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Issue: Punch Comics #14 Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1945
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagChesler / Dynamic
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Dana E. Dutch ?; Will Harr ?
Disclose 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.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Some/all of Issue reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue:
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Ruben Moreira
Ruben Moreira
?
Subject Matter
crime
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
The knuckled hands and faces are good signs of Moreira, so most probably him. Compare style with the Rocketman story.
The Haunted Highway

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Ruben Moreira ?
Ruben Moreira ?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Rocketman
Rocketman [Cal Martin]; Rocketgirl [Doris Dalton]
Reprinting
FlagZip Jet #2 published May 1953
as Terror Strikes the Turnpike [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled and revised
 
Miscellaneous
6
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Paul Gattuso
Paul Gattuso
?
?
Subject Matter
crime
Master Key
Master Key [Ray Cardell]; Marcia
Cheating the electric chair is a tough task as any killer will tell you --
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
Gattuso's unique style with long legs really stepping out, and faces with large open mouth and eyes, and high arched eyebrows are not to be mistaken.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Joe Beck
Otto Eppers ?
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous, war
Happy Landing
Private Landing; Major Laff
Outta mah way small fry!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
5
Style is identical to Beck's "Prehistoric Pete" stories in Red Seal Comics.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
George Tuska
George Tuska
?
?
Subject Matter
western
Gay Desperado
Gay Desperado [Jim Collins]; Patsy; Dave Dwyer; sheriff; Jose Alvarez; White Mask (villain; death); El Tigre (villain)
A fugitive from justice, Jim Collins doges the law...
Reprinting
FlagThe Texan #3 published February 1949
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]Gay Desperado renamed Bold Buckeroo in reprint
 
Miscellaneous
6
[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
informational
Stamp-O-Grams
Prison Mail
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Illustrated stamp-related facts. Text is lettered, not typeset.
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Joe Beck
Joe Beck
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Knock-Out Drops
Has he asked the 64 dollar question yet?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Four single-panel cartoons and one three-panel strip, all unrelated.

Credits suggested by the Who's Who.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Joe Beck
Otto Eppers
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Punch and Cutey
Punch O'Malley; Cutey O'Malley; Jackson; Gunboat Green
Who you all gonna fight next, Mistah Punch?
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
7
The art here is similar to Beck's work on "Prehistoric Pete" in Seal Comics.
Murder in Act II

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Gus Ricca
Gus Ricca
?
?
Subject Matter
Manhunters--Guardians of the Law
The desperation of hunted men
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
Pitcher By Force

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Double Trouble

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Al Plastino
Al Plastino
?
?
Subject Matter
crime
Johnny on the Spot
Johnny Jenkins; Birchie; Gloria; Roger
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
The art resembles the Plastino art sample on Who's Who.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Fred Schwab
Fred Schwab
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Li'l Willie
Bill, as Willie's Dad you've got to take him in hand.
Reprinting
From Star Comics (1937 series) #1.
Miscellaneous
0.75
Statement of the Ownership...

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harry "A" Chesler [as Harry A. Chesler]; Joseph Bell (notary public)
typeset
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)
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Miscellaneous
0.25
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.

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