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Issue: Punch Comics #14 Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1945
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Issues: #14 of 13 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagChesler / Dynamic
Brand: World's Greatest Comics / Harry "A" Chesler Jr.View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Flying Cadet Publishing Co. Inc.
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):  
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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reprinted 2 times as Content Items in other Issues.
Some/all of Issue reprinted as a Content Item in another Issue:
FlagAuthentic Police Cases #5 published October 1948 as The Red Desperado [Story on Interior Page(s)] retitled
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images2
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The knuckled hands and faces are good signs of Moreira, so most probably him. Compare style with the Rocketman story.
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The Haunted Highway

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Rocketman [Cal Martin]; Rocketgirl [Doris Dalton]
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagZip Jet #2 published May 1953
as Terror Strikes the Turnpike [Story on Interior Page(s)]retitled and revised
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Master Key [Ray Cardell]; Marcia
First Line: Cheating the electric chair is a tough task as any killer will tell you --
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: 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.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, war
Character(s): Private Landing; Major Laff
First Line: Outta mah way small fry!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Style is identical to Beck's "Prehistoric Pete" stories in Red Seal Comics.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Gay Desperado [Jim Collins]; Patsy; Dave Dwyer; sheriff; Jose Alvarez; White Mask (villain; death); El Tigre (villain)
First Line: A fugitive from justice, Jim Collins doges the law...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Texan #3 published February 1949
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]Gay Desperado renamed Bold Buckeroo in reprint
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
First Line: Prison Mail
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Illustrated stamp-related facts. Text is lettered, not typeset.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Knock-Out Drops
First Line: Has he asked the 64 dollar question yet?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Four single-panel cartoons and one three-panel strip, all unrelated.

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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Punch O'Malley; Cutey O'Malley; Jackson; Gunboat Green
First Line: Who you all gonna fight next, Mistah Punch?
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The art here is similar to Beck's work on "Prehistoric Pete" in Seal Comics.
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Murder in Act II

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
First Line: The desperation of hunted men
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Pitcher By Force

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Double Trouble

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Johnny Jenkins; Birchie; Gloria; Roger
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The art resembles the Plastino art sample on Who's Who.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
First Line: Bill, as Willie's Dad you've got to take him in hand.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: From Star Comics (1937 series) #1.
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.75
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Statement of the Ownership...

Statement of Ownership  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
Disclose 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.

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