Modern Comics #53 is an issue of the series Modern Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of September, 1946.
Synopsis for Blackhawk: "The Black Lancers"
Appearing in Blackhawk: "The Black Lancers"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- Baron Scar (wears a monocle) (Single appearance)
- Dagla (uses a long-stem cigarette holder) (Single appearance)
- The Black Lancers (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Police Commissioner
- Mayor
Locations:
- unnamed European capital
Vehicles:
- six Blackhawk Grumman XF5F Skyrockets
Synopsis for Torchy: "The Jewelry Store Holdup Gig"
Torchy cqptures some jewelry store robbers.
Appearing in Torchy: "The Jewelry Store Holdup Gig"
Featured Characters:
Other Characters:
- jeweler
Antagonists:
- jewelry store manager (wears a monocle)
- Dink, robber
- other robber
Synopsis for Dogtag: "All's Well That Ends In a Well"
In a case of mistaken identity, Dogtag gets thrown down a well, twice, and two racketeers get busted.
Appearing in Dogtag: "All's Well That Ends In a Well"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- Slippy, insurance racketeer
- Gooley, hench thug
Other Characters:
- John Dykes, executive
- James, chauffeur
Locations:
- Burpton
Items:
- Will-paralyzing Gas
Synopsis for Ezra: "Rollo's Teleportation Machine"
Rollo invents a teleportation machine, but it doesn't work.
Appearing in Ezra: "Rollo's Teleportation Machine"
Featured Characters:
- Ezra Jones
Supporting Characters:
- Rollo Grant
- Myrna Moore
Antagonists:
- Great Bambino, magician
- Dean Dilsbury, Jr.
Other Characters:
- Hedy Lamour, movie star (Mentioned only)
- Turner Twins
- Pruzonian Ambassador
- Agent Hardiman, FBI
Locations:
- Manorville
Synopsis for Choo Choo: "Lost City of Gold"
Choo Choo and Cherry fly to South America to appear in a jungle movie. In the jungle Choo Choo meets an eccentric old crackpot, who lives in a palace the size of a small city, filled with strange inventions. He has a winged Bird Dog named Rover. The old coot looks just like Mr. Burke, the movie director, and all the clocks in his palace run at very high speeds, and he gifts Choo Choo a magic ring, "to make the wearer's days pass in swift happiness." When things get too weird Choo Choo runs away, and almost escapes across a chasm, but has a bad fall, and wakes up in a familiar part of the jungle. Cherry and Mr. Burke are worried about her, because she's been missing for four months. Choo Choo thinks she's just had a bad dream.
Director Burke's real reason for flying to South America turns out to be in search of his twin brother, who is believed to have discovered a lost city of gold! Cherry and Choo Choo fly back to Hollywood, very disappointed, and very puzzled about those missing four months. Choo Choo is still wearing the old crackpot's "magic ring."
Appearing in Choo Choo: "Lost City of Gold"
Featured Characters:
- Choo Choo LaMoe
Supporting Characters:
- Cherry Lane
Other Characters:
- Mr. Burke
- his twin brother
Animals:
- Rover, a Bird Dog
Locations:
- South America
- Lost City of Gold
- Hollywood (destination)
Items:
- Magic Ring
Vehicles:
- Passenger Airplane
Synopsis for Will Bragg: "Golf Tournament"
Will Bragg fast-talks his way into a golf tournament but is terrible at golfing.
Appearing in Will Bragg: "Golf Tournament"
Featured Characters:
- Will Bragg
Supporting Characters:
- Gully
- Effy Gissel
Other Characters:
- Bill Tilden (Mentioned only)
- Security Guard
- Caddy
- Caddy's Girlfriend
- Timber Wolf
- Tournament Official
Locations:
- Mrs. Mahoulahan's Boarding House (Mentioned only)
- Country Golf Club
Notes
- Blackhawk gets head-konked unconscious, for the eleventh time,[1] with a cavalry lance. Being a Blackhawk is dangerous.
- In the splash panel of Choo Choo's story, she gets elaborately tied up by the jungle crackpot; in the story this doesn't happen.
- First issue for Torchy by Bill Ward, last seen in Doll Man #9 Summer 1946.
- Also featured in this issue of Modern Comics were:
- "Killer Ship" (text story)
- Poodle McDoodle
- Prudence by Michael Senich
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