Punch Comics #14

(July 1945)

The Haunted Highway (Table of Contents)

Rocketman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ruben Moreira ?

Inks:

Ruben Moreira ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Rocketman [Cal Martin]; Rocketgirl [Doris Dalton]

Reprints:

• in Zip Jet (St. John, 1953 series) #2 (May 1953) [under the title: "Terror Strikes the Turnpike", with re-worked art to turn Rocketman and Rocketgirl into the Zip-Jets]
which is reprinted
• in Golden-Age Men of Mystery Digest Special (AC, 2001 series) #1 (2001)
• in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #74 ([October] 2008) [from this printing, with some additional modifications]
• in Gloden-Age Men of Mystery Digest Special (AC, 2001 series) #1 (2001, in B/W)

Indexer Notes

Reprint info from Darci, January 2008, based on scans of the issues involved.

["Cheating the electric chair is a tough task"] (Table of Contents)

Master Key / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Paul Gattuso

Inks:

Paul Gattuso

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

crime

Characters:

Master Key [Ray Cardell]; Marcia

Indexer Notes

Gattuso is credited on Master Key by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and his unique style with long legs really stepping out, and faces with large open mouth and eyes, and high arched eyebrows are not to be mistaken.

["Outta mah way small fry!"] (Table of Contents)

Happy Landing / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joe Beck

Inks:

Otto Eppers ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; war

Characters:

Private Landing; Major Laff

Indexer Notes

Both Beck and Eppers are credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. Style is identical to Beck's "Prehistoric Pete" stories in Red Seal Comics. The only Eppers art samples are some QSL radio cards.

["A fugitive from justice, Jim Collins doges the law..."] (Table of Contents)

Gay Desperado / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Tuska

Inks:

George Tuska

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Gay Desperado [Jim Collins]; Patsy; Dave Dwyer; The Sheriff; Jose Alvarez; White Mask (villain; death); El Tigre (villain)

Reprints:

• in The Texan (St. John, 1948 series) #3 (February 1949) [Gay Desperado renamed Bold Buckeroo in reprint]
which is reprinted
• in Gunfire Giant Edition (Magazine Management, 1965 ? series) #4 ([1966])

Indexer Notes

Tuska is credited on Gay Desperado by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

["Prison Mail"] (Table of Contents)

Stamp-O-Grams / text article / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Illustrated stamp-related facts. Text is lettered, not typeset.

["Has he asked the 64 dollar question yet?"] (Table of Contents)

Knock-Out Drops / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joe Beck

Inks:

Joe Beck

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

Four single-panel cartoons and one three-panel strip, all unrelated. Only Beck is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

["Who you all gonna fight next, Mistah Punch?"] (Table of Contents)

Punch and Cutey / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joe Beck

Inks:

Otto Eppers

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Punch O'Malley; Cutey O'Malley; Jackson; Gunboat Green

Indexer Notes

Both Otto Eppers and Beck are credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. Only Beck is credited on "Prehistoric Pete" in Seal Comics, and the art here is similar.

Murder in Act II (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

["The desperation of hunted men"] (Table of Contents)

Manhunters--Guardians of the Law / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Gus Ricca

Inks:

Gus Ricca

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Pitcher By Force (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Double Trouble (Table of Contents)

Johnny on the Spot / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Al Plastino

Inks:

Al Plastino

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

crime

Characters:

Johnny Jenkins; Birchie; Gloria; Roger

Indexer Notes

Plastino is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and the art compares well with his art sample on Who's Who.

["Bill, as Willie's Dad you've got to take him in hand."] (Table of Contents)

Li'l Willie / filler / 0.75 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Fred Schwab

Inks:

Fred Schwab

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

Schwab is credited on Li'l Willie for Centaur 1937 by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, so could this be a reprint?

Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc. required by the Acts of Congress of August 24th, 1912 and March 3, 1933 (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.25 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry "A" Chesler [as Harry A. Chesler]; Joseph Bell (notary public)

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

Dane E. Dutch; Harry "A" Chesler (business manager); Harry "A" Chesler, Jr. (owner); Arthur B. Chesler (owner); Betty Chesler (owner); Flying Cadet Publishing Co., Inc. (publisher; owner)

Indexer Notes

Both Harry "A" Cheslers have their initials printed as A. instead of "A"

Address for Flying Cadet Publishing Co., Inc. given as 163 West 23rd Street, N. Y. C.
Address for Harry "A" Chesler and Dana E. Dutch given as 163 West 23rd Street, N. Y. C.
Address for Betty Chesler given just as Succasunna, N. J.
Harry "A" Chesler, Jr. and Arthur B. Chesler listed as on leave with U. S. Army (no address)
Dated February 10th, 1945.