to catch a bull...
Genre
adventure; war
Characters
The Girl Commandos [Pat Parker; Tanya; Ellen; Penny; Mei-Ling]; El Capitaine (villain); Field Marshal Von Klawe
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Black Cat; Captain Freedom; Shock Gibson
  2. 1. Hirohito's Ghost
    Captain Freedom
  3. 2. Doom For Traitors
    Black Cat
  4. 3. Biff Bannon's Nightmare
    Biff Bannon
  5. 4. Monsters Who Breed - - Earthquakes
    Shock Gibson
  6. 5. The Story Behind The Cover
    Captain Freedom, Black Cat, Shock Gibson
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
  8. 7. ["In the past few months..."]
    Padlock Homes
  9. 8. Murder for Matadors
    Girl Commandos
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Nick Caputo
  • Keith Chandler
  • Peter Croome
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Jean-Francois Masse
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Len Wolinsky