This is a pretty weird and entertaining comic magazine. The art on Mr. E looks like it came from the Iger Studio--but early Iger (or Eisner-Iger). Some of the art looks like early Fine or Crandall.
The two text stories are interesting. I enjoyed reading about the Return of Dr. Strange in the Dan Hastings text story.
But the date for this mag has to be all wrong. I know that the GCD also dates it as '48--but I'm pretty sure that Rucker had gone out of business in '46--when the WECA restrictions ended and American comics flooded back into Canada.
What makes me certain of this is the content in this mag which is all about the war effort, with photos to support that.
And the article on page 26 refers to the V1 bombings in England [b]"last summer"[/b]. Those bombings were in the summer of '44. That means this mag has to be from '44 or '45.
Undated, slightly oversize Canadian edition reprint of U.S. Chesler shop material; interspersed with black and white contemporary news items/photos; contents as follows:
b&w - 2pages; 4-colour - 8pages; b&w - 4pages; 4-colour - 8pages; & finally b&w - 2pages to centre fold; repeated in reverse order.
The cover by Gus Ricca was taken from Dynamic Comics (Chesler/Dynamic, 1941 Series) #10 (July 1944); the contents appear identical to: The Weekender (Rucker Publications Ltd., 1945 Series) v1#3 (September 1945).
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