([circa June 1945])

Bell Features, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 CAD
Pages
60
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Bell Features and Publishing Company Limited
Brand
Colonial Distributors Bell Features
Editing
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Adrian Dingle (signed as DINGLE)
Inks
Adrian Dingle (signed as DINGLE)
Colors
?

Genre
war

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

activity / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Ted Steele (signed as TAS)
Pencils
Ted Steele (signed as TAS)
Inks
Ted Steele (signed as TAS)
Letters
Ted Steele (signed as TAS)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Now you can be the White Mask!
Characters
White Mask [Speed Savage]

Indexer Notes

A cut-out mask printed across the interior front and back covers.

There is also a version with a mask of Mike from Spike and Mike.

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

Rex Baxter / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Adrian Dingle (signed)
Pencils
Adrian Dingle (signed)
Inks
Adrian Dingle (signed)
Letters
Adrian Dingle (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A "Yank" plane overhead!
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Rex Baxter; Zoltan; Gail Abbot; Bill
Synopsis
Rex, Gail and Zoltan escape the island.

[Caught a Man-killer Bare-handed!] (Table of Contents: 3)

It's a Fact! / cartoon / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Ross Saakel (signed)
Pencils
Ross Saakel (signed)
Inks
Ross Saakel (signed)
Letters
Ross Saakel (signed)

Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Cleve Brown; Mrs. Oliver Grinnel; Battling Nelson; William Rosser; Henry Clay

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Nitro / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Gerald Lazare (credited as Jerry Lazare)
Pencils
Gerald Lazare (credited as Jerry Lazare)
Inks
Gerald Lazare (credited as Jerry Lazare)
Letters
Gerald Lazare (credited as Jerry Lazare)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Blaring headlines shock the country into realization -- the nation's greatest munitions source, the hill plant, goes on strike!!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Nitro [Terry King]; "Pop" Allen; "Bugs" Bouchier
Synopsis
Gangsters pretend to be union organisers.

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

Clipper / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Frank Keith (signed)
Pencils
Frank Keith (signed)
Inks
Frank Keith (signed)
Letters
Frank Keith (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh boy! What a swell day for fishin' - I'm gonna try my luck!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Clipper
Synopsis
Clipper goes fishing.

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

Oolay the Eskimo / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Cal (signed as Cal [cursive])
Pencils
Cal (signed as Cal [cursive])
Inks
Cal (signed as Cal [cursive])
Letters
Cal (signed as Cal [cursive])

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Here's your mail order package, Oolay!
Genre
humour
Characters
Oolay
Synopsis
Oolay gets a phonograph.

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

Homer and His Hound! / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Ross Saakel (signed)
Pencils
Ross Saakel (signed)
Inks
Ross Saakel (signed)
Letters
Ross Saakel (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Don't so much as move your big toe for ten minutes after we're gone! Understand?
Genre
humour; crime
Characters
Chauncey; Homer; Hugo; Jimmy; Jones
Synopsis
Homer's store is robbed and he goes after the crooks.

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

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
An Allied base somewhere in the South Pacific
Genre
adventure; aviation; war
Characters
Johnny Canuck
Synopsis
Johnny flies into the Pacific Theater and destroys a Japanese railway hub, but his plane is shot down and the Japanese imprison him, using torture to try and force information from him.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

The story is "inspired" by the Blackhawk story in Military Comics #28 (Quality) and a number of panels are flipped images from the Blackhawk story.

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

"Judge" Mint / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
M. Peterson (signed as PETERSON)
Pencils
M. Peterson (signed as PETERSON)
Inks
M. Peterson (signed as PETERSON)
Letters
M. Peterson (signed as PETERSON)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ahem -- well missus Vasolineski ---- what's this here complaint against your husband?
Genre
humour
Characters
Judge Mint; Mrs. Vasolineski; Mr. Vasolineski
Synopsis
Mrs. Vasolineski was hit with a fruitcake.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Help Wanted / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
M. Peterson (signed as PETERSON)
Pencils
M. Peterson (signed as PETERSON)
Inks
M. Peterson (signed as PETERSON)
Letters
M. Peterson (signed as PETERSON)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Your name?
Genre
humour
Characters
Moe [Flannel]
Synopsis
Moe is interviewed for a job.

