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Pages: 68
Editing: Phil Sturm (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Punch Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1941 series) #1 Edit Cover
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Sky Chief / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:adventure; spy
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Sky Chief
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Indexer Notes

Phil Sturm, rather than Chesler himself, is listed as editor in all known indicia from Dynamic Publications.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 1)

Mr. E / comic story / 8 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; superhero
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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)
Synopsis:
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.
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Indexer Notes

In future stories, the Messengers of Justice are given names like Butch, Zipper, Spike and Tim.

[The Smuggling Gang]
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Captain Glory / comic story / 7 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
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Captain Glory (first appearance; an FBI agent)
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[no title indexed]
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Carnival / comic story / 7 pages

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  • Genre:detective-mystery; humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The carnival has come to town and the crowds gape as Lee Rover and Clara Bell, the sensational team, swing high on their trapeze...
  • Keywords:jokes
Characters:
Lee Rover (first appearance); Clara Bell (first appearance); Mr. Bell (first appearance); Harley (first appearance); Neely (first appearance; villain)
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Indexer Notes

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
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Indexer Notes

Not really an illustration, only large colored letters drawn by hand.

[Introducing Kitty Kelly]
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Kitty Kelly / comic story / 7 pages

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Kitty Kelly (first appearance); Suko (first appearance; villain); the Japanese (villains)

[The Coming of the Sky Chief]
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Sky Chief / comic story / 7 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; spy
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The Sky Chief [Burton Strong] (first appearance); Von Gorth (villain)
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The Dead Man Plays
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text story / 1 page

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Notes as for the first text story.

[Origin of Captain Courage]
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Capt'n Courage / comic story / 7 pages

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  • Genre:adventure
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Captain Courage (introduction, origin)
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[Grillo the Dictator]
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Hale the Magician / comic story / 7 pages

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  • Genre:fantasy-supernatural
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Hale the Magician (first appearance); Grillo (first appearance; villain; death)
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The Sting of Death
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Notes as for the first text story.

[Introducing the Unholy Three]
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Unholy Three / comic story / 7 pages

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The Unholy Three [Dale (first appearance); Pearl (first appearance); Flash (first appearance)]; Breen (first appearance; villain)
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Indexer Notes

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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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Sky Chief
  2. ["State Penitentiary...a sorrowful mother pays a final visit to her son."]
    Mr. E
  3. [The Smuggling Gang]
    Captain Glory
  4. ["The carnival has come to town and the crowds gape as Lee Rover and Clara Bell, the sensational team, swing high on their trapeze..."]
    Carnival
  5. A Soldier Must Obey
  6. [Introducing Kitty Kelly]
    Kitty Kelly
  7. [The Coming of the Sky Chief]
    Sky Chief
  8. The Dead Man Plays
  9. [Origin of Captain Courage]
    Capt'n Courage
  10. [Grillo the Dictator]
    Hale the Magician
  11. The Sting of Death
  12. [Introducing the Unholy Three]
    Unholy Three
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