Volume: 1
Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
Editing: Leo Greenwald ?
Cover Thumbnail for Speed Comics (Harvey, 1941 series) #13 Edit Cover
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

Shock Gibson / cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Shock Gibson [Robert Charles Gibson]

Issue Data

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

Shock Gibson / comic story / 12 pages

Script:
? [as Clayton North] (credited)
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Like a streak of lightning, a small sedan speeds along a country road.
Characters:
Shock Gibson [Robert Charles Gibson]; Franz Wigar (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

Clayton North is a house by-line used by Harvey.

Art credits suggested by the Who's Who.

[The Humus-Tumus Expedition]
(Table of Contents: 2)

Crash, Cork, and the Baron / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure

Indexer Notes

Baron becomes British (formerly a German!)

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

Pat Parker / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Jill Elgin ? (credited as Howard Reed)
Inks:
Jill Elgin ? (credited as Howard Reed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:medical; superhero; war
  • Feature Logo:Pat Parker, War Nurse
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Soldiers do not all fight in trenches. English women battle as valiantly as their men...
Characters:
Pat Parker (Intro; a war nurse)
Reprints (1)

[Pincus's Genie]
(Table of Contents: 4)

Arabian Daze / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
Characters:
Pincus (Villain)

Indexer Notes

This is the final appearance of "Arabian Daze" feature.

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

The Hand / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
? [as Bruce Blackton]
Inks:
? [as Bruce Blackton]
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero; crime
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:A great political forum is in session, the master of ceremonies is about to introduce the chief speaker...
Characters:
The Hand
Synopsis:
The Hand assists the FBI in rounding up some spies.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

This is the final appearance of "The Hand [Harvey]" feature.

Port of Missing Clippers
(Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages

Script:
Bob Jackson
Letters:
typeset

[The Hijacked Planes]
(Table of Contents: 7)

Captain Colt / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Lake Smith
Pencils:
Lake Smith
Inks:
Lake Smith
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:military

Indexer Notes

formerly Captain Colt.

This is the final appearance of "Captain Colt" feature.

[The Poisoning of Vinc Nolan]
(Table of Contents: 8)

Ted Parrish / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Arturo Cazeneuve (credited as Art Sheriff)
Inks:
Arturo Cazeneuve (credited as Art Sheriff)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure

[The Soda Jerk Spy]
(Table of Contents: 9)

Speed Taylor / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Bob Powell (credited as Robert Lowell)
Inks:
Bob Powell (credited as Robert Lowell)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure

[The Man-Eater]
(Table of Contents: 10)

Buck Johnson / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Frank Lawrence
Pencils:
Frank Lawrence
Inks:
Frank Lawrence
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:jungle
Characters:
Buck Johnson (Intro)

Indexer Notes

This is the only appearance of the "Buck Johnson" feature in Speed Comics, and at Harvey. The feature appears next in Great Comics (Great Comics, 1941 Series) #1 (November 1941).

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

The Wasp / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Art Saaf (credited as Gordon Knight)
Inks:
Art Saaf (credited as Gordon Knight)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The Pan-American Defense Council holds a secret meeting in Havana.

Indexer Notes

Next appearance in CHAMP COMICS #19.

Art credit by Jim Vadeboncouer through Steve Saaf (2009-06-16, Ramon Schenk).

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

Captain Freedom / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Arturo Cazeneuve [as Franklyn Flagg] (credited)
Inks:
Arturo Cazeneuve [as Franklyn Flagg] (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The new defender of democracy.. foe of tyranny, Captain Freedom
Characters:
Captain Freedom [Don Wright] (Intro); Hal Dumpfer (Nazi propagandist)
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Shock Gibson
  2. ["Like a streak of lightning, a small sedan speeds along a country road."]
    Shock Gibson
  3. [The Humus-Tumus Expedition]
    Crash, Cork, and the Baron
  4. ["Soldiers do not all fight in trenches. English women battle as valiantly as their men..."]
    Pat Parker
  5. [Pincus's Genie]
    Arabian Daze
  6. ["A great political forum is in session, the master of ceremonies is about to introduce the chief speaker..."]
    The Hand
  7. Port of Missing Clippers
  8. [The Hijacked Planes]
    Captain Colt
  9. [The Poisoning of Vinc Nolan]
    Ted Parrish
  10. [The Soda Jerk Spy]
    Speed Taylor
  11. [The Man-Eater]
    Buck Johnson
  12. ["The Pan-American Defense Council holds a secret meeting in Havana."]
    The Wasp
  13. ["The new defender of democracy.. foe of tyranny, Captain Freedom"]
    Captain Freedom
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  • Bob Hughes
  • Jean-Francois Masse
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Len Wolinsky
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