([circa June 1943])

Bell Features, 1942 Series
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0.10 CAD
Pages
68
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Bell Features and Publishing Company Limited
Brand
Colonial Distributors Bell Features
Editing
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Rex Baxter / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Edmond Good (signed)
Inks
Edmond Good (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure
Characters
Rex Baxter; Gail Abbot; Yozor

Edmond Good (Table of Contents: 1)

Pen Portraits / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Edmond Good
Inks
Edmond Good
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Most of you will recognize the familiar signature heading one of "Dime Comics" most widely read strips...
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Edmond Good

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Rex Baxter / comic story / 15 pages (report information)

Script
Edmond Good (signed)
Pencils
Edmond Good (signed)
Inks
Edmond Good (signed)
Letters
Edmond Good (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Attention! All patrol craft!
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Rex Baxter; Lerzal; Gail Abbot; Zoltan; Torzo; Riona; Yozor; Lugar
Synopsis
Rex's escape craft is shot down.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Rex Baxter Adventurers Club News / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi - members! Welcome to the "gang"

Indexer Notes

List of members.

[Here it is - the 2nd Big Issue of Commando Comics] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mickey Owens (signed)
Pencils
Mickey Owens (signed)
Inks
Mickey Owens (signed)
Letters
Mickey Owens (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There must be a Nazi spy in your wallpaper factory! You should see the samples you just sent me!
Genre
humour

[Plutocrat Penguin] (Table of Contents: 6)

Strange Facts Scrapbook / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Edmond Good (signed)
Pencils
Edmond Good (signed)
Inks
Edmond Good (signed)
Letters
Edmond Good (signed)

Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Pete

Indexer Notes

Information on Pete, a penguin who appears in movies, a beard tax in Czarist Russia, and the Torchlight Squid.

Was later redrawn (traced?) by Leo Bachle and used in Prize Comics #49.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Wild Bill / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Leo Bachle (signed)
Pencils
Leo Bachle (signed)
Inks
Leo Bachle (signed)
Letters
Leo Bachle (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Across dry gulch rides Wild Bill suddenly he draws his horse to a halt as he sights two horsemen riding along the railway.
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Wild Bill Wildman; Rex; Wilks
Synopsis
Wild Bill spots two men with dynamite near the railroad tracks.

[Joke Comics] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Super Sub / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Leo Bachle
Pencils
Leo Bachle
Inks
Leo Bachle
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh most honourable capt. Boat is adrift come click!!
Genre
war
Characters
Capt. Tojoe; Steve Sparks; Rocky Abbott
Synopsis
The Japanese realize their battleship is drifting away.

[Dizzy Don Detective] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Escape! (Table of Contents: 11)

activity / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Johnny Canuck / comic story / 7 ? pages (report information)

Script
Leo Bachle
Pencils
Leo Bachle
Inks
Leo Bachle
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Johnny Canuck succeeded in locating the small...
Genre
adventure; war
Characters
Johnny Canuck
Synopsis
German forces invade the Russian camp. When they find Johnny locked in a cell, Johnny decides to bluff his way into posing as a German prisoner, but they see through his charade instantly.
Reprints
Keywords
Russia

Indexer Notes

Johnny references fellow Bell Features hero the Noodle.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mickey Owens (signed)
Pencils
Mickey Owens (signed)
Inks
Mickey Owens (signed)
Letters
Mickey Owens (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
He's from the farm and that's the only way we can wake him up in the morning.
Genre
humour; military
Keywords
rooster

[Active Comics for Active Boys and Girls] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mickey Owens (signed)
Pencils
Mickey Owens (signed)
Inks
Mickey Owens (signed)
Letters
Mickey Owens (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
You don't have to take bows every time you score!
Genre
humour; sport

Under the Sea by Air! (Table of Contents: 16)

Vic Griffin's True World Wide Adventures / text article / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Vic Griffin (credited)
Pencils
Edmond Good (credited)
Inks
Edmond Good (credited)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
After almost six months of war, we still look towards the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean for our headlines in the local paper, more ships torpedoed, submarines sunk, convoys attacked, air attacks on English coastal towns and so forth.
Genre
non-fiction; war
Synopsis
Vic's experience as a dirigible pilot during World War I.

[Triumph Comics] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mickey Owens (signed)
Pencils
Mickey Owens (signed)
Inks
Mickey Owens (signed)
Letters
Mickey Owens (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Com'on lady, (hic!) - jump if your going to. We can't stay here all night!
Genre
humour

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Scotty MacDonald / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script
Al Cooper (credited)
Pencils
Al Cooper (credited)
Inks
Al Cooper (credited)
Letters
Al Cooper (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
After destroying a hostile observation plane
Genre
war
Characters
Sandy; Sakto; Jim Metcafle; Scotty MacDonald; Blake; Levy
Synopsis
Scotty scouts the island from the air while other troops deal with the Japanese on the ground.

[Quality. Comic. Group.] (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Command Repeating Play Gun] (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Rex Baxter
  2. 1. Edmond Good
    Pen Portraits
  3. 2. ["Attention! All patrol craft!"]
    Rex Baxter
  4. 3. ["Hi - members! Welcome to the "gang""]
    Rex Baxter Adventurers Club News
  5. 4. [Here it is - the 2nd Big Issue of Commando Comics]
  6. 5. ["There must be a Nazi spy in your wallpaper factory! You should see the samples you just sent me!"]
  7. 6. [Plutocrat Penguin]
    Strange Facts Scrapbook
  8. 7. ["Across dry gulch rides Wild Bill suddenly he draws his horse to a halt as he sights two horsemen riding along the railway."]
    Wild Bill
  9. 8. [Joke Comics]
  10. 9. ["Oh most honourable capt. Boat is adrift come click!!"]
    Super Sub
  11. 10. [Dizzy Don Detective]
  12. 11. Escape!
  13. 12. ["Johnny Canuck succeeded in locating the small..."]
    Johnny Canuck
  14. 13. ["He's from the farm and that's the only way we can wake him up in the morning."]
  15. 14. [Active Comics for Active Boys and Girls]
  16. 15. ["You don't have to take bows every time you score!"]
  17. 16. Under the Sea by Air!
    Vic Griffin's True World Wide Adventures
  18. 17. [Triumph Comics]
  19. 18. ["Com'on lady, (hic!) - jump if your going to. We can't stay here all night!"]
  20. 19. ["After destroying a hostile observation plane"]
    Scotty MacDonald
  21. 20. [Quality. Comic. Group.]
  22. 21. [Command Repeating Play Gun]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Jim Van Dore