Punch Comics
#16
(January 1946)
Chesler / Dynamic,
1941 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- quarterly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Flying Cadet Publishing Co. Inc.
- Brand
-
World's Greatest Comics / Harry "A" Chesler Jr.
- Editing
- Will Harr
Issue Notes
PUNCH COMICS, No., 16. January, 1946. Published quarterly by Flying Cadet Publishing Co., Inc., 420 DeSoto Avenue, St. Louis 7, Mo. Editorial offices, 163 West 23rd St., New York 11, N. Y. Business office, 150 Kenvil Ave., Succasunna, N. J. Single copies 10c. Yearly Subscription $1.00. [piece missing] class matter at the Post Office at St. Louis, Mo., July 12, 1944, under the act of March 3, 1879. Entire contents copyright 1945, Harry "A" Chesler, Jr., Features Syndicate, 163 West 23rd St., New York 11, N. Y. Printed in U. S. A.
Will Harr, rather than Chesler himself, was named as editor in statements of ownership from this period.
Will Harr, rather than Chesler himself, was named as editor in statements of ownership from this period.
[no title indexed]
Rocketman / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- No holds are barred in the billion-dollar battle for post-war air routes...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Rocketman [Cal Martin]; Rocketgirl [Doris Dalton]; Mr. Shoals; Norton Bemis; Cal Martin; Doris Dalton; Barton; Senor Muerte Hernandez; Mr. Death [Senor Muerte Hernandez]
- Synopsis
- Someone is causing all of Norton Bemis' planes to crash, and it is up to Rocketman and Rocketgirl to figure out who is causing the problems.
- Reprints
-
in Zip Jet (St. John, 1953 series) #2 (May 1953) [modified] - in Golden-Age Men of Mystery (AC, 1996 series) #10 (1998) [in black and white]
- in Golden-Age Greats Spotlight (AC, 2003 series) #14 (2013)
-
[What grim secret was hiding behind the frozen grin of the Hindu god?]
Master Key / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Master Key
- Reprints
- in Strange Terrors (St. John, 1952 series) #2 (August 1, 1952) [Master Key renamed Clyde McGovern in this story.]
-
[no title indexed]
Happy Landing / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The perils and pitfalls of war in the Pacific
- Genre
- humor; war
- Characters
- Happy Landing; Lindy Lou; Uncle Joe
- Synopsis
- Happy comes home on furlough and spend time with his girlfriend Lindy Lou.
Indexer Notes
Happy and Lindy Lou see the war movie "40 Seconds Over Yokohama"--the dialogue includes "We're shot up bad, Eppy! Say your prayers!" (in-joke reference to inker Otto Eppers, one of many such in the Beck-Eppers collaborations of this era)
[Trouble isn't Johnny Jenkins' middle name]
Johnny on the Spot / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
[He's in the guard house!]
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1.
["No holds are barred in the billion-dollar battle for post-war air routes..."]
Rocketman -
2.
[What grim secret was hiding behind the frozen grin of the Hindu god?]
Master Key -
3.
["The perils and pitfalls of war in the Pacific"]
Happy Landing -
4.
Loan Shark Bait
Lou Toka -
5.
[Trouble isn't Johnny Jenkins' middle name]
Johnny on the Spot -
6.
Six Shooter Surprise
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7.
["So! you wuz gonna mop up the joint with me"]
Punch and Cutey -
8.
Speedy Wheeler Saves the Day and Wins a Bike
Speedy Wheeler; Schwinn
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- Henry Andrews
- Gregory Fischer
- James Ludwig
- Darrel McCann
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Mike Nielsen
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