Red Seal Comics #17

(July 1946)

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The Black Dwarf / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Paul Gattuso

Inks

Paul Gattuso

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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)

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

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Pencils

George Tuska

Inks

George Tuska

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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)
• in Colt Western Library (Magazine Management, 1957 ? series) #27 ([1957] ?)

Indexer Notes

Data from Byron at Mile High Comics.

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Prehistoric Pete / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Joe Beck

Inks

Otto Eppers ?

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Scram! Vamoose! Beat it!

Characters

Pete; Broomjaw; Old Battleaxe; Uncle Joe; Eva

Indexer Notes

Data from Byron at Mile High Comics.

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Kitty Kelly / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Gus Ricca

Inks

Gus Ricca

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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.

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.

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Giggles / cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Joe Beck

Inks

Otto Eppers ?

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This is insubordination!

Genre

humor; military

Indexer Notes

2-page centerspread. 3 one-panel gags (military oriented) and one 3-panel gag.

Murder, C.O.D. (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 1 page (report information)

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Letters

typeset

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Lady Satan / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Ralph Mayo

Inks

Ralph Mayo

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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 Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #100 (2016)

Keywords

Xanda Powder

Indexer Notes

Previous appearance in Dynamic Comics #3.

Art credits by Craig Delich, courtesy of Mark Heike.

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Sky Chief / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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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)

Indexer Notes

Previous appearance in PUNCH COMICS #11.
Data from Byron at Mile High Comics.

Two Minutes to Doom (Table of Contents: 9)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Reprints

• in Authentic Police Cases (St. John, 1948 series) #5 (October 1948)

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Lucky Coyne / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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'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)

Indexer Notes

Data from Byron at Mile High Comics.

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Sports / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

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Pencils

Joe Beck

Inks

Otto Eppers ?

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The cost of a college football player's suit

Genre

humor; non-fiction; sports

Synopsis

Humorous illustrations accompany text describing how much a football helmet, jersey, etc., cost.