Red Seal Comics #17

(July 1946)

["Dead men tell tales when their crimes are under investigation..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Script:

?

Pencils:

Paul Gattuso

Inks:

Paul Gattuso

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

The Black Dwarf [Shorty Wilson]

Reprints:

• in Crime Reporter (St. John, 1948 series) #3 (October 1948)

["How could the Gay Desperado dodge death long enough..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Script:

?

Pencils:

George Tuska

Inks:

George Tuska

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

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.

["Scram! Vamoose! Beat it!"] (Table of Contents)

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

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joe Beck

Inks:

Otto Eppers ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Characters:

Pete; Broomjaw; Old Battleaxe; Uncle Joe; Eva

Indexer Notes

Data from Byron at Mile High Comics.

["Poison deaths of children at the public nursery..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Script:

?

Pencils:

Gus Ricca

Inks:

Gus Ricca

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Kitty Kelly; Doctor Cramer; Miss Terrill; Mrs. Rice; Nick Nicotine

Synopsis:

Kitty uncovers a plot by a shady club owner to 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)
Originally credited to "Ann Brewster ?", as the only one credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, but the faces and figure movement are matching the work of Ricca on Ibis the Invincible, and his credited story in Strange Terrors #7.

["This is insubordination!"] (Table of Contents)

Giggles / cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joe Beck

Inks:

Otto Eppers ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

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)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

["What's that ahead on the road? Good Heavens!"] (Table of Contents)

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

Script:

?

Pencils:

Ralph Mayo

Inks:

Ralph Mayo

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

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

Keywords:

Xanda Powder

Indexer Notes

Previous appearance in Dynamic Comics #3.

Art credits by Craig Delich, courtesy of Mark Heike.

["Burton Strong, scientist, scoffed at Joshua Kendall's prophecy..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

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)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Reprints:

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

["'Honey' Combs, Broadway actress who hasn't had a role..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

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.

["The cost of a college football player's suit"] (Table of Contents)

Sports / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Joe Beck

Inks:

Otto Eppers ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor; non-fiction; sports

Synopsis:

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