Issue: #2
Published: Winter 1945, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 52, Editing: Victor Fox
Color: Color Dimensions: Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1946-1947 Periodicals, page 333
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Cover (1 page) |
Rocket Kelly in Horses of Doom |
Featuring: |
Rocket Kelly |
Credits: |
Pencils: E. C. Stoner | Inks: E. C. Stoner |
Genre: |
Science Fiction |
Characters: |
Rocket Kelly Sue Punchy |
Advertisement (1 page) |
Do You Want Longer Hair? |
Synopsis: |
Ad for Juelene hair product from the Juel Company. |
Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
Comic Story (10 pages) |
Horses of Doom |
Featuring: |
Rocket Kelly |
Synopsis: |
The Switsonia Insitute is offering a prize for a "unique trophy of historical interest." Rocket agrees to fly Professor Lee and Dr. Drake to Africa and Asia as they search for a trophy. Rocket discovers each man received a message about "the original Trojan Horse of antiquity!" Two Trojan Horses are found and returned to the institute. Evil Professor Venom has planted bombs in them to destroy his scientific rivals, but Rocket dumps the horses in the ocean and Venom has a heart attack. |
Credits: |
Script: ? [as Ted Small] |
Genre: |
Science Fiction |
Characters: |
Professor Venom (Introduction, Death) Rocket Kelly Punchy Sue Professor Lee Dr. Lake |
Comic Story (10 pages) |
The Mars Mystery |
Featuring: |
Rocket Kelly |
Synopsis: |
Rocket's father sends Rocket, Sue and Punchy to Mars to investigate strange explosions. They discover the Robot King is making war on the inhabitants of Mars. Since it's "a robot law that the ruler must always accept a challenge to his kingship," Rocket challenges and defeats the Robot King, freeing the Martians. But the Robot King escapes in his spaceship with Sue and Punchy as hostages. Rocket rescues his friends and exposes Professor Mogul as the Robot King, who was using "Mars as an experimental laboratory before attempting to subjugate the Earth!" |
Credits: |
Script: ? [as Ted Small] |
Genre: |
Science Fiction |
Characters: |
Professor Mogul (Introduction, Villain) Rocket Kelly Professor Kelly (Rocket's Father) Sue Punchy Ono |
Comic Story (3 pages) |
The Fizz That Fizzled |
Featuring: |
Pussy Katnip |
Synopsis: |
Pussy Katnip, "famous entrepreneur," asks her dog friend George to ride her horse Buckaroo in a charity race. However, Swayback, the horse owned by criminal bulldog Boss, wins the race. Pussy discovers this was because Boss stole her Katnip Fizz and fed it to his horse. Boss is arrested and Pussy's horse is declared the winner. |
Credits: |
Script: Len Short (credited) |
Genre: |
Anthropomorphic-funny Animals |
Characters: |
Pussy Katnip George Boss Mugsy |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Imagine That |
Synopsis: |
A "Ripley's Believe it or Not"-type page. |
Genre: |
Non-fiction |
Text Story (2 pages) |
The Snowball |
Credits: |
Script: Larry Howe | Letters: typeset |
Comic Story (10 pages) |
The Eerie Plot |
Featuring: |
Puppeteer |
Synopsis: |
Alan becomes the Puppeteer by playing "the mighty notes" on an organ. He and his talking bird sidekick Raven spring into action when Professor Eerie escapes from prison to get revenge on the people who sent him to jail: violinist Great Santos, writer Amos Gates and his daughter Ann. Eerie hypnotises them all, plus the Puppeteer and hides them in a traveling wax museum. Raven helps save the Puppeteer and the criminal mastermind is captured. |
Credits: |
Pencils: Alec Hope (credited) | Inks: E. C. Stoner ? | Colours: E.C. Stoner ? |
Genre: |
Superhero |
Characters: |
Professor Eerie (Introduction, Villain) Puppeteer [Alan Hale] Great Santos Amos Gates Ann Gates The Toad Pop Smith |
Comic Story (10 pages) |
Hand of Fate |
Featuring: |
Rocket Kelly |
Synopsis: |
Criminal Verko hijacks Rocket's ship and steals some experimental bombs created by Rocket's father. Rocket rescues his father, Sue and Punchy. Verko and his sidekick Slime bail out but are killed by the exploding bombs. |
Credits: |
Script: ? [as Ted Small] |
Genre: |
Science Fiction |
Characters: |
Verko (Introduction, Villain) Rocket Kelly Professor Kelly Sue Punchy Slime |
Comic Story (1 page) |
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Featuring: |
Percy |
Synopsis: |
Percy rents a house and tries to play cards with ghosts who are afraid of him. |
Credits: |
Script: Tom Frost (credited) | Pencils: Tom Frost (credited) | Inks: Tom Frost (credited) |
Genre: |
Humor |
Characters: |
Percy |
Advertisement (1 page) |
New Enlargement |
Synopsis: |
Ads for photographic enlargements and prizes for selling spot remover. |
Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
Advertisement (1 page) |
Genuine Photo Master Candid Camera |
Synopsis: |
Ad for novelties from National Novelties. |
Credits: |
Letters: typeset |
Advertisement (1 page) |
Do You Know What Magazine I Read? |
Featuring: |
Captain Marvel; Mechanix Illustrated |
Synopsis: |
Ad for Mechanix Illustrated magazine subscriptions. |
Characters: |
Captain Marvel Hoppy Captain Marvel Jr. |
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