Speed Comics #10

(July 1940)

Price Goes Up After This Sale (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

At Yarvard College works Dr Bronson, famous scientist...

Genre

superhero

Characters

Comrade Ratski (Villain); Ratski's thug; Shock Gibson; Doctor Bronson; Professor Capcheck; RInceton College scientists; paperboy; earthquake victims; looters; State Police; Monster Beetle; bus passengers; Monster Spider; Monster Cockroach; mountain lion

Synopsis

Comrade Ratski captures several noted scientists and forces them to create devices to cause mayhem in an effort to conquer America.

Join the Shock Gibson Volunteers (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Down in Paraguay, the Three Aces knock about...job-hunting....

Feature Logo

Crash, Cork and the Baron, the Three Aces

Genre

adventure; humor

Characters

The Flibbet sisters [Gail; other two unnamed] (Intro); Ni Lats (Villain, Intro, Death); The Three Aces [Cork; Crash; The Baron]; Guatos Indians of Paraguay

Synopsis

The Flibbet sisters hire the Three Aces to transport them to northern Paraguay so they can study the Guantos Indians. When they arrive it is discovered that Ni Lats had hypnotized the locals and, eventually, Gail Flibbet, to be under his command. While dodging to advances of the Flibbet's, The Three Aces along with the sisters defeat Ni Lats and free those under his control.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Bob Powell

Pencils

Art Peddy ?

Inks

Art Peddy ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Sam, I'm tired of these 'playboy' roles...

Feature Logo

Ted Parrish the Man with 1000 Faces

Genre

adventure

Characters

Sam (Ted's producer); Ted Parrish; waterfront dive thugs

Synopsis

Ted arranges a fake kidnapping of his producer Sam to scare him into giving him more character roles. Ted soon finds himself having to rescue Sam as those he hired decided to make it a real kidnapping job. After his rescue, Sam puts Ted into a movie role he wanted that resulted in him winning the Academy Award for the role.

Boxcar Battle (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Rex Rollins

Pencils

? (two illustrations)

Inks

? (two illustrations)

Colors

? (two illustrations)

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Characters

Ralph Morgan; Duke; Lefty; One-Eye

Synopsis

Ralph takes a boxcar to New York to find a job when he ends up in a fight with Duke, Lefty, and One-Eye who attempt to rob him of his money.

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

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

Script

Dick Briefer (credited as Rem Brant)

Pencils

Dick Briefer (credited as Rem Brant)

Inks

Dick Briefer (credited as Rem Brant)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The government has to transport this secret ray-gun to Station X...

Genre

adventure; military

Characters

Biff Bannon; Marine Corps officers; two spies

Synopsis

Biff is placed in charge of protecting a special shipment to Station X of the secret ray-gun. Biff has to fight off two spies onboard the train to protect the weapon.

Indexer Notes

The feature logo for this story reads "Biff Bannon of the U.S. Marines"

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

Lt. Jim Cannon / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Ted C. Mariner] (signed)

Pencils

Chuck Winter ?

Inks

Chuck Winter ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In an effort to reach safe harbor in an American port...

Genre

adventure; military

Characters

Lieutenant Jim Cannon; Ship's Captain; Walter Engels; Female G-1 Secret Agent; a cabbie

Synopsis

After Cannon saved the ship Majestic from a U-Boat, he soon finds himself entangled in a spy ring still trying to sink the ship while in port.

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

Landor, Maker of Monsters / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Gregory Torey] (credited)

Pencils

Bob Powell

Inks

Bob Powell

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

With fiendish cunning, Landor, brilliant mad scientist, uses the mind...

Genre

adventure

Characters

John Powers (Intro); Landor; Jack Torrence; Marcia (Jack's fiancee); Kung-Fu-Tse; desk sergeant

Synopsis

Landor captures and brainwashes famed criminologist John Powers to help frame Torrence. Marcia and Kung-Fu-Tse work to rescue Powers and clear Jack's name.

Demon Sleuths (Table of Contents: 10)

Nick and Dick / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Hamilton ?

Pencils

Ed Hamilton (signed)

Inks

Ed Hamilton (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

children

Characters

Nick and Dick (Intro); Riley the cop; two robbers; cops

Synopsis

Nick and Dick track down bank robbers to try to win the $250 reward for their capture. After Nick is captured by the robbers, Dick tracks down Riley the cop to rescue him. Following a trail of jelly beans left by Nick, Dick, Riley, and other policemen track down the criminal's hiding place and rescue Nick.

Indexer Notes

This is Ed Hamilton, the American Comics Group letterer, not the DC writer.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Mars Mason / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Munson Paddock (credited as Glenn Ross)

Pencils

Munson Paddock (credited as Glenn Ross)

Inks

Munson Paddock (credited as Glenn Ross)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Mars is sent to open a new air route...

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Mars Mason; original inhabitants of Uranus; Earth-Men from the out-post; Mercurians

Synopsis

On his way to set up mail service between the Earth and Uranus, Mars found himself involved in rescuing Earth-Men from an outpost on Uranus from local creatures. Mars helps those men in their plans to redirect solar energy to warm up the planet for colonization only to find himself having to fight off creatures from Mercury who want to have the plan to themselves.

Indexer Notes

The feature logo for this story reads "Mars Mason of the Interplanetary Mail Service"

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Spike Marlin / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Carl Larson] (credited)

Pencils

Witmer Williams ?

Inks

Witmer Williams ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Treasure and treachery go hand in hand as Spike churns the seas...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Spike Marlin; bar patrons; Dan O'Brien; kidnappers; diving ship's Captain and crew

Synopsis

Spike has to save noted diver and treasure hunter, Dan O'Brien, from kidnappers, and octopus, and treasure thieves.

Indexer Notes

credited to Carl Larson, but not George Tuska

Rush Coupon for Mammoth Catalog (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

advertisement / pages (report information)

Fifty Famous Fingers (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)