([circa July 1943])

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

Speed Savage; Captain Wonder / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Ted Steele (signed)
Inks
Ted Steele (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Speed Savage [White Mask]; Captain Wonder

Free Sweater Crests (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

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

Nelvana of the Northern Lights / comic story / 9 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
Synopsis - We take leave of Nelvana and Targa in Glacia...
Genre
adventure; superhero
Characters
Spud Jodwin; Bill Speers; Tokik
Synopsis
The Japanese are getting the Eskimoes to fight the white man.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Nelvana does not appear in this story.

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

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 he's the river we have to cross!
Genre
humour; military

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

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
John street! Police station number 2 anybody getting off here
Genre
humour
Reprints
Keywords
police wagon

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

Laff and Be Happy / cartoon / 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
You should have been here at eight o'clock
Genre
humour
Characters
Clarence; Mrs. Brown; Horace

Indexer Notes

Four one-panel cartoons, and two two-panel comics.

Speed Savage as the New White Mask (Table of Contents: 6)

Speed Savage / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The treacherous rat!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Speed Savage [White Mask]; Black Raven; Frankie; Silky; Veronica Lone
Synopsis
Speed has to turn over the remaining four ravens or Veronica will be killed.

[Each One a Top-notcher - for Adventure and Fun!] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

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

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

Tang / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
René Kulbach (signed as René L. Kulbach)
Pencils
René Kulbach (signed as René L. Kulbach)
Inks
René Kulbach (signed as René L. Kulbach)
Letters
René Kulbach (signed as René L. Kulbach)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This seems to confirm what I've heard-
Genre
western-frontier
Characters
Tang; Buddy Breckenridge; Hank Steel; Mr. MacNaughton; Trigger; Slade; Sheriff "Blackie" Johnson; Hilda MacNaughton; Eddy; Judge C. Potter
Synopsis
A lynch mob tries to hang Buddy.

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Are you insinuatin' that I talked - Hermann?
Genre
humour; war
Characters
Hermann

Forbidden Oasis (Table of Contents: 10)

text story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Edmond Good
Pencils
Edmond Good
Inks
Edmond Good
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
This forbidden water hole of the grim Sahara gives up its secret... and death has the last laugh.
Genre
adventure
Characters
Larry Stone [Ali]; Amar Ben Omar [Ben Hak]; Commander Pierce
Synopsis
Larry Stone is lost in the desert.

[Commando Comics] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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

Capt. Wonder Meets the Wizard (Table of Contents: 12)

Capt. Wonder / comic story / 7 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
Wuxtra wuxtra!! Read all about th' million dollar fire! Wuxtra!
Genre
superhero
Characters
Captain Wonder [Bob Victor]; Commissioner Watt; Mr. Smith [Ray Mitchell]; Mr. Mulhooney [Hanz Hauptman; the Wizard]; Jack English
Synopsis
War plants are mysteriously catching fire.

[Dime Comics] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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

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

Ace Barton / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Ross Saakel (signed as Ross K. Saakel)
Pencils
Ross Saakel (signed as Ross K. Saakel)
Inks
Ross Saakel (signed as Ross K. Saakel)
Letters
Ross Saakel (signed as Ross K. Saakel)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Inch by inch, the Nazis worm their way towards the shack.
Genre
war
Characters
Hanz; Ace Barton; Burt Cunningham; Smithy; Roy
Synopsis
Ace and company try to trick the Nazis surrounding the radio shack.

[Automatic Anti-Aircraft Gun] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Commander Repeating Play Gun] (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Speed Savage; Captain Wonder
  2. 1. Free Sweater Crests
  3. 2. ["Synopsis - We take leave of Nelvana and Targa in Glacia..."]
    Nelvana of the Northern Lights
  4. 3. ["He says he's the river we have to cross!"]
  5. 4. ["John street! Police station number 2 anybody getting off here"]
  6. 5. ["You should have been here at eight o'clock"]
    Laff and Be Happy
  7. 6. Speed Savage as the New White Mask
    Speed Savage
  8. 7. [Each One a Top-notcher - for Adventure and Fun!]
  9. 8. ["This seems to confirm what I've heard-"]
    Tang
  10. 9. ["Are you insinuatin' that I talked - Hermann?"]
  11. 10. Forbidden Oasis
  12. 11. [Commando Comics]
  13. 12. Capt. Wonder Meets the Wizard
    Capt. Wonder
  14. 13. [Dime Comics]
  15. 14. ["Inch by inch, the Nazis worm their way towards the shack."]
    Ace Barton
  16. 15. [Automatic Anti-Aircraft Gun]
  17. 16. [Commander Repeating Play Gun]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Keith Alan Morgan