Bandit Band! (Table of Contents: 11)

Drummy Young / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Gerald Lazare (credited as Jerry Lazare)
Pencils
Gerald Lazare (credited as Jerry Lazare)
Inks
Gerald Lazare (credited as Jerry Lazare)
Letters
Gerald Lazare (credited as Jerry Lazare)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
At the Hotel Commodore Drummy Young's orchestra ends a hot number....
Genre
adventure
Characters
Drummy Young; Peggy Key; Ziggy Eldridge; Chic Grover; Stringy
Synopsis
A band made-up of criminals robs a nightclub.

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
William - come in now dear - you have company come to play with you!
Genre
humour
Characters
William

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

George & Looey / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Ross Saakel (signed)
Pencils
Ross Saakel (signed)
Inks
Ross Saakel (signed)
Letters
Ross Saakel (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Now see 'ere! You two blokes 'ave been running your detective agency in this office for the last six months, an' in all that time you ain't paid a cent o' rent!
Genre
humour
Characters
George; Looey; Cliff
Synopsis
George and Looey are hired to protect the presents at a wedding.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Action in the Pacific / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Aram Alexanian (signed)
Pencils
Aram Alexanian (signed)
Inks
Aram Alexanian (signed)
Letters
Aram Alexanian (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
In a U.S. Navy torpedo bomber on the lookout for a Jap cruiser
Genre
aviation; war
Characters
Robert Segal
Synopsis
Robert fights off Japanese planes so another plane can torpedo the Japanese cruiser.

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

Chik 'n' Fuzz / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Thomas (signed as Thomas)
Pencils
Bill Thomas (signed as Thomas)
Inks
Bill Thomas (signed as Thomas)
Letters
Bill Thomas (signed as Thomas)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wouldn't it be great t' have a ride in one a' them things
Genre
humour
Characters
Chik; Fuzz; Hans
Synopsis
Chik and Fuzz sneak onto an airplane to experience flight.

The Sheik of Arawasp! (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Ross Saakel (signed)
Pencils
Ross Saakel (signed)
Inks
Ross Saakel (signed)
Letters
Ross Saakel (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Well, well! What do you know about that! A real sheik is staying here in town! This will put Bilgewater Junction on the map!
Genre
humour
Characters
Homer; Blackie; the Shiek; Benny; Joe
Synopsis
Criminals kidnap the Shiek of Arawasp.

[Commander Repeating Play Gun] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. ["Now you can be the White Mask!"]
  3. 2. ["A "Yank" plane overhead!"]
    Rex Baxter
  4. 3. [Caught a Man-killer Bare-handed!]
    It's a Fact!
  5. 4. ["Blaring headlines shock the country into realization -- the nation's greatest munitions source, the hill plant, goes on strike!!"]
    Nitro
  6. 5. ["Oh boy! What a swell day for fishin' - I'm gonna try my luck!"]
    Clipper
  7. 6. ["Here's your mail order package, Oolay!"]
    Oolay the Eskimo
  8. 7. ["Don't so much as move your big toe for ten minutes after we're gone! Understand?"]
    Homer and His Hound!
  9. 8. ["An Allied base somewhere in the South Pacific"]
    Johnny Canuck
  10. 9. ["Ahem -- well missus Vasolineski ---- what's this here complaint against your husband?"]
    "Judge" Mint
  11. 10. ["Your name?"]
    Help Wanted
  12. 11. Bandit Band!
    Drummy Young
  13. 12. ["William - come in now dear - you have company come to play with you!"]
  14. 13. ["Now see 'ere! You two blokes 'ave been running your detective agency in this office for the last six months, an' in all that time you ain't paid a cent o' rent!"]
    George & Looey
  15. 14. ["In a U.S. Navy torpedo bomber on the lookout for a Jap cruiser"]
    Action in the Pacific
  16. 15. ["Wouldn't it be great t' have a ride in one a' them things"]
    Chik 'n' Fuzz
  17. 16. The Sheik of Arawasp!
  18. 17. [Commander Repeating Play Gun]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Keith Alan Morgan
  • Jim Van Dore