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Issue Details

Issue #14
Published July 1945
Frequency quarterly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Dana E. Dutch ?; Will Harr ?
Notes The statement of ownership in this issue lists Dana E. Dutch, while statements from a few months later list Will Harr. It is not clear when the transition occurred. Chesler himself is not listed as an editor. Index updated with correct story order, text sequences, fillers and statement of ownership from a scan at http://www.goldenagecomics.co.uk/

Cover Details - "untitled"

Genre crime

6 page Rocketman story "The Haunted Highway"

Characters Rocketman [Cal Martin]; Rocketgirl [Doris Dalton]
Genre superhero
Pencils Ruben Moreira ?
Inks Ruben Moreira ?
Notes Reprint info from Darci, January 2008, based on scans of the issues involved.
Reprinted in Zip-Jet (St. John, 1953 Series) #2 (May 1953) [under the title: "Terror Strikes the Turnpike", with re-worked art to turn Rocketman and Rocketgirl into the Zip-Jets]

6 page Master Key story "Cheating the electric chair is a tough task"

Characters Master Key [Ray Cardell]; Marcia

5 page Happy Landing story "Outta mah way small fry!"

6 page Gay Desperado story "A fugitive from justice, Jim Collins doges the law..."

Characters Gay Desperado [Jim Collins]; Patsy; Dave Dwyer; The Sheriff; Jose Alvarez; White Mask (villain; death); El Tigre (villain)

1 page Stamp-O-Grams text article "Prison Mail"

Genre fact
Notes Illustrated stamp-related facts. Text is lettered, not typeset.

1 page Knock-Out Drops cartoon "Has he asked the 64 dollar question yet?"

Genre humor
Notes Four single-panel cartoons and one three-panel strip, all unrelated.

7 page Punch and Cutey story "Who you all gonna fight next, Mistah Punch?"

Characters Punch O'Malley; Cutey O'Malley; Jackson; Gunboat Green

1 page text story "Murder in Act II"

Letters typeset

6 page Manhunters--Guardians of the Law story "The desperation of hunted men"

1 page text story "Pitcher By Force"

Letters typeset

6 page Johnny on the Spot story "Double Trouble"

Characters Johnny Jenkins; Birchie; Gloria; Roger

Half page Li'l Willie filler "Bill, as Willie's Dad you've got to take him in hand."

Genre humor

Half page statement of ownership "Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc. required by the Acts of Congress of August 24th, 1912 and March 3, 1933"

Script Harry "A" Chesler [as Harry A. Chesler]; Joseph Bell (notary public)
Letters typeset
Editing Dane E. Dutch; Harry "A" Chesler (business manager); Harry "A" Chesler, Jr. (owner); Arthur B. Chesler (owner); Betty Chesler (owner); Flying Cadet Publishing Co., Inc. (publisher; owner)
Notes Both Harry "A" Cheslers have their initials printed as A. instead of "A" Address for Flying Cadet Publishing Co., Inc. given as 163 West 23rd Street, N. Y. C. Address for Harry "A" Chesler and Dana E. Dutch given as 163 West 23rd Street, N. Y. C. Address for Betty Chesler given just as Succasunna, N. J. Harry "A" Chesler, Jr. and Arthur B. Chesler listed as on leave with U. S. Army (no address) Dated February 10th, 1945.