Dynamic Comics
#12
(November 1944)
Chesler / Dynamic,
1941 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Dynamic Publications
- Brand
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World's Greatest Comics / Harry "A" Chesler Jr.
- Editing
- Harry "A" Chesler
[no title indexed]
Harem Co. / advertisement / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Send no money for this gorgeous flashing replica diamond ring!
[no title indexed]
Dynamic Man / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- They looked like humans who needed help and sympathy...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Dynamic Man [Bert McQuade]
- Synopsis
- People go through a small town spreading the red plague.
- Reprints
-
from Dynamic Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1941 series) #3 (February 1942)
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Dorrence Hangs Tonight for Double Murder
Mr. E / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- State penitentiary... a sorrowful mother pays a final visit to her son.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Mr. E; Dorrence; Mrs. Dorrence; Miss Terry; King Kolah; Ricci
- Synopsis
- Mr. E asks for King Kolah's help to find the real killer before Dorrence is killed for the crime.
- Reprints
- from Punch Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1941 series) #1 (December 1941)
- in Golden-Age Greats Spotlight (AC, 2003 series) #14 (2013)
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Indexer Notes
When comparing the close up faces of the villain with his big teeth with the art sample of Sultan on Who's Who, it must be him on this story.
Cold Cash for Casualties
Yankee Boy / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sure we'll beat the train to the crossing!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Yankee Boy [Victor]; Zack Nolan; Frankie Dale; Mac; Buster
- Synopsis
- A news photographer is arranging accidents to photograph.
- Reprints
-
in Dime Comics (Bell Features, 1946 series) #30 ([circa 1948?])
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Indexer Notes
Art credit from James Vadeboncoeur Jr index card attached to scanned version online.
The Return of Dr. Strange
Dan Hastings / text story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As Dan and Gloria raced out of the room, they did not hear the agonized screams from Dr. Strange.
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Dan Hastings; Gloria Carter; Dr. Strange; Dr. Carter
- Synopsis
- Dr. Strange transforms into a monstrous creature to revenge on Dan Hastings.
- Reprints
- from Scoop Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1941 series) #2 (January 1942)
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[no title indexed]
Ima Slooth / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Midnight at Milkweed Mansion and all is peaceful outside--
- Genre
- humor; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Ima Slooth; Elmer Milkweed; Alice Milkweed; Alice's mother; Uncle Julius
- Synopsis
- A ghost is haunting the Milkweed Mansion.
- Reprints
- in The Weekender (Rucker Publications Ltd., 1945 series) #v2#1 (January 1946)
- in Dime Comics (Bell Features, 1946 series) #30 ([circa 1948?])
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[no title indexed]
Dan Hastings / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Man in his never ending search for new conquests has made the world his universe.
- Genre
- science fiction
- Characters
- Dan Hastings; Gloria Carter; Dr. Carter; Max Guddy; Bob Carter; Pietro
- Synopsis
- The warden of Earth prison is behind a radium-stealing plot.
- Reprints
- in The Weekender (Rucker Publications Ltd., 1945 series) #v1#3 (September 1945)
- in Dime Comics (Bell Features, 1946 series) #30 ([circa 1948?])
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Indexer Notes
Art ID from JVJ card attached to online scanned version.
[no title indexed]
Insurance Ike / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ike! You sap!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Ike
- Synopsis
- Ike is fretting that business is terrible.
- Reprints
- from Cocomalt Big Book of Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1938 series) #1 ([Spring] 1938)
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Indexer Notes
Art ID from JVJ index card attached to online scanned version.
[The Park Prowler]
The Echo / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Who was the mad monster that prowled the park after midnight?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Echo [Jim Carson]; Eve; Cora; Caesar; Dr. Doom; Koenig
- Synopsis
- A man and his trained panther stalk the park for women to kill.
- Reprints
- in The Weekender (Rucker Publications Ltd., 1945 series) #v1#3 (September 1945)
- in Dime Comics (Bell Features, 1946 series) #30 ([circa 1948?])
- in Daring Adventures (I. W. Publishing; Super Comics, 1963 series) #16 (1964)
- in Golden-Age Greats Spotlight (AC, 2003 series) #14 (2013)
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Indexer Notes
JVJ index card attached to online scanned copy suggests Craig Fox for art.
Midnight Present
Major Victory / text story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Major Victory, the mighty guardian of America, on a visit to London, walked slowly down a side street during the blackout.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Major Victory; Inspector Manners
- Synopsis
- While in London a woman gives Major Victory a baby and tells him to deliver it to her sister.
- Reprints
- from Dynamic Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1941 series) #2 (December 1941)
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The Mystery of the Evil Eye
Lucky Coyne / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Evening, a young girl calls at Lucky Coyne's office
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Lucky Coyne; Terry; Helen Jordan; Evil Eye [Harms]
- Synopsis
- Helen has inherited a mansion haunted by a ghost.
- Reprints
- from Dynamic Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1941 series) #1 (October 1941)
- in The Weekender (Rucker Publications Ltd., 1945 series) #v2#1 (January 1946)
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Indexer Notes
JVJ index card attached to online scanned copy suggests Cavallo and Plastino for art.
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
["Send no money for this gorgeous flashing replica diamond ring!"]
Harem Co. -
2.
["They looked like humans who needed help and sympathy..."]
Dynamic Man -
3.
Dorrence Hangs Tonight for Double Murder
Mr. E -
4.
Cold Cash for Casualties
Yankee Boy -
5.
The Return of Dr. Strange
Dan Hastings -
6.
["Midnight at Milkweed Mansion and all is peaceful outside--"]
Ima Slooth -
7.
["Man in his never ending search for new conquests has made the world his universe."]
Dan Hastings -
8.
["Ike! You sap!"]
Insurance Ike -
9.
[The Park Prowler]
The Echo -
10.
Midnight Present
Major Victory -
11.
The Mystery of the Evil Eye
Lucky Coyne -
12.
["Lovely Dale Evans says: "It's easy to learn dancing!""]
Pioneer Publications, Inc. -
13.
["Now you can lick any auto repair job!"]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Henry Andrews
- Gregory Fischer
- Merlin Haas
- Michael Hoskin
- Clint Maxwell
- Donald Dale Milne
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
- David Wilt
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