(June-July 1946)

Fox, 1945 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
Bi-Monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Fox Feature Syndicate Inc.
Editing
Victor Fox

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Rocket Kelly / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
E. C. Stoner
Inks
E. C. Stoner
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
science fiction

Indexer Notes

Art identification based on how the rocket and smoke on this cover is consistent with how they’re drawn on Stoner’s signed cover for Rocket Kelly #5 (October, 1946).

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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Adventure of the Lost Sky-World (Table of Contents: 2)

Rocket Kelly / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Ted Small]
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Rocket Kelly; Sue; Punchy; Captain Evanson
Synopsis
Rocket and his friends discover the prehistoric Lost Sky-World in the Andes mountains. Stranded explorer Evanson says the inhabitants plan to take over the Earth with their fantastic inventions, including "atomships" and giant insects. Rocket destroys them all.

[How the famous malamute...] (Table of Contents: 3)

Canine Cavalcade / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
adventure; non-fiction
Characters
Gunnar Kasson
Synopsis
In 1925, Kasson and his sled dogs--led by Balto--deliver diptheria serum to snow-bound Nome, Alaska.

Indexer Notes

Based on a true story. Gunnar "Kasson" was actually Gunnar Kaasen. There was a 1995 animated film titled "Balto" about the dog.

Mystery of the Lost Expedition (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Cy Clone
Letters
typeset

[Whoever heard of a talkin' sphinx?] (Table of Contents: 5)

Rocket Kelly / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
? [as Ted Small]
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Rocket Kelly; Punchy; Diana; Professor Kelly; Professor Marco
Synopsis
Rocket and his friends aid his father and Professor Marco in a project to reclaim the desert of Egypt. However, Professor Marco tries to sabotage the project and kill Rocket and the others, because there is valuable uranium under the desert. Marco dies and "the desert shall bloom" (or at least glow with radioactivity).

Saga of the Silver Saddle (Table of Contents: 6)

Kit of the Canyon / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Kit; Tio; Mrs. Stout; Marybelle
Synopsis
Kit wants to win a prize silver saddle for performing a deed of valor. He eventually gets it by rescuing young Marybelle from drowning, after an eagle drops her in a river.
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Rocket Kelly
  2. 1. ["Look for this sign"]
  3. 2. Adventure of the Lost Sky-World
    Rocket Kelly
  4. 3. [How the famous malamute...]
    Canine Cavalcade
  5. 4. Mystery of the Lost Expedition
  6. 5. [Whoever heard of a talkin' sphinx?]
    Rocket Kelly
  7. 6. Saga of the Silver Saddle
    Kit of the Canyon
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  • Gregory Fischer
  • Daniel Martinez
  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)
  • David Wilt
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