Dime Comics #8

([circa April 1943])

[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

Hello! Acme Tailors? How long will it take to repair a pair of pants?

Genre

humour

Perilous Passage! (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

Following the treacherous underground watercourse -- the three fugitives suddenly find the water ending in a whirlpool - at a "dead end" tunnel

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Rex Baxter; Gail Abbot; Zoltan; Torzo; Riona; Lerzal

Synopsis

Rex attempts to rescue Queen Riona.

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

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

Script

?

Letters

?; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well kids! Here we are with a brand new "corner" all our own.

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

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

The Return of Dirk Latrol! (Table of Contents: 5)

Wild Bill / comic story / 8 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

I've been thinking over what Miss Jane's been telling me about there not being any room for six shooters in the new west... maybe she's right!

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Wild Bill Wildman; Rex; Jane Calamity; Jeff Willards; Trigger; Dirk Latrol

Synopsis

Wild Bill promises Jane he'll hang up his guns.

[Dizzy Don Detective] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

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

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

Super Sub / 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

Hey Steve look through this telescope ...hasn't that bottle got a note in it!!

Genre

war

Characters

Steve Sparks; Rocky Abbott; Helen Johnston

Synopsis

The Super Sub rescues Helen, who escaped from the Japanese.

Movie Alphabet Game (Table of Contents: 8)

activity / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Charles Aszt (credited)

Pencils

Al Cooper (credited)

Inks

Al Cooper (credited)

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

First paste letters on cardboard and then cut them into 24 separate pieces

[Canada's Fastest-selling "Action" Comic Book] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Your a treacherous imposter -- if your Johnny Canuck...

Genre

adventure; war

Characters

Johnny Canuck; Holtz; Swartz; Baron von Reichmann; Hauptman

Synopsis

Johnny tries to convince the Cossacks he's their ally, but Holtz lies about him to the Cossacks and they decide to treat Johnny as a prisoner. Meanwhile, the Germans torture a Russian prisoner into divulging the location of their base. Soon, German soldiers are paratrooping into the area.

Reprints

• in Johnny Canuck (Comic Syrup Press, 2015 series) ([June] 2015)

Keywords

Cossacks; Russia

[Something New Has Been Added!] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

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

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Did you speak to the boss yet?!! About the honor system I suggested yesterday-- I can't get used to these muzzles.

Genre

humour

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

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

Torpedo Flight (Table of Contents: 14)

text story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Edmund Legault (credited as E.T. Legault) (signed)

Pencils

Edmund Legault (credited as E.T. Legault) (signed)

Inks

Edmund Legault (credited as E.T. Legault) (signed)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The giant British aircraft carrier was plowing across the furious Mediterranean Ocean on its way toward Egypt, when the radio operator received a brief message.

Genre

war

Characters

Phil Hilton; Bill Hilton; Ted Hilton

Synopsis

After Phil's plane is shot down his brothers, Bill and Ted work to pick him up.

Contest Winners of the Finish Drawing This Comic Contest (Table of Contents: 15)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Manny Easson

Inks

Manny Easson

Letters

?

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

Axis Grinders! / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Adrian Dingle (signed as Darian)

Pencils

Adrian Dingle (signed as Darian)

Inks

Adrian Dingle (signed as Darian)

Letters

Adrian Dingle (signed as Darian)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Kids who spend their cash on candy don't feel too well or look so dandy

Reprints

• in The Great Canadian Comic Books (Peter Martin Associates, 1971 series) (1971)

[The Hunchback Strikes] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

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

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

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

Script

Al Cooper (credited)

Pencils

Al Cooper (credited)

Inks

Al Cooper (credited)

Letters

Al Cooper (credited); typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

As Scotty's crippled seaplane hovers above a plantation

Genre

war

Characters

Ruis Van Beckon; Willem; Scotty MacDonald; Jim Metcafle; Rato

Synopsis

Van Beckon and Scotty must get to the coast.

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

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

Can't you forget your business even for one night?!!

Genre

humour

[The Big 7] (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

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

[Identoplane Kit] (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)