Red Seal Comics
#17
(July 1946)
Chesler / Dynamic,
1945 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- On-sale Date
- 1946
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Harry A. Chesler, Jr. Publications Inc.
- Brand
-
World's Greatest Comics / Harry "A" Chesler Jr.
- Editing
- Will Harr ?
Issue Notes
Will Harr, rather than Chesler himself, is named as editor in statements of ownership from this period. However, his name is not listed in the issue indicia.
[no title indexed]
The Black Dwarf / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dead men tell tales when their crimes are under investigation...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- The Black Dwarf [Shorty Wilson]
- Reprints
-
in Crime Reporter (St. John, 1948 series) #3 (October 1948)
-
[no title indexed]
Gay Desperado / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How could the Gay Desperado dodge death long enough...
- Reprints
- in The Texan (St. John, 1948 series) #1 (August 1948) which is reprinted
- in The Texan (St. John, 1948 series) #7 (April 1950) which is reprinted
-
in Stålmannen (Serieforlaget / Se-Bladene / Stabenfeldt, 1952 series) #4/1954 (april 1954) -
in Action Series (L. Miller & Son, 1958 series) #9 (1959 ?), #9 (1959 ?) [Cover art is lifted partly from the splash panel of this story.] - in The Hawk (St. John, 1953 series) #12 (May 1955)
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in Colt Western Library (Magazine Management, 1957 ? series) #27 ([1957] ?)
-
Indexer Notes
Data from Byron at Mile High Comics.
[no title indexed]
Prehistoric Pete / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Scram! Vamoose! Beat it!
- Characters
- Pete; Broomjaw; Old Battleaxe; Uncle Joe; Eva
Indexer Notes
Data from Byron at Mile High Comics.
[no title indexed]
Kitty Kelly / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Poison deaths of children at the public nursery started Kitty Kelly, demure social worker, on a search for soulless racketeers in black market meat.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Kitty Kelly; Doctor Cramer; Miss Terrill; Mrs. Rice; Nick Nicotine
- Synopsis
- Kitty uncovers a plot by a shady club owner to switch good meat for bad meat after children under her care come down with ptomaine poisoning.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Previous appearance in CAPTAIN FLIGHT COMICS #9 (Four Star)
The faces and figure movement match the work of Ricca on Ibis the Invincible and his credited story in Strange Terrors #7.
[no title indexed]
Giggles / cartoon / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is insubordination!
- Genre
- humor; military
Indexer Notes
2-page centerspread. 3 one-panel gags (military oriented) and one 3-panel gag.
[no title indexed]
Lady Satan / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's that ahead on the road? Good Heavens!
- Genre
- adventure; fantasy-supernatural; superhero
- Characters
- Lady Satan [Marietta Chesler]; The Shadow People; three unnamed children; werewolf (villain, death)
- Synopsis
- Lady Satan encounters three children that are under the control of a werewolf who turns them into werewolves and who attack her. She fends them off using her Xanda Powder, the calls up the Shadow People to lead her to the madman responsible so that she can end his reign of terror.
- Reprints
- in Weird Horrors (St. John, 1952 series) #1 (June 1952) [Story almost entirely rewritten. Lady Satan redrawn and renamed Josephine LeBlanc for this story.]
- in Golden-Age Greats Spotlight (AC, 2003 series) #14 (2013)
- in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #100 (2016)
- in Heroine Heaven (AC, 2022 series) #2 (2023)
-
- Keywords
- Xanda Powder
Indexer Notes
Previous appearance in Dynamic Comics #3.
Art credits by Craig Delich, courtesy of Mark Heike.
[no title indexed]
Sky Chief / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Burton Strong, scientist, scoffed at Joshua Kendall's prophecy...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Sky Chief [Burton Strong]; Linda Hall; Ed McKail; Prince Abdullah Singh
- Synopsis
- Sky Chief uses his sky submarine to stop Prince Singh from getting his hands on smuggled jewels.
- Reprints
- in Northwest Mounties (St. John, 1948 series) #3 (April 1949)
- in Golden-Age Greats Spotlight (AC, 2003 series) #14 (2013)
-
Indexer Notes
Previous appearance in PUNCH COMICS #11.
Data from Byron at Mile High Comics.
Two Minutes to Doom
text story / 1 page
- Reprints
- in Authentic Police Cases (St. John, 1948 series) #5 (October 1948)
-
[no title indexed]
Lucky Coyne / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 'Honey' Combs, Broadway actress who hasn't had a role...
- Reprints
- in Crime Reporter (St. John, 1948 series) #2 (October 1948)
- in Authentic Police Cases (St. John, 1948 series) #8 (August 1950)
- in Golden-Age Greats Spotlight (AC, 2003 series) #14 (2013)
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Indexer Notes
Data from Byron at Mile High Comics.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
The Black Dwarf -
1.
["Dead men tell tales when their crimes are under investigation..."]
The Black Dwarf -
2.
["How could the Gay Desperado dodge death long enough..."]
Gay Desperado -
3.
["Scram! Vamoose! Beat it!"]
Prehistoric Pete -
4.
["Poison deaths of children at the public nursery started Kitty Kelly, demure social worker, on a search for soulless racketeers in black market meat."]
Kitty Kelly -
5.
["This is insubordination!"]
Giggles -
6.
Murder, C.O.D.
-
7.
["What's that ahead on the road? Good Heavens!"]
Lady Satan -
8.
["Burton Strong, scientist, scoffed at Joshua Kendall's prophecy..."]
Sky Chief -
9.
Two Minutes to Doom
-
10.
["'Honey' Combs, Broadway actress who hasn't had a role..."]
Lucky Coyne -
11.
["The cost of a college football player's suit"]
Sports
This issue was modified by, among others
- Darci
- Steinar Ådland
- Henry Andrews
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
- David Wilt
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