| Additional Information |
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| Publication | August-September 1946 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: bi-monthly |
| Notes | Art identification based on Stoner’s signed cover for Rocket Kelly #5 (October, 1946), which presents the rocket as being drawn consistent compared to how the rocket is drawn on this issue’s cover. Sue also appears to be drawn similarly on both covers, including how her long hair rolls up at the bottom, a hairstyle Stoner tended to draw female characters with. |
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| Featuring | Rocket Kelly |
| Credits | Pencils: E. C. Stoner | Inks: E. C. Stoner |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Rocket Kelly; Punchy; Diana |
| Notes | Art identification based on Stoner’s signed cover for Rocket Kelly #5 (October, 1946), which presents the rocket as being drawn consistent compared to how the rocket is drawn on this issue’s cover. Sue also appears to be drawn similarly on both covers, including how her long hair rolls up at the bottom, a hairstyle Stoner tended to draw female characters with. |
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| Synopsis | House ad for 9 Fox comic book titles. |
| Notes | Inside front cover, black-and-white. |
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| Comic Story | Mister Weather's Revenge (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Weather forecaster Mr. Weather goes mad and creates a giant glacier to plunge Earth into a new ice age. Rocket Kelly and his aides lift the glacier into the air and bring it close to the sun so it melts. |
| Featuring | Rocket Kelly |
| Credits | Pencils: Arnold Hicks? | Inks: Arnold Hicks? |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Rocket Kelly; Punchy; Diana; Mr. Weather |
| Notes | Art ID from penciled note on online scanned version of this comic: http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=20856 |
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| Synopsis | 5 illustrated trivia facts. |
| Featuring | Imagine THAT! |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction |
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| Comic Story | While the World Watches (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | A spy steals top secret atom defense formula AIM from a government lab. Rocket Kelly and his pals have to keep the villain from leaving the country with it. Rocket discovers the formula was inserted into young Danny's homemade newspaper. One of 3 foreign subscribers must be the spy. They eliminate the first two but when they arrive in Brazil to find "Mr. Lusam," they discover it's actually Dr. Malus who is the spy. Rocket's spaceship destroys the sub in which Malus is attempting to escape. |
| Featuring | Rocket Kelly |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Rocket Kelly; Diana; Punchy; Dr. Malus; Danny; Danny's mother; Captain Jim Brown; Carl Townsend |
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| Synopsis | Investigator Greg Abbott solves the mystery of the murder of Silas Monroe. |
| Featuring | Minit Mystery |
| Credits | Script:? [as Sam Perl] |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Greg Abbott; Roger Wayne; Silas Monroe |
| Notes | Last panel with solution to crime printed upside-down. |
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| Text Story | The Little People (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Dan Decem | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | The Dance of Death (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | A rocket from planet Turo crashes on Earth; the pilot Ur tells Rocket Kelly that the Minstrel of Death is on his way to destroy Earth with the Dance of Death. Rocket and his pals travel to Turo and are captured by the Minstrel of Death (an anthropomorphic piano) and his minions. His music makes people dance themselves to death. However, Punchy is tone deaf so the music doesn't affect him. With Punchy's help, Rocket destroys the Minstrel's invasion fleet as it approaches Earth. |
| Featuring | Rocket Kelly |
| Credits | Script:? [as Ted Small] |
| Content | Genre: Science Fiction | Characters: Rocket Kelly; Diana; Punchy; Ur; Minstrel of Death |
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| Synopsis | Cuthbert clashes with Larsen, the superintendent of his apartment building over plumbing issues. Because of the housing shortage, he can't find another place to live. Cuthbert takes his family on a vacation to let Larsen cool off, but in the end returns and makes peace with his nemesis. |
| Featuring | Joy Family |
| Credits | Script:? [as Don Drew] | Pencils: Al Zere [as AZ] (signed) | Inks: Al Zere [as AZ] (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Domestic | Characters: Cuthbert Joy; Judy Joy; Pinky Joy; Larsen; Murphy; Peoria Joy; Gus |
| Notes | Initials "AZ" on page 2, last panel. |
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| Synopsis | Hoping to find Aladdin's lamp, Ernie and his pal Seymour collect old lamps from the neighbours. They are unaware that two thieves have stashed their loot in a discarded lamp. The crooks confront Ernie but are arrested and Ernie collects a reward. |
| Featuring | Ernie |
| Credits | Script:? [as Vic Brown] |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Ernie; Dad; Seymour |
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