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Issue: Rocket Kelly #2 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1945
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Issues: #2 of 5 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagFox
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Fox Feature Syndicate Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/05/1945
Volume: 1
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 13 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Victor Fox
Disclose Notes: On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1946-1947 Periodicals, page 333
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions:  
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Rocket Kelly in Horses of Doom

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): E. C. Stoner
Inker(s): E. C. Stoner
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Rocket Kelly
Character(s): Rocket Kelly; Sue; Punchy
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art identification based on Stoner’s signed covers for The Funnies #56 (June, 1941) and Rocket Kelly #5 (October, 1946). Similarities include protagonists with big dimples and wide smiles showing teeth, and women with long hair that rolls up at the bottom. The rocket drawn on Rocket Kelly #5 is also consistent with how the rocket is drawn on this issue’s cover.
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Do You Want Longer Hair?

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Ad for Juelene hair product from the Juel Company.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Also includes indicia.
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Horses of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Ted Small]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Rocket Kelly
Character(s): Professor Venom (Introduction, Death); Rocket Kelly; Punchy; Sue; Professor Lee; Dr. Lake
Synopsis: The Switsonia Insitute is offering a prize for a "unique trophy of historical interest." Rocket agrees to fly Professor Lee and Dr. Drake to Africa and Asia as they search for a trophy. Rocket discovers each man received a message about "the original Trojan Horse of antiquity!" Two Trojan Horses are found and returned to the institute. Evil Professor Venom has planted bombs in them to destroy his scientific rivals, but Rocket dumps the horses in the ocean and Venom has a heart attack.
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Pages: 10
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The Mars Mystery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Ted Small]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Rocket Kelly
Character(s): Professor Mogul (Introduction, villain); Rocket Kelly; Professor Kelly (Rocket's father); Sue; Punchy; Ono
Synopsis: Rocket's father sends Rocket, Sue and Punchy to Mars to investigate strange explosions. They discover the Robot King is making war on the inhabitants of Mars. Since it's "a robot law that the ruler must always accept a challenge to his kingship," Rocket challenges and defeats the Robot King, freeing the Martians. But the Robot King escapes in his spaceship with Sue and Punchy as hostages. Rocket rescues his friends and exposes Professor Mogul as the Robot King, who was using "Mars as an experimental laboratory before attempting to subjugate the Earth!"
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The Fizz That Fizzled

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Len Short (credited)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Pussy Katnip
Character(s): Pussy Katnip; George; Boss; Mugsy
Synopsis: Pussy Katnip, "famous entrepreneur," asks her dog friend George to ride her horse Buckaroo in a charity race. However, Swayback, the horse owned by criminal bulldog Boss, wins the race. Pussy discovers this was because Boss stole her Katnip Fizz and fed it to his horse. Boss is arrested and Pussy's horse is declared the winner.
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Disclose Notes: Buckaroo is also spelled "Buckeroo" in one panel.
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[untitled]

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Inker(s): ?
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Imagine That
First Line: Thomas Gainsborough painted...
Synopsis: A "Ripley's Believe it or Not"-type page.
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Pages: 1
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The Snowball

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Larry Howe
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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The Eerie Plot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alec Hope (credited)
Inker(s): E. C. Stoner ?
Colorist(s): E.C. Stoner ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Puppeteer
Character(s): Professor Eerie (Introduction, villain); Puppeteer [Alan Hale]; Great Santos; Amos Gates; Ann Gates; The Toad; Pop Smith
Synopsis: Alan becomes the Puppeteer by playing "the mighty notes" on an organ. He and his talking bird sidekick Raven spring into action when Professor Eerie escapes from prison to get revenge on the people who sent him to jail: violinist Great Santos, writer Amos Gates and his daughter Ann. Eerie hypnotises them all, plus the Puppeteer and hides them in a traveling wax museum. Raven helps save the Puppeteer and the criminal mastermind is captured.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Raven appears to be a bald eagle despite his name (and he's also called a "crow" by the police).
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Hand of Fate

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Ted Small]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Rocket Kelly
Character(s): Verko (Introduction, villain); Rocket Kelly; Professor Kelly; Sue; Punchy; Slime
Synopsis: Criminal Verko hijacks Rocket's ship and steals some experimental bombs created by Rocket's father. Rocket rescues his father, Sue and Punchy. Verko and his sidekick Slime bail out but are killed by the exploding bombs.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tom Frost (credited)
Penciller(s): Tom Frost (credited)
Inker(s): Tom Frost (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Percy
Character(s): Percy
First Line: Well, I guess I was lucky to rent even this house...
Synopsis: Percy rents a house and tries to play cards with ghosts who are afraid of him.
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New Enlargement

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Ads for photographic enlargements and prizes for selling spot remover.
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Genuine Photo Master Candid Camera

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Ad for novelties from National Novelties.
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Do You Know What Magazine I Read?

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Captain Marvel; Mechanix Illustrated
Character(s): Captain Marvel; Hoppy; Captain Marvel Jr.
Synopsis: Ad for Mechanix Illustrated magazine subscriptions.
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Disclose Notes: On back cover of comic.

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