Publishers / Harvey / Speed Comics (1941) / #26
26April 1943
$0.10

Speed Comics #26

Harvey · April 1943

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Series
Speed Comics (Harvey, 1941 series)
Issue
#26
Publication date
April 1943
Key date
1943-04-00
Indicia publisher
Family Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Berlincover1pencils: Pierce Rice; inks: Arturo CazeneuveCaptain Freedom (Dan Wright)
1The Convoy Sabotage Capercomic story8pencils: Arturo Cazeneuve; inks: Arturo CazeneuveMCaptain Freedom [Don Wright]; The Young Defenders [Slim; Whitey; Lefty; Blackie; Beanie; Joanie]; ax Thonig (introduction, death); Borgam (villain, introduction, an impostor); the Nazis (villain)
2The Kidnapping of Shirley Dimplecomic story6pencils: Arturo Cazeneuve; inks: Arturo CazeneuveTed Parrish Man of 1000 Faces; Fish (villain, introduction); Jose (villain, introduction); other Nazi spies (villains, introduction)
3Daffy Drafty Becomes a Reportercomic story2script: Art Helfant; pencils: Art Helfant; inks: Art HelfantDaffy Drafty; Lieutenant Pinksheet; "Day" Nurse Caroline; "Night" Nurse Betty
4The Professor and the Fiendish Four, Part ?comic story6script: Ed Wheelan; pencils: Ed Wheelan; inks: Ed WheelanPadlock Homes; Dr. Watsis; The Professor (villain); the Fiendish Four (villain)
5-comic story2script: William Jourdain; pencils: William Jourdain; inks: William JourdainFlossie
6-comic story6script: Art Helfant; pencils: Art Helfant; inks: Art HelfantBiff Bannob; The Admiral
7The Case of "The Floating Corpses"comic story8pencils: Al Gabriele; inks: Al GabrieleThe Black Cat [Linda Turner]; Rick Horne; The Japanese (villain)
8Hitler's Ace in the Holecomic story8pencils: Sam Glanzman; inks: Sam GlanzmanShock Gibson [Robert Charles Gibson]; Adolf Hitler (villain); Gen. Von Vuncen (villain, introduction, death); the Nazis (villain)
9Attack on the Nazis in Norwaycomic story6pencils: Jill Elgin; inks: Jill ElginThe Girl Commandos [Tanya; Mei-Ling; Penelope Kirk; Ellen Billings; Pat Parker]; The Nazis; Olaf Swenson (introduction)
10The Story Behind the Covertext story1.67letters: typesetCaptain Freedom [Don Wright]
11-statement of ownership0.33script: Leon Harvey
12-comic story1script: William Jourdain; pencils: William Jourdain; inks: William JourdainFlossie; Mr. Blye
13Speed Joins the Marinescomic story6pencils: Sam Glanzman; inks: Sam GlanzmanSpeed Taylor; Joe Burns (villain, introduction); Tim Brown; the Nazis (villain); Tubby

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