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Issue Details

Issue	#16
Published	January 1946
Frequency	quarterly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	Will Harr
Notes	PUNCH COMICS, No., 16. January, 1946. Published quarterly by Flying Cadet Publishing Co., Inc., 420 DeSoto Avenue, St. Louis 7, Mo. Editorial offices, 163 West 23rd St., New York 11, N. Y. Business office, 150 Kenvil Ave., Succasunna, N. J. Single copies 10c. Yearly Subscription $1.00. [piece missing] class matter at the Post Office at St. Louis, Mo., July 12, 1944, under the act of March 3, 1879. Entire contents copyright 1945, Harry "A" Chesler, Jr., Features Syndicate, 163 West 23rd St., New York 11, N. Y. Printed in U. S. A. Will Harr, rather than Chesler himself, was named as editor in statements of ownership from this period.

Cover Details - "He's in the guard house!"

Genre	Humor
Pencils	Joel Beck
Inks	Joel Beck

6 page Rocketman story "Battle for post war air routes"

Characters	Rocketman [Cal Martin]; Rocketgirl [Doris Dalton]; Mr. Shoals; Norton Bemis; Cal Martin; Doris Dalton; Barton; Senor Muerte Hernandez; Mr. Death [Senor Muerte Hernandez]
Synopsis	Someone is causing all of Norton Bemis' planes to crash, and it is up to Rocketman and Rocketgirl to figure out who is causing the problems.
Genre	Superhero
Pencils	Al Plastino?; Tony Cataldo
Inks	Al Plastino?; Tony Cataldo
Notes	First sentence in the story begins "No holds are barred in the billion dollar battle for postwar air routes...".
Reprinted	in Golden-Age Men of Mystery (AC, 1996 series) #10 (1998) [in black and white]

6 page Master Key story "What grim secret was hiding behind the frozen grin of the Hindu god?"

Characters	Master Key
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Paul Gattuso
Inks	Paul Gattuso

5 page Happy Landing story "on furlough"

Genre	humor; war
Pencils	Otto Eppers?; Joe Beck?
Inks	Otto Eppers?; Joe Beck?

1 page Lou Toka text story "Loan Shark Bait"

Genre	crime
Letters	typeset

6 page Johnny on the Spot story "Trouble isn't Johnny Jenkins' middle name"

Genre	detective
Pencils	Al Plastino?
Inks	Al Plastino?

1 page text story "Six Shooter Surprise"

Genre	western
Letters	typeset

6 page Punch and Cutey story "So! you wuz gonna mop up the joint with me"

Genre	humor
Pencils	Otto Eppers?; Joe Beck?
Inks	Otto Eppers?; Joe Beck?

1 page Speedy Wheeler; Schwinn advertisement "Speedy Wheeler Saves the Day and Wins a Bike"

Pencils	Milt Youngren (signed)
Inks	Milt Youngren
Letters	Milt Youngren?