([circa 1942])

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

Issue Notes

No date on cover or in indicia.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Adrian Dingle (signed as Darian)
Inks
Adrian Dingle (signed as Darian)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humour
Characters
Spike; Mike Rafone

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Mickey Owens
Pencils
Mickey Owens
Inks
Mickey Owens
Letters
Mickey Owens

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I ain't talking see! It's a military secret.
Genre
humour

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

Private Stuff / comic story / 9 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
Private Stuff and his partner in sanity Private Ward have been sent on a secret mission to England!
Genre
humour; war
Characters
Private Stuff; Private Ward; Herr Brush; Herr Tonik; Major Opuration; I. Dea; Major Bed
Synopsis
Brush and Tonik disguise themselves as Stuff and Ward and go to steal the plans, while Stuff and Ward are left with a bomb.

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Don McKague
Pencils
Don McKague
Inks
Don McKague
Letters
Don McKague

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Aw, the heck with it!
Genre
humour

Indexer Notes

Five one-panel cartoons.

[Dime 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
Where did we get this referee from?
Genre
humour; sport

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

Snikel Grubber and Mussels Eeny / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ja, me und my helper vill be right over!
Genre
humour
Characters
Snikel Grubber; Mussels Eeny
Synopsis
After the war two familiar looking men go to work as paperhangers.

Indexer Notes

Snikel and Mussels are parodies of Hitler and Mussolini.

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

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

Daring Discoveries With Leif Ericson (Table of Contents: 8)

Daring Discoveries / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Edmund Legault (signed as E.T. Legault)
Pencils
Edmund Legault (signed as E.T. Legault)
Inks
Edmund Legault (signed as E.T. Legault)
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Leif Ericson, a son of Eric the Red, the founder of the earliest Scandinavian settlements -- from Iceland -- to Greenland, was really the first white man to step on North American soil by way of Labrador and Newfoundland.
Genre
history
Characters
Leif Ericson; Biarni; Eric the Red
Synopsis
Leif's exploration of the new world.

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

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

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

cartoon / 0.5 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
How much will it take to fix these blowouts?

[No Sale] (Table of Contents: 11)

cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Genre
humour

The Room of Mystery (Table of Contents: 12)

The Terror / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Don McKague (signed)
Pencils
Don McKague (signed)
Inks
Don McKague (signed)
Letters
Don McKague (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
We left the Terror, (Capt. Dan Drake, of British Intelligence) entering the mysterious hideout of Von Boche the German Gestapo chief.
Genre
superhero
Characters
The Terror [Dan Drake]; Von Boche; Dave Drake
Synopsis
The Terror confronts Von Boche.

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

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

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

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 must be a Nazi agent!
Genre
humour

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

Spike and Mike / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Pardon please! Have either of you hon. gentlemen a hon. match to spare?
Genre
humour
Characters
Spike; Mike Rafone; Fritz
Synopsis
A Japanese gentleman borrows some matches from Spike and Mike.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

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
Come, come, Smithers! This is no time to sell insurance.
Genre
humour
Characters
Smithers

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

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

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

Colonel Braggart / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Oscar Schlienger (signed)
Pencils
Oscar Schlienger (signed)
Inks
Oscar Schlienger (signed)
Letters
Oscar Schlienger (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There I was, literally out on a limb, trying to chase this mad bull with only my butterfly-net as a weapon----
Genre
adventure; humour
Characters
Colonel Braggart; Nogo
Synopsis
The colonel has to deal with the water buffalo which has treed him.

[The New Dizzy Don Colour-in-Contest] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

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

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

The Wing / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
John Hilkert (credited as John G. Hilkert)
Pencils
John Hilkert (credited as John G. Hilkert)
Inks
John Hilkert (credited as John G. Hilkert)
Letters
John Hilkert (credited as John G. Hilkert)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Like thousands of young Canadian girls, Trixie finds herself working at the all important job of turning out vital war production
Genre
superhero
Characters
Trixie Rogers [The Wing]; Renard [Scholtz]; Hermann Weffle; Max; Major Forsythe
Synopsis
The Wing learns of a sabotage attempt.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

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
Make him quit selling flowers around here he makes me noivous
Genre
humour; sport

[Quality. Comic. Group.] (Table of Contents: 22) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
They would have to fight out in Echo Valley and me with a splitting headache!
Genre
humour; war

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. ["I ain't talking see! It's a military secret."]
  3. 2. ["Private Stuff and his partner in sanity Private Ward have been sent on a secret mission to England!"]
    Private Stuff
  4. 3. ["Aw, the heck with it!"]
  5. 4. [Dime Comics]
  6. 5. ["Where did we get this referee from?"]
  7. 6. ["Ja, me und my helper vill be right over!"]
    Snikel Grubber and Mussels Eeny
  8. 7. [Commando Comics]
  9. 8. Daring Discoveries With Leif Ericson
    Daring Discoveries
  10. 9. [Active Comics]
  11. 10. ["How much will it take to fix these blowouts?"]
  12. 11. [No Sale]
  13. 12. The Room of Mystery
    The Terror
  14. 13. [Triumph Comics]
  15. 14. ["He must be a Nazi agent!"]
  16. 15. ["Pardon please! Have either of you hon. gentlemen a hon. match to spare?"]
    Spike and Mike
  17. 16. ["Come, come, Smithers! This is no time to sell insurance."]
  18. 17. [Wow Comics]
  19. 18. ["There I was, literally out on a limb, trying to chase this mad bull with only my butterfly-net as a weapon----"]
    Colonel Braggart
  20. 19. [The New Dizzy Don Colour-in-Contest]
  21. 20. ["Like thousands of young Canadian girls, Trixie finds herself working at the all important job of turning out vital war production"]
    The Wing
  22. 21. ["Make him quit selling flowers around here he makes me noivous"]
  23. 22. [Quality. Comic. Group.]
  24. 23. ["They would have to fight out in Echo Valley and me with a splitting headache!"]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Keith Alan Morgan