Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 60
Editing: Phil Sturm (editor); Harry A. Chesler Jr. (publisher); Gus Ricca (credited as Gaspano Ricca) (art director)
Cover Thumbnail for Dynamic Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1941 series) #8 Edit Cover
Cover Gallery 

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Gus Ricca (signed as Ricca)
Inks:
Gus Ricca (signed as Ricca)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:horror-suspense
Reprints (4)

Indexer Notes

Signature is in the lower right-hand corner, written vertically.

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

DYNAMIC COMICS No. 8. Published bi-monthly by DYNAMIC PUBLICATIONS, 420 DeSoto Avenue, St. Louis 7, Mo. Editorial and executive offices, 163 West 23rd Street, New York City. Harry "A" Chesler, Jr., publisher (on leave with U.S. Army); Gaspano Ricca, Art Director; Phil Sturm, Editor (on leave with U.S. Army). Application for second-class entry pending at the Post Office at St. Louis, Mo. Single copies 10c, Yearly subscription $1.00.

Estimates of the date have been given as either 1942 (Keltner) or 1944 (Heritage). No date is present anywhere on the issue, and all other full-size Chesler publications resume in 1944, with the exception of his partnership (of some sort) with Lev Gleason on Captain Battle Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1942 series) #3, which was probably released in Winter 1942 and no later than 1943. The 1944 publication date is likely for this issue, bringing it nearer to the publication of issue #9 (1944).

Jerry Bails’ Who’s Who lists Gus Ricca as not having done covers for Chesler until 1944, indicating further that 1944 is the probable year of this comic book's publishing.

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

Yankee Boy / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Loyal Americans toil ceaselessly...
Characters:
Yankee Boy [Victor]; Buddy; Villains: The Thing; Toad

Indexer Notes

Yankee Boy last appeared in YANKEE COMICS #4.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 2)

Li'l Arthur / comic story / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Boy that was a swell picture!
Characters:
Li'l Arthur
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Information on this sequence from Richard Starr on 4 November 2004.

The art here matches Schwab's signed Wilbur story in Funny Picture Stories V2 #7.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 3)

Dynamic Man / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:With ancient witchcraft and black magic...
Characters:
Dynamic Man [Bert McQuade] (introduction; origin); Yellow Spot (villain; introduction; death); Dr. Moore (introduction; death)
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Faces and movement look like Sultan, but uncertain inking.

The Record Quarter Mile
(Table of Contents: 4)

Young Americans / text story / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Young Americans run on Chesler High School team. Other names included in story are Charles Sultan, Kamen, Proctor, and Hinch.

Case of the Screaming Idiots
(Table of Contents: 5)

Lucky Coyne / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:crime; detective-mystery
Characters:
Lucky Coyne (reporter); Kitty; Terry; Villains: Dr. Buckingham; Logo
Synopsis:
Coyne has an assignment to check up on the State Sanatorium.

Indexer Notes

Story title from Richard Starr on 1 November 2004.
Art very similar to Schrotter's credited work in "Key Comics" #1 and his "Dan'l Flannel" story in "All American Comics" #3.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 6)

Boss of the Ranch / comic story / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Creig Flessel (signed as Fless)
Inks:
Creig Flessel (signed as Fless)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; western-frontier
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:When I say I want them cattle washed...
Characters:
Boss
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Information on this sequence from Richard Starr on 1 November 2004.

Introducing the Master Key
(Table of Contents: 7)

Master Key / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Master Key [Ray Cardell] (intro, origin); Gale; Chris
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Story title from Richard Starr on 1 November 2004.

Same faces and shading as in Sultan's signed story "The Unknown" in National Comics #28.

[no title indexed]
(Expand) / (Table of Contents: 8)

Stamp-O-Grams / advertisement / 1 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 9)

The Echo / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:horror-suspense; superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:In the moors lurks a monster...
Characters:
Echo [Jim Carson]; Dr. Doom (his brother); Cora (his sister); Truth Blackmoor; Hope Blackmoor; Mrs. Benton (housekeeper)
Synopsis:
In the moors lurks a monster, ready to pounce on anyone who intrudes on his sanctuary.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Echo's last appearance in YANKEE COMICS #4.
Art similar to Astarita's credited "Auro" story in "Planet Comics" #22.

The Case of the Strangling Hair
(Table of Contents: 10)

Yankee Doodle Jones / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Yankee Doodle Jones (intro); Dandy (Intro; Origin); Uncle Same (Guest Star); The "Leader" (Villain; Intro; Death); the Hag (Villain; Intro; Death); The Professor (Intro; Death; Dandy's father)
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Last appearance in YANKEE COMICS #4.
For this story only, the Feature Logo is "Yankee Doodle Jones and Dandy".
Story title from Richard Starr on 1 November 2004.

The Forbidden Fruit
(Table of Contents: 11)

Young Americans / text story / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
Reprints (1)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 12)

Dan Hastings / comic story / 7 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:science fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:When the hideous King Zaco...
Characters:
Dan Hastings; Gloria; King Zaco
Synopsis:
King Zaco of the planet Zaris comes to earth to find a woman for a bride.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

Editing
Download: (JSON)
Report Information
my.comics.org
Tracked in 1 collections.
Issue at my.comics.org
View Change History
Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
  2. ["Loyal Americans toil ceaselessly..."]
    Yankee Boy
  3. ["Boy that was a swell picture!"]
    Li'l Arthur
  4. ["With ancient witchcraft and black magic..."]
    Dynamic Man
  5. The Record Quarter Mile
    Young Americans
  6. Case of the Screaming Idiots
    Lucky Coyne
  7. ["When I say I want them cattle washed..."]
    Boss of the Ranch
  8. Introducing the Master Key
    Master Key
  9. ["Odd names"]
    Stamp-O-Grams
  10. ["In the moors lurks a monster..."]
    The Echo
  11. The Case of the Strangling Hair
    Yankee Doodle Jones
  12. The Forbidden Fruit
    Young Americans
  13. ["When the hideous King Zaco..."]
    Dan Hastings
Related Links
Issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Steinar Ådland
  • Henry Andrews
  • David Banuelos
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Matthew Head
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Daniel Martinez
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Tony R. Rose
contact us
donate
If you believe any of this data to be incorrect, please let us know.
Cover thumbnails are used for identification purposes only. All rights to cover images reserved by the respective copyright holders.
Creative Commons License
All portions of the Grand Comics Database™, except where noted otherwise, are copyrighted by the GCD and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.
The GCD Privacy Policy. The GCD Web Site code is licensed under the GNU General Public License.