Rocket Kelly #4

(August-September 1946)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Mister Weather's Revenge (Table of Contents: 2)

Rocket Kelly / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Arnold Hicks ?

Inks

Arnold Hicks ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Rocket Kelly; Punchy; Diana; Mr. Weather

Synopsis

Weather forecaster Mr. Weather goes mad and creates a giant glacier to plunge Earth into a new ice age. Rocket Kelly and his aides lift the glacier into the air and bring it close to the sun so it melts.

Indexer Notes

Art ID from penciled note on online scanned version of this comic: http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=20856

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Imagine THAT! / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Cock-fighting originated with the Athenians

Genre

non-fiction

Synopsis

5 illustrated trivia facts.

Reprints

• in The Blue Beetle (Charlton, 1955 series) #19 (April 1955)

While the World Watches (Table of Contents: 4)

Rocket Kelly / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Rocket Kelly; Diana; Punchy; Dr. Malus; Danny; Danny's mother; Captain Jim Brown; Carl Townsend

Synopsis

A spy steals top secret atom defense formula AIM from a government lab. Rocket Kelly and his pals have to keep the villain from leaving the country with it. Rocket discovers the formula was inserted into young Danny's homemade newspaper. One of 3 foreign subscribers must be the spy. They eliminate the first two but when they arrive in Brazil to find "Mr. Lusam," they discover it's actually Dr. Malus who is the spy. Rocket's spaceship destroys the sub in which Malus is attempting to escape.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Minit Mystery / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

? [as Sam Perl]

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Our story opens in the Park Avenue mansion of Silas Monroe

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Greg Abbott; Roger Wayne; Silas Monroe

Synopsis

Investigator Greg Abbott solves the mystery of the murder of Silas Monroe.

Indexer Notes

Last panel with solution to crime printed upside-down.

The Little People (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Decem

Letters

typeset

The Dance of Death (Table of Contents: 7)

Rocket Kelly / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Ted Small]

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Rocket Kelly; Diana; Punchy; Ur; Minstrel of Death

Synopsis

A rocket from planet Turo crashes on Earth; the pilot Ur tells Rocket Kelly that the Minstrel of Death is on his way to destroy Earth with the Dance of Death. Rocket and his pals travel to Turo and are captured by the Minstrel of Death (an anthropomorphic piano) and his minions. His music makes people dance themselves to death. However, Punchy is tone deaf so the music doesn't affect him. With Punchy's help, Rocket destroys the Minstrel's invasion fleet as it approaches Earth.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Joy Family / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Don Drew]

Pencils

Al Zere [as AZ] (signed)

Inks

Al Zere [as AZ] (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Cuthbert! Where are you going?

Genre

humor; domestic

Characters

Cuthbert Joy; Judy Joy; Pinky Joy; Larsen; Murphy; Peoria Joy; Gus

Synopsis

Cuthbert clashes with Larsen, the superintendent of his apartment building over plumbing issues. Because of the housing shortage, he can't find another place to live. Cuthbert takes his family on a vacation to let Larsen cool off, but in the end returns and makes peace with his nemesis.

Indexer Notes

Initials "AZ" on page 2, last panel.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Ernie / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Vic Brown]

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

That's for me, Aladdin's lamp!

Genre

humor; teen

Characters

Ernie; Dad; Seymour

Synopsis

Hoping to find Aladdin's lamp, Ernie and his pal Seymour collect old lamps from the neighbours. They are unaware that two thieves have stashed their loot in a discarded lamp. The crooks confront Ernie but are arrested and Ernie collects a reward.