Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	October 1941
Frequency	bi-monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Phil Sturm; Harry "A" Chesler, Jr. (publisher); Charles Sultan (art director)
Notes	DYNAMIC COMICS, October, 1941, No. 1, Published bi-monthly by Dynamic Publications Inc., Holyoke, Mass. Executive and editorial offices 163 West 23rd St., New York. Harry "A" Chesler, Jr., publisher; Phil Sturm, editor; Charles Sultan, art director. Application for second-class entry pending at the postoffice [sic] at Holyoke, Mass. Single copy 10 c. Yearly subscription $1.00. Entire contents copyright, 1941, by Harry "A" Chesler Features Syndicate, Inc., New York. Printed in U. S. A.

Cover Details

Pencils	Charles Sultan
Inks	Charles Sultan

1 page Mechanix Illustrated advertisement "A thrill on every page"

Pencils	? (photo)
Inks	? (photo)
Letters	typeset
Notes	inside front cover

8 page Major Victory story "A lone sentry paces his post"

Characters	Major Victory (introduction; origin); Father Patriot (introduction); Von Krumm (villain; introduction)
Pencils	Charles Sultan
Inks	Charles Sultan
Reprinted	in Major Victory Comics (Dynamic Publications [1940s] [Chesler], 1944 series) #1

1 page That's Odd! cartoon "California's first newspaper..."

Genre

fact

7 page Dynamic Man story "With ancient witchcraft and black magic..."

Characters	Dynamic Man [Bert McQuade] (introduction; origin); Yellow Spot (villain; introduction; death); Dr. Moore (introduction; death)
Genre	superhero

1 page Stamp-O-Grams cartoon "Odd names"

Genre

fact

7 page Lucky Coyne story "Evil Eye"

Characters	Lucky Coyne; Terry; Helen Jordan (introduction); Evil Eye [Harms] (villain; introduction)
Notes	Lucky Coyne last appeared in Top-Notch Comics (MLJ, 1939 series) #1, which had contents packaged by Chesler.

1 page text story "One in a Million"

Letters

typeset

7 page Hale the Magician story "Buried for many centuries..."

Characters	Hale the Magician (introduction, origin; only appearance)
Reprinted	in Weekender, The (Rucker Publications Ltd., 1945 series) #v1#4

8 page Black Cobra story "Black Cobra"

Characters	Black Cobra [Jim Hornsby] (introdution); Mr. Hornsby (introduction; Jim's father); The Professor (villain; introduction); Hugo (villain; introduction)
Notes	next appears in Captain Flight (1944 series) #6

1 page Is It True? cartoon "That saliva is nature's germ killer?"

Genre

fact

7 page Calling All Cars story "It was only a fire that sent..."

Characters	Pat Powers; Sandy O'Shay
Genre	detective
Notes	Appears to be a rather blatant knock off of National / DC's "Calling All Cars" (later "Radio Squad") feature created by Siegel and Shuster, although the name of that verson's star is Sandy Kean. But the introductory blurb for this feature even describes Powers and O'Shay as members of "the famous radio squad."

1 page Sticklers activity "What kind of boat looks the same..."

7 page K-9 story "A police dog run over by a cruel driver"

Characters

K-9 (a police dog; introduction; origin); Tip Starr (introduction); Dick Starr (introduction)

1 page text story "Smoke"

Letters

typeset

7 page Serg't Bell R.A.F. Demon story "Sergeant Bell, crack American ace..."

Characters

Sgt. Bell (introduction)

1 page Wings of America advertisement "Absolutely Free! Special to this magazine"

Letters	typeset
Notes	inside back cover

1 page Dynamic Comics; Yankee Comics; Punch Comics; Scoop Comics promo (ad from the publisher) "They're New! They're Different!"

Pencils	Charles Sultan; George Tuska ? (Punch Comics #1)
Inks	Charles Sultan ?; George Tuska ? (Punch Comics #1)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Back cover. Reproduces the covers of all four of Dynamic Publications, Inc.'s titles that started anywhere from a month before this issue to two month afterwards.