Issue Details

Issue	#23
Published	October 1942
Frequency	monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Leon Harvey
Notes	Scanned copy available at goldenagecomics.co.uk.

Cover Details - "Read How Capt. Freedom Aids the Commandos"

Characters	Captain Freedom
Pencils	Joe Simon
Inks	Joe Simon
Notes	Pencils credits from Greg Theakston.

8 page Captain Freedom story "Can Captain Freedom escape the net of circumstantial evidence that emeshes him..."

Characters	Adolph Shturk (Villain, Intro); Captain Freedom
Pencils	Arthur Cazeneuve ?
Inks	Arthur Cazeneuve ?

8 page Shock Gibson story "The Nazi Shock Gibson"

Characters	The Nazi "Shock Gibson" (Villain; Intro); the Nazis (Villain)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Al Bryant
Inks	Al Bryant

6 page Pat Parker, Girl Commando story "Origin of the Girl Commandos"

Characters	The Girl Commandos [Tanya (Intro); Mei-Ling (Intro); Penelope Penny Kirk (Intro); Ellen Billings; Pat Parker]; The Japanese (Villain)
Pencils	Jill Elgin?
Inks	Jill Elgin?

6 page Biff Bannon story "U.S. Marines and Japs are locked in a life and death struggle..."

Characters	Biff Bannon
Genre	humor; war
Script	Art Helfant
Pencils	Art Helfant (signed)
Inks	Art Helfant (signed)

Half page Smokey Stover; Invention filler

Genre	humor
Script	Bill Holman; Rube Goldberg
Pencils	Bill Holman; Rube Goldberg
Inks	Bill Holman; Rube Goldberg
Notes	Two cartoons. Sequence added per Len Wolinsky, December 2008.

Half page promo (ad from the publisher)

Notes

Sequence added per Len Wolinsky, December 2008.

2 page filler "Flags of the 28 United Nations"

Genre	fact
Notes	Sequence added per Len Wolinsky, December 2008.

8 page Black Cat story "Hollywood Attacked By Japs"

Characters	Shock Gibson (Guest Star); Ted Parrish (Guest Star); Pat Parker (Guest Star); Girl Commandoes (Guest Star); Captain Freedom (Intro; Origin; Harvey's unofficial hero team); Dick Lane (Guest Star); Don Frazer (Guest Star); The Japanese (Villain); The Black Cat [Linda Turner]
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Arthur Cazeneuve [as Arturo Cazeneuve]
Inks	Arthur Cazeneuve [as Arturo Cazeneuve]

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

Letters

typeset

6 page Crash, Cork, and the Baron story "Singapore Ed's Bar"

Characters	Singapore Eddie (Villain; Intro); the Japanese (Villain)
Pencils	Art Gates (signed)
Inks	Art Gates (signed)

1 page Flossie filler "I'll blow you to some ice cream cones..."

Genre	humor
Script	Jourdain
Pencils	Jourdain
Inks	Jourdain

1 page filler "Army Fun"

Genre	humor
Notes	Sequence added per Len Wolinsky, December 2008.

6 page Ted Parrish, Man of 1000 Faces story "The Curse of Cave Canyon"

Characters	An old prospector (Villain; Intro)
Pencils	Arthur Cazeneuve?
Inks	Arthur Cazeneuve?

1 page activity "Speed Sticklers"

Synopsis	Puzzles & games.
Notes	Sequence added per Len Wolinsky, December 2008.

1 page Bimbo's Beanery filler "Yes! I can use a good man to carry a sign around..."

Genre	humor
Script	Art Helfant
Pencils	Art Helfant (signed)
Inks	Art Helfant (signed)

6 page Speed Taylor story "The gridiron is the backgroud for one of our country's favorite sports..."]

Characters	Dapper Dan Dunn (Villain; Intro; Death); Speed Taylor
Genre	sports; crime
Pencils	Rudy Palais ?
Inks	Rudy Palais ?