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Title: Freelance Comics 33
Post by: Support Bot on October 14, 2020, 04:12:50 PM: Comic Name: Freelance Comics 33 (82.43 MB)
Description: Issue data by 3Face
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FREELANCE #33, Aug-Sept 1946, 10 Cents, Anglo-American (labelled as Double A Comics), 52 Pages
(Looks to me like Ed Furness did all the pencils on the Freelance stories and considering the small number of Canadian artists very likely the inks as well, maybe even the lettering. See Ivan Kocmarek’s Heroes of the Home Front book).

“Freelance” cover by Ed Furness (uncredited)
Inside cover - Character Glo-Crests ad w coupon
Splash Page - body building ad
“Freelance and The Mysterious Prisoner” story by Ted McCall, drawn by Ed Furness (uncredited but fairly sure) (16 pages)
“Sooper Dooper is Never Lost for Words” story and art by unknown (1 page)
“Caught Red Handed” Smiley Davis text story by unknown (2 pages)
“Freelance (untitled, “Hillbillies and the Mysterious Storm” my title) story by Ted McCall, drawn by Ed Furness (14 pages)
“Sooper Dooper The Nuts” story and art by unknown (1 page)
“Freelance in Underground Rockets” story story by Ted McCall, drawn by Ed Furness (uncredited but fairly sure) (12 pages)
Last page - Radio repair course ad
Inside back cover - How to date Girls ad
Back cover - Schwinn Bicycle ad

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring: Freelance and Big John punching out Super Six villains, iconic cover
Credits: Script: Ted McCall, Pencils: Ed Furness (uncredited), Inks: Ed Furness ? (uncredited)
Genre: Adventure
Characters: Freelance, Big John Collins

Advertisement (1 page, inside cover, b&w)
Featuring: Glo-Crests ad

Advertisement (1 page, splash page)
Featuring: Commando Tough body building ad

Comic Story (16 pages) Freelance and the Mysterious Prisoner
Featuring: Freelance
Synopsis: Freelance and Big John go up against a “ghost army” dressing in stolen uniforms and vehicles to
attack and plunder Allied bases.
Credits: Script: Ted McCall, Pencils: Ed Furness (uncredited), Inks: Ed Furness ? (uncredited)
Genre: Adventure
Characters: Freelance, Big John Collins, Major Barnes

Comic Story: (1 page) Sooper Dooper Is Never Lost For Words
Featuring: Sooper Dooper
Synopsis: Sooper Dooper flummoxes a lecturing professor.
Genre: Humour
Characters: Sooper Dooper

Text Story (2 pages) Caught Red Handed
Synopsis: Smiley Davis clears his name of a mistaken crime.
Genre: Humour Mystery
Characters: Smiley Davis, Clem Saunders, Jack Conway

Comic Story: (14 pages) Freelance (untitled, “Hillbillies and the Mysterious Storm” my title)
Featuring: Freelance
Synopsis: In Tennessee, Freelance and Big John uncover a secret plot of the Super Six.
Genre: Adventure
Characters: Freelance, Big John Collins, Annie Lee Towbridge

Comic Story: (1 page) Sooper Dooper The Nuts
Featuring: Sooper Dooper
Synopsis: Sooper Dooper politics for Assistant Dog Catcher.
Genre: Humour
Characters: Sooper Dooper

Comic Story: (12 pages) Freelance in Underground Rockets
Featuring: Freelance
Synopsis: Freelance and Big John follow up a lead to a Super Six secret underground rocket factory in Germany.
Credits: Script: Ted McCall, Pencils: Ed Furness ? (uncredited) Inks: Ed Furness ? (uncredited)
Genre: Adventure
Characters: Freelance, Big John Collins, Diane King, Bruce Duncan

Advertisement (1 page)
Featuring: Sprayberry Radio Training ad
Credits: Photograph, drawing, typeset

Advertisement (1 page, inside back cover, b&w)
Featuring: How To Get Along With Girls ad
Credits: Drawings, typeset

Advertisement (1 page, back cover)
Featuring: Schwinn Bicycle ad
Credits: Photographs, drawing, typeset
Uploaded by: 3Face
Upload Date: 2020-10-14 16:12:50
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Title: re: Freelance Comics 33
Post by: 3Face on October 14, 2020, 04:12:50 PM: Comment made at: Freelance Comics 33 (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=33537)
My first "can" but I'd like to shout out to Yoc for doing the actual upload and tips on scanning. Three terrific Freelance stories by Ted & Ed. I'd like to read more of this character and more Canadian GA in general. Glad I could share something on the DCM! Enjoy!
Title: re: Freelance Comics 33
Post by: Yoc on October 14, 2020, 04:12:50 PM: Comment made at: Freelance Comics 33 (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=33537)
We love your 'can' do attitude.
*wink*

Happy to help here but you did all the heavy lifting.
Title: re: Freelance Comics 33
Post by: erwin-k on October 14, 2020, 04:12:50 PM: Comment made at: Freelance Comics 33 (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=33537)
Always great to find another Canadian White here on DCM. Nice art, and the writing is a bit more mature than some I have read.
Title: re: Freelance Comics 33
Post by: 3Face on October 14, 2020, 04:12:50 PM: Comment made at: Freelance Comics 33 (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=33537)
Thanks a bunch people! And I forgot the credit line in the more detailed contents description for the "...Mysterious Storm" story. Doh! Cheers from CANada! (If you want to take out any redundancies, feel free.)
Title: re: Freelance Comics 33
Post by: ghmcleod on October 21, 2020, 11:47:55 PM: Comment made at: Freelance Comics 33 (https://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=33537)
Thank You