Punch Comics #17
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freePunch Comics #17 is an anthology containing multiple stories. "Manhunters: Guardians of the Law" depicts a garage robbery in Tacoma, Washington where a youth named John McGuire is arrested and sentenced to two years in a state reformatory, with the narrative emphasizing that crime does not pay. "Punch & Cutey" shows Punch O'Malley, a prize fighter, demonstrating his boxing prowess in various comedic situations, including a dream sequence involving international boxing and romantic entanglements. The issue also contains a military-themed story featuring soldiers attempting to demolish enemy ammunition at an airstrip, setting explosives to destroy the supply before advancing Japanese forces reach the location.
A biographical sketch of Edgar Allan Poe traces the turbulent path from his childhood as an orphan to his emergence as one of America's most brilliant literary voices—a journey marked by a stern upbringing, academic struggles, and personal hardship that shadowed his creative genius. Despite a life of poverty and loss, including the death of his beloved wife Virginia and years of emotional isolation, Poe produced masterworks like "The Raven" and "The Gold Bug" that stand among the period's most imaginative achievements. This story chronicles how a sensitive, spirited young man transformed profound adversity into enduring contributions to American letters.
John McGuire, freshly released from reformatory and determined to go straight, finds himself ensnared when a criminal doppelgänger named Mike Rooney commits brutal robberies and murders across Washington—and all the evidence points to McGuire. As authorities close in, McGuire and his lawyer must race to uncover the real killer's identity before the courts seal his fate.
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Reprinted in Triumph Comics #32 (27) (1946), Authentic Police Cases #3 (1948), Crime Reporter #3 (1948), Mopsy #6 (1949), Authentic Police Cases #7 (1950), Zip Jet #2 (1953)
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