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Issue Details

Issue #16
Published January 1946
Frequency quarterly
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Will Harr
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.

Cover Details - "He's in the guard house!"

Genre Humor
Pencils Joel Beck
Inks Joel Beck

6 page Rocketman story "Battle for post war air routes"

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.
Genre Superhero
Pencils Al Plastino?; Tony Cataldo
Inks Al Plastino?; Tony Cataldo
Notes First sentence in the story begins "No holds are barred in the billion dollar battle for postwar air routes...".
Reprinted in Golden-Age Men of Mystery (AC, 1996 series) #10 (1998) [in black and white]

6 page Master Key story "What grim secret was hiding behind the frozen grin of the Hindu god?"

Characters Master Key
Genre superhero
Pencils Paul Gattuso
Inks Paul Gattuso

5 page Happy Landing story "on furlough"

Genre humor; war
Pencils Otto Eppers?; Joe Beck?
Inks Otto Eppers?; Joe Beck?

1 page Lou Toka text story "Loan Shark Bait"

Genre crime
Letters typeset

6 page Johnny on the Spot story "Trouble isn't Johnny Jenkins' middle name"

Genre detective
Pencils Al Plastino?
Inks Al Plastino?

1 page text story "Six Shooter Surprise"

Genre western
Letters typeset

6 page Punch and Cutey story "So! you wuz gonna mop up the joint with me"

Genre humor
Pencils Otto Eppers?; Joe Beck?
Inks Otto Eppers?; Joe Beck?

1 page Speedy Wheeler; Schwinn advertisement "Speedy Wheeler Saves the Day and Wins a Bike"

Pencils Milt Youngren (signed)
Inks Milt Youngren
Letters Milt Youngren?