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Issue Details

Issue #21
Published August 1942
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Leon Harvey
Notes Pencils credits from Greg Theakston.

Cover Details

Characters Captain Freedom; insets of Shock Gibson, Man of 1000 Faces, Pat Parker, Biff Brannon and Black Cat.
Genre superhero
Pencils Joe Simon [verified by Simon]
Inks Joe Simon [verified by Simon]
Notes Pencils credits from Greg Theakston.

8 page Captain Freedom story "Treacherous forces reach out blood-stained hands..."

Pencils Arthur Cazeneuve
Inks Arthur Cazeneuve

8 page Shock Gibson story "Remember that air-raid alarm Los Angeles had a little while ago..."

Genre superhero
Pencils Al Bryant?
Inks Al Bryant?

6 page Pat Parker story "Cruel Gestapo masters condemn poor inhabitants of Nordland..."

Pencils Jill Elgin?
Inks Jill Elgin?

7 page Biff Bannon story "Watch your step, Biff--it's full of glass"

Script Art Helfant
Pencils Art Helfant
Inks Art Helfant

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

Characters Captain Freedom; Adolf Hitler (villain!!!); Hirohito (villain); Benito Mussolini (villain)
Pencils Joe Simon
Inks Joe Simon
Letters typeset

7 page Black Cat story "On the Arizona - Mexico border..."

Characters Black Cat; Rick Horne; Garboil (villain); Fraulein Doktor (villain; introduction)
Genre superhero
Pencils Arthur Cazeneuve?
Inks Arthur Cazeneuve?

6 page Crash, Cork, and the Baron story "Our story begins in the headquarters of a Japanese invasion army..."

Pencils Art Gates
Inks Art Gates

1 page Getting Maisie Married story "I wish I could figure out some way of meeting that handsome feller next door..."

Genre humor
Script Art Helfant
Pencils Art Helfant
Inks Art Helfant

2 page Flossie story "Boy! There's my car!"

Script Jordan
Pencils Jordan
Inks Jordan

6 page Ted Parrish story "Ted Parrish had worked hard and needed a vacation..."

Pencils Arthur Cazeneuve?
Inks Arthur Cazeneuve?

6 page Speed Taylor story "Death struck suddenly at Camp Getaway!"