Speed Comics #3

(December 1939)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Shock Gibson / comic story / 22 pages (report information)

Script

Maurice Rosenfield (credited as Maurice Scott); Bill Scott (credited as Maurice Scott)

Pencils

Norman Fallon ?

Inks

Norman Fallon ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In a European capital a scene of parting takes place... 'No, JIm, I'm sorry. I can't marry you.'

Genre

superhero

Characters

Charles Gibson [Shock]; Jim Worth (Intro)

Synopsis

Shock joins the Foreign Legion to track down Jim Worth, son of a prominent American businessman who joined to forget girl who jilted him.

Shock Gibson Volunteers (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Crash, Cork, and the Baron / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Klaus Nordling (credited as Fred North)

Pencils

Klaus Nordling (credited as Fred North)

Inks

Klaus Nordling (credited as Fred North)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Our three friends are stranded at an inland village in South Africa...

Genre

adventure

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

Ted Parrish / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Powell

Pencils

Bob Powell

Inks

Bob Powell

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

At a Hollywood party... 'Nice party, isn't it Ted?' 'Yes, but look, our hostess seems excited!'

Genre

adventure

An Escape From Headhunters (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Charles Miller

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

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

Biff Bannon / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Briefer [as Remington Brant]

Pencils

Dick Briefer

Inks

Dick Briefer

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well, well -- the Navy's come to give me a headache my last hours on this island!

Feature Logo

Biff Bannon of the U.S. Marines

Genre

military

Characters

Biff Bannon

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Smoke Carter / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Munson Paddock (credited as Joe E. Martin)

Pencils

Munson Paddock (credited as Joe E. Martin)

Inks

Munson Paddock (credited as Joe E. Martin)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In a blazing car ferry, a human rat is trapped!

Genre

adventure

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Landor, Maker of Monsters / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Gregory Torey] (credited)

Pencils

Bob Powell (credited as Gregory Torey)

Inks

Bob Powell (credited as Gregory Torey)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Locked in his vast laboratory, Landor, brilliant mad scientist, plots the destruction...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Landor (villain); Anthony Torrence (hero); Marcia (his beautiful fiancée)

Indexer Notes

rip-off of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA unmasking scene

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Texas Tyler / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Allison (credited as Harry Walters)

Pencils

Bill Allison (credited as Harry Walters)

Inks

Bill Allison (credited as Harry Walters)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Tex foils a band of desperate cattle thieves.

Genre

western-frontier

Air Speed (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

"Ace" Shaw (signed)

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Facts about planes

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Spike Marlin / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Carl Larson] (credited)

Pencils

George Tuska (credited as Carl Larson)

Inks

George Tuska (credited as Carl Larson)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Modern pirates still roam the North Atlantic, and though they no longer fly...

Genre

adventure

Every Month in Speed Comics (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)