([circa August 1943])

Bell Features, 1942 Series
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Pages
68
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Bell Features and Publishing Company Limited
Brand
Colonial Distributors Bell Features
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Captured by the "Devil-Men"! (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; Mulo

Indexer Notes

Part of the Rex Baxter and the Island of Doom serial.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

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 says it's the only way he can hit them
Genre
humour
Keywords
bowling

[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
After swimming to the ship, Rex and Lugar enter intent on sinking it
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Rex Baxter; Lugar; Mulo
Synopsis
Lerzal's guards capture Rex and Lugar.

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
Edmond Good
Inks
Edmond Good
Letters
?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi! Gang! Boy!... Are those membership forms coming in fast!!
Characters
Rex Baxter

[Commando Comics] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

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

Things to Worry About / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Egg egg egg
Genre
humour

Indexer Notes

Three one-panel cartoons.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Wild Bill / comic story / 6 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 the sands of Dry Gulch three horsemen suddenly appear.
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Wild Bill Wildman; Dirk Latrol; Jane Calamity
Synopsis
Dirk kidnaps Jane to lead Bill into an ambush.

[Triumph Comics] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
André Kulbach (signed as André)
Pencils
André Kulbach (signed as André)
Inks
André Kulbach (signed as André)
Letters
André Kulbach (signed as André)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Fire!
Genre
war
Characters
Steve Sparks; Rocky Abbott; Joe; Professor Johnston; Bob
Synopsis
The Japanese shell the Super Sub and think they sink it.

[Joke Comics] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

[Letting the Cat Out of the Bag!] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Indexer Notes

Information on the old saying of "Letting the cat out of the bag", coral production, the man in the iron mask and blow guns.

Leo Bachle (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Edmond Good (signed as EG)
Inks
Edmond Good (signed as EG)
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Almost every action-loving boy and girl across Canada has read at least one of the gripping adventure strips conceived and drawn by this versatile young Canadian artist --- Leo Bachle.
Genre
non-fiction; biography
Characters
Leo Bachle
Reprints

["Wow" Comics] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

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

Smashing the Swastika! (Table of Contents: 13)

Johnny Canuck / comic story / 7 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
Hold your fire!! Kill me and you too will die!
Genre
adventure; war
Characters
Johnny Canuck
Synopsis
Johnny quickly changes his cover story and successfully bluffs his way past the Germans, but later a German sniper shoots him down in the wilderness.
Reprints
Keywords
Russia

[Active Comics] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

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

Airwave Annie (Table of Contents: 15)

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
Annie Lindsay was raised on a farm.
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Annie Lindsay; Andrew McLean; Bill Coombes; Jim Harlow
Synopsis
Annie becomes the first wireless operator in the merchant marines.

[The New Dizzy Don Colour-in Contest] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

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
A-h-h-h-choo!!
Genre
humour; military

A Parachute to Release From a Kite!! (Table of Contents: 18)

Make It Yourself! / activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
If you have a kite -- any kite, it's an easy job to make this "kite parachute" and you'll have lots of fun doing it.

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
O, my poor chee-ildren!
Genre
humour
Characters
Eliza Hitler [Adolf Hitler]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

Scotty MacDonald / comic story / 11 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
Reconnoitering the Japanese held Guam island
Genre
war
Characters
Scotty MacDonald; Joe "Aussie" Warren; Jim Metafle; Sparks
Synopsis
After destroying the bridge the Japanese are using, Scotty's plane crashes.

[Active Comics] (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

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

[Joke Comics] (Table of Contents: 22) (Expand) /

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

[Commander Repeating Play Gun] (Table of Contents: 23) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Captured by the "Devil-Men"!
    Rex Baxter
  2. 1. ["He says it's the only way he can hit them"]
  3. 2. ["After swimming to the ship, Rex and Lugar enter intent on sinking it"]
    Rex Baxter
  4. 3. ["Hi! Gang! Boy!... Are those membership forms coming in fast!!"]
    Rex Baxter Adventurers Club News
  5. 4. [Commando Comics]
  6. 5. ["Egg egg egg"]
    Things to Worry About
  7. 6. ["Across the sands of Dry Gulch three horsemen suddenly appear."]
    Wild Bill
  8. 7. [Triumph Comics]
  9. 8. ["Fire!"]
    Super Sub
  10. 9. [Joke Comics]
  11. 10. [Letting the Cat Out of the Bag!]
    Strange Facts Scrapbook
  12. 11. Leo Bachle
    Pen Portraits
  13. 12. ["Wow" Comics]
  14. 13. Smashing the Swastika!
    Johnny Canuck
  15. 14. [Active Comics]
  16. 15. Airwave Annie
    Vic Griffin's True World Wide Adventures
  17. 16. [The New Dizzy Don Colour-in Contest]
  18. 17. ["A-h-h-h-choo!!"]
  19. 18. A Parachute to Release From a Kite!!
    Make It Yourself!
  20. 19. ["O, my poor chee-ildren!"]
  21. 20. ["Reconnoitering the Japanese held Guam island"]
    Scotty MacDonald
  22. 21. [Active Comics]
  23. 22. [Joke Comics]
  24. 23. [Commander Repeating Play Gun]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Jim Van Dore