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Issue Details

Issue #1
Published [circa 1944]
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Harry "A" Chesler, Jr.
Notes There is NO date anywhere within this comic book. The publisher is listed as Home Guide Publications / 163 West 23rd Street / New York.

Cover Details

Characters Skyrocket
Genre war
Pencils Ken Battefield
Inks Ken Battefield?; ?

1 page Oddities filler "Vultures - These scrawny scavengers never kill for food."

Genre fact
Notes Appears on the inside front ocver.

8 page Skyrocket story "What plane can speed at 750 miles per..."

Characters The Skyrocket (Intro, a plane); Lt. Ted Howard
Genre war
Pencils Ken Battefield
Inks Ken Battefield?; ?

6 page Punch and Cutey story "The winnah! What the h---?"

Genre sports
Pencils Joe Beck
Inks Joe Beck

6 page Alias the Dragon story "The Million Dollar Murders"

Characters Alias the Dragon [Sgt. Bill Norton] (Intro)
Genre crime
Pencils Maurice Whitman [as Reece}
Inks Maurice Whitman [as Reece}

7 page Inspector Pratt story "Operating from the mysterious leads sent him by..."

Characters Inspector Pratt (Intro)
Genre detective
Pencils Al Plastino
Inks Al Plastino?

7 page Dr. Vampire story "Shocked by civilization's failure to stamp out the..."

Characters Dr. Vampire [Dr. John Rogers]; Mikail (Villain, Intro, Death; a vampire)
Genre horror
Notes HW suggests perhaps Stan Asch on the art.

Cover Details - "From Maine to Mexico the eerie exploits of..."

Characters Fred Randall (Ghost Hunter, Intro)
Genre mystery

7 page The Desperado story "Accused of a bank robbery he did not..."

Characters Max Badger (Villain, Intro)
Genre crime
Pencils Ken Battefield?
Inks Gus Schrotter?; ?

1 page Is It True? filler "That saliva is Nature's germ killer?"

Genre quiz

1 page Daniel Boone filler "Hunter, pioneer, woodsman left his home and family..."

Genre fact
Pencils Richard Speed
Inks Richard Speed