The cover of Speed Comics" #38 included several of the publisher's most popular in-house characters including (l-r) Captain Freedom, Shock Gibson, and the Black Cat.
Harvey Comics was an American comic book publishing company founded in 1941, by Alfred Harvey, and its assets were sold off in 2001. The company was formed when it acquired an existing stable of characters from the struggling Brookwood Publications. Its original flagship title was Speed Comics which starred the golden age superheroine the Black Cat. In 1942, the company took over the comic book rights to the Green Hornet from Helnit Publishing. It continued the numbering from the Helnit series beginning with issue #7. This marked a shift in Harvey's focus as it began to concentrate on producing series around licensed characters with a pre-established fan base.
Today, Harvey Comics is best known for its kid-friendly comics centered on such characters such as Baby Huey, Casper The Friendly Ghost, Hot Stuff, Little Audrey, Richie Rich, Sad Sack, and Wendy the Good Little Witch. In 1942, Harvey acquired the comic rights to The Green Hornet after Helnit ended their series in 1941, and continued the Helnit numbering, starting from Their other suphero titles included
List of Harvey Comics Featuring The Green Hornet[]
- Green Hornet Comics #7-33: Continues the story continuity and printing order of Helnit's comic version of The Green Hornet. The series' title changed to Green Hornet Fights Crime for #34-42, then reverted to the original title for #43, and then changed to Green Hornet: Racket Buster for the remainder of the series, #44-47.
- War Victory Comics (One-Shot): A special one-shot comic from 1942 featuring The Green Hornet in a story.
- All New Comics #13 & 14: An anthology book where The Green Hornet appeared in two issues.