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Issue Details

Issue #17
Published April 1942
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Editing Leon Harvey
Notes Pencil credits from Greg Theakston.

Cover Details

Pencils Joe Simon (as Jon Henri)
Inks Joe Simon
Notes Pencil credits from Greg Theakston.

8 page Captain Freedom story "The Case of the Fearful 4"

Characters The Fearful Four (Villain; Intro)
Pencils Arthur Cazeneuve
Inks Arthur Cazeneuve

7 page Pat Parker story "Fire In the Blackout"

Characters Von Ritter (Villain; Intro); Fritz Arndt (Villain; Intro); Nazis (Villain); Don Fraser (Intro)
Pencils Jill Elgin?
Inks Jill Elgin?

7 page Biff Bannon story "Buried Treasure"

Script Art Helfant
Pencils Art Helfant
Inks Art Helfant

2 page Army Fun filler

Genre gag

6 page Speed Taylor story "Intrigue At the Winter Carnival"

Characters Miss Sonja (Intro); Mr. Montgomery (Intro); V: Major Von Ritter and his spy ring (Villain; Intro)

8 page Shock Gibson story "The Monsters From Mercury"

Characters John Thumb (Villain; Intro; Death?)
Genre superhero
Pencils Arthur Cazeneuve
Inks Arthur Cazeneuve

2 page Bimbo's Beanery filler

Genre humor
Script Art Helfant
Pencils Art Helfant
Inks Art Helfant

5 page Ted Parrish story "The Swami's Fatal Fortunes"

Characters The Swami (Villain; Intro); Jack Wormer (Intro; Death); Diane (Intro)

2 page Captain Freedom text story "The Story Behind the Cover"

Characters Captain Freedom
Pencils Jack Kirby (Illustration)
Inks Jack Kirby (Illustration)
Letters typeset
Notes illo by Kirby (rpt. from cover)

5 page Crash, Cork, and the Baron story "The Battle of the Atlantic"

Characters Kosti (Villain; Intro); the Nazis (Villain)
Pencils Art Gates
Inks Art Gates

8 page Black Cat story "Origin of the Black Cat"

Genre superhero
Script Leon Harvey
Pencils Al Gabriele
Inks Al Gabriele
Reprinted from Pocket Comics (Harvey, 1941 series) #1