Punch Comics (Canadian 1947 Superior) comic books
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- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Stories and art by Joe Beck, Otto Eppers, and Bill Harr. Superior takes over publishing of the early superhero and adventure anthology originally published by Harry Chesler. Rocketman and Rocketgirl search for Mr. X, who is hypnotizing teens into becoming juvenile delinquents and holdup gangs. The Master Key uses his X-ray vision to detect bank robbers inside Zip's Ice Cream Parlor. Johnny on the Spot stumbles on a crooked plot at the horse races; to solve it, he must take the jockey spot himself. Pre-Code action-girl cover featuring Rocketgirl is quite risque for its time. Rocketman; Master Key; Happy Landing; Johnny on the Spot; Laughing At Life; Crime on the Run; Pipp Boys: Three Knights in a Daze; Whiz Crackers; Jungle Town Show Boat; Punch & Cutey; It's a Fact. 48 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Auction opens January 3
- Paper: Off white
- Label #1563514018
Cover by Paul Gattuso. Stories and art by Joe Beck, Otto Eppers, and Bill Harr. Superior takes over publishing of the early superhero and adventure anthology originally published by Harry Chesler. Rocketman and Rocketgirl, in their last Golden Age appearance, seek The Spider Master, who is abducting disabled people from the streets for nefarious purposes. The Master Key tracks the killer Ramoy, who looks like Sargon the Sorcerer but is just a con man and murderer. After Nazi agents kill his grandfather, a Confederate veteran, John Bailey becomes the Nazi-punching superhero Johnny Rebel. Rocketman: The Spider Master; Master Key; Happy Landing; Johnny Rebel; The Hamburger Mystery; Crime on the Run; Young Americans; Beating the Tinhorns; Laughing at Life; Punch & Cutey; It's a Fact. 52 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.



