Issue Details

Issue	#18
Published	July 1946
Frequency	quarterly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	52
Editing	Will Harr
Notes	PUNCH COMICS, No. 18, July, 1946. Published quarterly by Harry A. Chesler, Jr. Publications, Inc., 420 DeSoto Ave., St. Louis 7, Mo. Editorial Offices, 163 West 23rd Street, New York 11, New York. Single copies 10c, yearly subscription $1.00. Entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at St. Louis, Mo., July 12, 1944, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Entire contents copyrighted 1946 by Harry A. Chesler, Jr. Publications, Inc., 50 Main Street, Succasunna, New Jersey. Will Harr (rather than Chesler himself) is named as editor in various statements of ownership covering this period.

Cover Details

Pencils	Paul Gattuso
Inks	Paul Gattuso

6 page Rocketman story "The purple peril camouflages two murders"

Characters	Rocketman [Cal Martin]; Rocketgirl [Doris Dalton]; Purple Peril [Phil Draper] (villain; introduction; death); Rajah (Phil Draper's tiger)
Genre	superhero

6 page Master Key story "How could a dead man return to the scene of a crime?"

Characters	The Master Key [Ray Cardell]; Hilda Harkness; Doc Stengil (villain); "Frog" Fowler (villain; death)
Genre	superhero

5 page Happy Landing story "Know anything about jet propulsion, Happy?"

Genre

humor

6 page Crime on the Run story "Ray Sutherland took the law of Mohawk Valley"

2 page Jest for Fun cartoon "You've certainly changed since you received that good conduct medal!"

Genre	humor
Notes	Three one-panel cartoons and one wordless three-panel cartoon.

1 page text story "Registered for Ransom"

Letters

typeset

6 page Johnny on the Spot story "A savage beast may be soothed by music charms"

6 page Capt'n Courage story "The end of the war finds Captain Courage a tireless, dynamic personality"

1 page text story "Murder Scare"

Letters

typeset

5 page Punch and Cutey story "Oh- I say, Mr. O'Malley. May I have a word with you?"

Half page statement of ownership "Statement of the Ownership, Management, Circulation, Etc. required by the Acts of Congress of August 24th, 1912 and March 3, 1933"

Script	Harry "A" Chesler [as Harry A. Chesler]; Joseph Bell (notary public)
Letters	typeset
Editing	Will Harr; Flying Cadet Publishing Co., Inc. (owner; publisher); Harry "A" Chesler (business manager); Betty Chesler (owner); Harry "A" Chesler, Jr. (owner)
Notes	Address for Flying Cadet Publishing Co., Inc. given as 50 Main Street, Succasunna, N. J. Address for Harry "A" Chesler and Will Harr given as 163 West 23rd Street, N. Y. C. Address for Betty Chesler given just as Succasunna, N. J. Harry "A" Chesler, Jr. listed as on leave with U. S. Army (no address) Dated October 1st, 1945.

1 page Sport Slang cartoon "They're Nuts! I don't look like an apple"

Genre

humor; sports; baseball