Issue Details

Issue	#24
Published	December 1942
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Leon Harvey
Notes	New Speed Comics on cover.

Cover Details - "Commandos in Action"

Characters	Captain Freedom; Pat Parker
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Arthur Cazeneuve ?
Inks	Arthur Cazeneuve ?

8 page Captain Freedom and the Young Defenders story "Within the grim confines of the Horror Mansion..."

Characters	Captain Freedom [Don Wright]; Young Defenders [Blackie, Joanie, Slim]; un-named Japanese [posing as Silas Green] (villain, introduction)
Synopsis	When the Young Defenders see a man horribly killed and get Don Wright to investigate a license plate number of the fleeing perpetrator, they find out the car belongs to an inventor named Silas Green, who has invented a horrible killing agent called the Yellow Death! Captain Freedom vows to track the fiend down.
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Arthur Cazeneuve (signed)
Inks	Arthur Cazeneuve (signed)
Notes	Some information added by Craig Delich.
Reprinted	in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #65

8 page Shock Gibson story "Robert Gibson, young scientist and heir to millions..."

Characters	Shock Gibson
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Al Bryant ?
Inks	Al Bryant ?

6 page The Girl Commandos story "Glorious History of Korea"

Genre	superhero
Pencils	Jill Elgin ?
Inks	Jill Elgin ?

Half page public service announcement "Mom's Best Birthday Present"

Pencils	Pierce G. Rice (signed)
Inks	Pierce G. Rice (signed)
Notes	Promotes War Savings Stamps.

6 page Biff Bannon, U.S. Marine story "Competition, eh!"

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

1 page text story "Dog Gone"

Pencils	? (illustration)
Inks	? (illustration)
Letters	typeset

1 page Trail Blazers filler "Hendrik Hudson"

Genre

fact

8 page Black Cat story "Nazi Uniforms"

Characters	Black Cat; Garboil (villain)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Arthur Cazeneuve ?
Inks	Arthur Cazeneuve ?

6 page Crash, Cork, and the Baron story "Ordered to Chungking, China..."

Script	Art Gates
Pencils	Art Gates (signed)
Inks	Art Gates (signed)
Notes	last appearance

1 page Flossie filler "I wanna join up with that there ladie's [sic] regiment!"

Genre	gags
Script	William Jourdain
Pencils	William Jourdain (signed)
Inks	William Jourdain (signed)
Notes	Artist's first name added by Craig Delich.

1 page Flossie filler "My goodness there was somethin' important..."

Genre	gags
Script	William Jourdain
Pencils	William Jourdain (signed)
Inks	William Jourdain (signed)

1 page text story "A Rat's Tale"

Pencils	? (illustration)
Inks	? (illustration)
Letters	typeset

1 page Army & Navy Laughs filler "Russia. U. S. A. England. and then -- Mars!"

Genre	gags
Letters	typeset

6 page Ted Parrish, Man of 1000 Faces story "Murder...and the black finger of guilt points at...Ted Parrish!"

1 page filler "Solve a Riddle"

1 page American Heroes filler "John Paul Jones"

Genre

fact

6 page Speed Taylor story "Football becomes unimportant..."