Rocket Kelly (1945) #4

Fox 1945–1946 series Cover date Aug 1946

Fair market value

Grade	CGC slab	Raw
9.8 NM/M	$480 $408–$552	$210 $179–$242
9.6 NM+	$374 $318–$431	$168 $143–$193
9.4 NM	$292 $248–$336	$134 $114–$155
9.2 NM-	$228 $194–$262	$108 $91.39–$124
9.0 VF/NM	$178 $151–$204	$86.02 $73.12–$98.92
8.5 VF+	$139 $118–$159	$68.81 $58.49–$79.13
8.0 VF	$108 $91.89–$124	$55.05 $46.79–$63.31
7.0 FN/VF	$84.31 $71.66–$96.96	$44.04 $37.43–$50.65
6.0 FN	$65.77 $55.90–$75.64	$35.23 $29.95–$40.51
5.0 VG/FN	$51.30 $43.61–$58.99	$28.19 $23.96–$32.42
4.0 VG	$40.01 $34.01–$46.01	$22.55 $19.17–$25.93
2.0 GD	$31.21 $26.53–$35.89	$18.04 $15.33–$20.75
Raw, ungraded	—	$65.00 $55.25–$74.75

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About this issue

Rocket Kelly #4 (1945) is issue #4 of Fox's Rocket Kelly (1945–1946), with a cover date of August 1946. Written by Don Drew and drawn by Al Zere.

Creators

Writer: Don Drew
Penciller: Al Zere
Inker: Al Zere
Cover artist: E. C. Stoner

The stories

“Mister Weather's Revenge”

Weather forecaster Mr. Weather goes mad and creates a giant glacier to plunge Earth into a new ice age. Rocket Kelly and his aides lift the glacier into the air and bring it close to the sun so it melts.

“While the World Watches”

A spy steals top secret atom defense formula AIM from a government lab. Rocket Kelly and his pals have to keep the villain from leaving the country with it. Rocket discovers the formula was inserted into young Danny's homemade newspaper. One of 3 foreign subscribers must be the spy. They eliminate the first two but when they arrive in Brazil to find "Mr. Lusam," they discover it's actually Dr. Malus who is the spy. Rocket's spaceship destroys the sub in which Malus is attempting to escape.

Investigator Greg Abbott solves the mystery of the murder of Silas Monroe.

“The Dance of Death”

A rocket from planet Turo crashes on Earth; the pilot Ur tells Rocket Kelly that the Minstrel of Death is on his way to destroy Earth with the Dance of Death. Rocket and his pals travel to Turo and are captured by the Minstrel of Death (an anthropomorphic piano) and his minions. His music makes people dance themselves to death. However, Punchy is tone deaf so the music doesn't affect him. With Punchy's help, Rocket destroys the Minstrel's invasion fleet as it approaches Earth.

Credits, characters and story details from the Grand Comics Database, CC BY-SA 4.0.