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Issue: Dynamic Comics #8 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1944
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Issues: #8 of 16 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagChesler / Dynamic
Brand: Harry "A" Chesler Jr. Features Syndicate, N.Y.
Indicia Publisher: Dynamic Publications
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 13 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: DYNAMIC COMICS No. 8. Published bi-monthly by DYNAMIC PUBLICATIONS, 420 DeSoto Avenue, St. Louis 7, Mo. Editorial and executive offices, 163 West 23rd Street, New York City. Harry "A" Chesler, Jr., publisher (on leave with U.S. Army); Gaspano Ricca, Art Director; Phil Sturm, Editor (on leave with U.S. Army). Application for second-class entry pending at the Post Office at St. Louis, Mo. Single copies 10c, Yearly subscription $1.00.

Estimates of the date have been given as either 1942 (Keltner) or 1944 (Heritage). No date is present anywhere on the issue, and all other full-size Chesler publications resume in 1944, with the exception of his partnership (of some sort) with Lev Gleason on Captain Battle Comics (Chesler / Dynamic, 1942 series) #3, which was probably released in Winter 1942 and no later than 1943. The 1944 publication date is likely for this issue, bringing it nearer to the publication of issue #9 (1944).

Jerry Bails’ Who’s Who lists Gus Ricca as not having done covers for Chesler until 1944, indicating further that 1944 is the probable year of this comic book's publishing.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
Disclose Reprinted In1
Disclose Reprinted From7
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagAction! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 #[nn] published December 2011
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Signature is in the lower right-hand corner, written vertically.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Yankee Boy [Victor]; Buddy; Villains: The Thing; Toad
First Line: Loyal Americans toil ceaselessly...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Yankee Boy last appeared in YANKEE COMICS #4.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Li'l Arthur
First Line: Boy that was a swell picture!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Schwab is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and the art match his signed Wilbur story in Funny Picture Stories V2 #7.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Dynamic Man [Bert McQuade] (introduction; origin); Yellow Spot (villain; introduction; death); Dr. Moore (introduction; death)
First Line: With ancient witchcraft and black magic...
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagDynamic Comics #1 published October 1941
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Faces and movement look like Sultan, but uncertain inking.
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The Record Quarter Mile

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Young Americans
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagYankee Comics #4 published March 1942
was The Record Quarter Mile [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Young Americans run on Chesler High School team. Other names included in story are Charles Sultan, Kamen, Proctor, and Hinch.
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Case of the Screaming Idiots

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Lucky Coyne (reporter); Kitty; Terry; Villains: Dr. Buckingham; Logo
Synopsis: Coyne has an assignment to check up on the State Sanatorium.
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Art very similar to Schrotter's credited work in "Key Comics" #1 and his "Dan'l Flannel" story in "All American Comics" #3.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, western
Feature(s): Boss of the Ranch
Character(s): Boss
First Line: When I say I want them cattle washed...
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Introducing the Master Key

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Master Key [Ray Cardell] (intro, origin); Gale; Chris
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagScoop Comics #1 published November 1941
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Same faces and shading as in Sultan's signed story "The Unknown" in National Comics #28. He is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Stamp-O-Grams
First Line: Odd names
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Stamp-O-Gram.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, superhero
Character(s): Echo [Jim Carson]; Dr. Doom (his brother); Cora (his sister); Truth Blackmoor; Hope Blackmoor; Mrs. Benton (housekeeper)
First Line: In the moors lurks a monster...
Synopsis: In the moors lurks a monster, ready to pounce on anyone who intrudes on his sanctuary.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagYankee Comics #4 published March 1942
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Echo's last appearance in YANKEE COMICS #4.
Art similar to Astarita's credited "Auro" story in "Planet Comics" #22.
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The Case of the Strangling Hair

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Yankee Doodle Jones (intro); Dandy (Intro; Origin); Uncle Same (Guest Star); The "Leader" (Villain; Intro; Death); the Hag (Villain; Intro; Death); The Professor (Intro; Death; Dandy's father)
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagYankee Comics #1 published September 1941
was The Case of the Strangling Hair [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Last appearance in YANKEE COMICS #4.
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The Forbidden Fruit

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Young Americans
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagPunch Comics #2 published February 1942
was The Forbidden Fruit [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Character(s): Dan Hastings; Gloria; King Zaco
First Line: When the hideous King Zaco...
Synopsis: King Zaco of the planet Zaris comes to earth to find a woman for a bride.
Reprinting
From Content Item: FlagScoop Comics #3 published March 1942
was [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Credits suggested by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

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