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Issue: Punch Comics #1 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1941
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagChesler / Dynamic
Indicia Publisher: Dynamic Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 12 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Phil Sturm
Disclose Notes: Phil Sturm, rather than Chesler himself, is listed as editor in all known indicia from Dynamic Publications.
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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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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
George Tuska ?
George Tuska ?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Sky Chief
Sky Chief
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Charles Sultan
Charles Sultan
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Mr. "E"
Mr. E (introduction); King Kolah (a god, introduction); "Messengers of Justice" (three blackbirds that appeared in answer to prayers to Kolah and could turn into a human figures, introduction for all); Miss Terry (introduction); Dorrence (introduction); Dorrence's mother (introduction); Ricci (villain, introduction); Ricci's gang [Slinky; rest unnamed] (villains, introduction for all, some die)
State Penitentiary...a sorrowful mother pays a final visit to her son.
Terry spots an old woman on the street and learns from her that her son is about to be executed for a crime he didn't commit. She takes the woman to see Mr. E. A Messenger of Justice finds the residence of the true gang leader, then alerts Mr. E that the gang is about to leave town after framing the boy. Ricci successfully traps Mr. E at Dorrences' mother's home, but the Messengers of Justice help save the day, and Dorrence is released from prison.
Reprinting
FlagDynamic Comics #12 published November 1944
as Dorrence Hangs Tonight for Double Murder [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Weekender v1 #3 [Sept. Cover] published September 1945
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagDaring Adventures #16 published January 1964
as Dorrence Hangs Tonight For Double Murder [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
In future stories, the Messengers of Justice are given names like Butch, Zipper, Spike and Tim.
The Smuggling Gang

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Charles Sultan?
Charles Sultan?
?
?
Subject Matter
Captain Glory
Captain Glory (first appearance; an FBI agent)
Reprinting
FlagKayo Comics #12 published March 1945
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bill Madden
Bill Madden
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Carnival
Lee Rover (first appearance); Clara Bell (first appearance); Mr. Bell (first appearance); Harley (first appearance); Neely (first appearance; villain)
The carnival has come to town and the crowds gape as Lee Rover and Clara Bell, the sensational team, swing high on their trapeze...
Reprinting
FlagSpotlight Comics #1 published November 1944
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
The artwork match Madden's signed story of Mother Hubbard in Bulls Eye Comics #11, with some grotesque faces, nostrils and fangs of the monster, and the peculiar bent inkline on the cheeks of some faces, and the open mouth that seems to chew the tongue, and also the eyes that are straight at the bottom and a high arch above.
A Soldier Must Obey

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Reprinting
FlagBulls Eye Comics #11 published January 1944
as A Soldier Must Obey [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
Not really an illustration, only large colored letters drawn by hand.
Introducing Kitty Kelly

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
Kitty Kelly
Kitty Kelly (first appearance); Suko (first appearance; villain); the Japanese (villains)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
7
The Coming of the Sky Chief

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Charles Sultan?
Charles Sultan?
?
?
Subject Matter
Sky Chief
The Sky Chief [Burton Strong] (first appearance); Von Gorth (villain)
Reprinting
FlagPunch Comics #11 published November 1944
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagThe Weekender v1 #3 [Sept. Cover] published September 1945
as The Coming of the Sky Chief [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
The Dead Man Plays

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Notes as for the first text story.
Origin of Captain Courage

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Charles Sultan
Charles Sultan
?
?
Subject Matter
Capt'n Courage
Captain Courage (introduction, origin)
Reprinting
FlagMolly O'Day #1 published February 1945
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagWhite Princess of the Jungle #1 published July 1951
as The Origin of Capt'n Courage [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagJungle Adventures #18 published January 1964
as The Origin of Capt'n Courage [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
Grillo the Dictator

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
George Tuska?
George Tuska?
?
?
Subject Matter
Hale the Magician
Hale the Magician (first appearance); Grillo (first appearance; villain; death)
Reprinting
FlagSnap Comics #9 published January 1944
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
7
The Sting of Death

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Notes as for the first text story.
Introducing the Unholy Three

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bill Madden
Bill Madden
?
?
Subject Matter
Unholy Three
The Unholy Three [Dale (first appearance); Pearl (first appearance); Flash (first appearance)]; Breen (first appearance; villain)
Reprinting
FlagMajor Victory Comics #1 published January 1944
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]probably recolored and with "appears in Punch Comics" bullet removed, but no copy or scan available for comparison
 
Miscellaneous
7
Madden is credited on The Unholy 3 by by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and the notes as for the Carnival story by Madden.

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