Publishers / Harvey / Speed Comics (1941) / #40
40November 1945
$0.10

Speed Comics #40

Harvey · November 1945

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Series
Speed Comics (Harvey, 1941 series)
Issue
#40
Publication date
November 1945
Key date
1945-11-00
Indicia publisher
Family Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Rudy Palais; inks: Rudy PalaisCaptain Freedom [Don Wright]; Black Cat [Linda Turner]
1Laundry Store for Sale--Cheap!comic story10Captain Freedom [Don Wright]; The Young Defenders [Slim; Whitey; Lefty; Blackie; Beanie; Joanie]; Mirimushima (villain); Lieutenant Saki (villain)
2-comic story1script: Art Helfant; pencils: Art Helfant; inks: Art Helfant; letters: Art HelfantMaisie; her mother and father; Dick (bugler)
3Death from One Million B. C.comic story9pencils: Bob Fujitani; inks: Bob FujitaniShock Gibson [Robert Charles Gibson]; Hirohito (Villain); the Japanese (Villain)
4Speed Sticklersactivity0.5
5The Story Behind the Covertext story2letters: typesetCaptain Freedom [Don Wright]; The Black Cat [Linda Turner]
6-comic story1script: Art Helfant; pencils: Art Helfant; inks: Art Helfant; letters: Art HelfantBimbo
7Forgotten Land!!!comic story7pencils: Jill Elgin; inks: Jill ElginThe Girl Commandos [Pat Parker; Tanya; Ellen; Penny; Mei-Ling]; Father Kiri (Intro); The Japanese (Villain)

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