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| My guess for the artist of the Shack Gibson story in Speed #25 is Sam Glanzman. Compare with the signed stories in the next two issues. |
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| Publication | February 1943 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bimonthly |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Freedom [Don Wright]; Speed Taylor; Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Girl Commando [Pat Parker]; Ted Parrish; Biff Bannon; Shock Gibson [Robert Charles Gibson] |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Freedom [Don Wright]; The Young Defenders [Slim; Whitey; Lefty; Blackie; Beanie; Joanie]; Doctor Latour |
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| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Shock Gibson [Robert Charles Gibson]; The Nazi Lorelei (villain) |
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| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Military |
| Notes | A series of unrelated gag panels by various artists, including Richter. Signatures on some are illegible, though one appears to be 'Harvey', while others are unsigned. |
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| Comic Story | Mystery of the Chinese Hospital Ship (8 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Rick Horne; Garboil (film director) |
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| Comic Story | Chattanooga Choo Choo (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; War | Characters: Biff Bannon; The Admiral |
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| Comic Story | The Town Crier (6 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; Detective-mystery | Characters: Ted Parrish; The Crier |
| Notes | Author credit suggested by textual analysis by Lou Mougin. |
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| Featuring | Speed Sticklers |
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| Text Story | The Story Behind the Cover (2 pages) |
| Featuring | Captain Freedom |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Captain Freedom [Don Wright]; The Young Defenders [Slim; Whitey; Lefty; Joanie]; Zoviano |
| Notes | Boys! Girls! How do you like our idea of the -- "Story behind the cover?"...Write to us..and we'll try to make the stories more thrilling each issue!! |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Padlock Homes; Dr. Watsis; The Professor (villain); The Fiendish Four (villainous henchmen); Desmond Spitz (villain) |
| Notes | The "Padlock Homes" feature formerly appeared in Champ Comics (Harvey, 1940 Series), but is now moving to Speed Comics with this issue. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; War | Characters: Daffy Drafty |
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| Comic Story | Girl Commandos Outwit Ratzis (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | Pat, Tanya, and Penny return to a coastal village to rescue Penny, who has been captured and made to work in the Kropper factory. They recruit a French partisan, Yvonne, to smuggle them into the factory. When their rescue succeeds, they make Yvonne one of the Girl Commandos. |
| Content | Genre: Adventure; War | Characters: Inky Allen; Pat Parker; Ellen Billings; Tanya; Penny; Yvonne Aimable (introduction) |
| Notes | Story takes place on or about Nov. 27, 1942. |
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| Credits | Script: William Jourdain [as Jourdain] (signed) | Pencils: William Jourdain [as Jourdain] (signed) | Inks: William Jourdain [as Jourdain] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Flossie; Mr. Flug |
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| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Roddy; Mrs. Blau; Farmer Smith |
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| Content | Genre: Adventure; Sports | Characters: Speed Taylor; Tubby |
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