Dime Comics #17

([circa October 1944])

[Look For the Bell Features on the Cover] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

[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

---and the huge bomber speeds Rex and Gail on their search for Zoltan.

Genre

science fiction

Characters

Rex Baxter; Gail Abbot; Zoltan

Synopsis

Rex and Gail land on the Jap prison island where Zoltan is captive.

Cover Contest Winners (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

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

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

Nitro / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Gerald Lazare (signed)

Pencils

Gerald Lazare (signed)

Inks

Gerald Lazare (signed)

Letters

Gerald Lazare (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I'm glad you came Terry!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Nitro [Terry Long]; Professor Daniel Long; Slick; Bugs

Synopsis

Professor Long has invented a secret weapon and asks Terry's help to keep people from stealing it.

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

Casey Bones / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Keith (signed)

Pencils

Frank Keith (signed)

Inks

Frank Keith (signed)

Letters

Frank Keith (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

So you're my new fireman, eh?

Genre

humour

Characters

Casey Bones

Synopsis

Casey has to deal with a new fireman.

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

Scotty MacDonald / comic story / 6 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

Gaining entrance to a Jap military aerodrome

Genre

war

Characters

Scotty MacDonald; Jim O'Hara; Tana

Synopsis

Scotty, Jim and Tana escape Japan and fly to China.

Pepper-Pot Catches a Spy! (Table of Contents: 7)

Pepper-Pot / text story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Jesse V. French (credited as Jesse French)

Pencils

Adrian Dingle (credited)

Inks

Adrian Dingle (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

British Intelligence recalled Pepper Pot from a well-deserved holiday.

Genre

spy

Characters

Pepper Pot; Colin Wood [Carl Von Sphlieder]; Von Hoepplier

Synopsis

Pepper Pot must find Nazi spies in a construction unit.

Murder For Music! (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

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Pencils

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Inks

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Who's your bet as top band this year in Metrobeat Magazines band poll honey?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

"Hunchy" Walker; Jack; Jim; Benny Dorsey; Drummy Young; Peggy Key; Ziggy Eldridge

Synopsis

"Hunchy" Walker wants to be the top bandleader at any cost.

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

cartoon / 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

Japs are savages de same as us - but on a much larger scale!

Genre

humour

The Flying Fool (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Edmund Legault (signed as E.T. Legault)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is the diary of Frank Kent, dare-devil Canadian ace of the skies.

Genre

aviation

Characters

Frank Kent

Synopsis

To avenge his kid brother's plane being shot down Frank steals a plane and attacks German targets.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Is he a bird dog, Joe?

Genre

humour

Characters

Joe; Rover; Frank; Butch; Alice; Bill

Indexer Notes

Nine one-panel cartoons.

Johnny Canuck Fighting the Japs! (Table of Contents: 12)

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

That must be the Mary Ann now! I'll set this crate down beside her and look over the supplies for the generalissimo!

Genre

adventure; war

Characters

Johnny Canuck; P. J. Stilts; Veda

Synopsis

Johnny is on a yacht carrying guns and ammunition.

Reprints

• in The Great Canadian Comic Books (Peter Martin Associates, 1971 series) (1971)
• in Johnny Canuck (Comic Syrup Press, 2015 series) ([June] 2015)

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

Goofy Gags / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Harry Brunt (signed)

Pencils

Harry Brunt (signed)

Inks

Harry Brunt (signed)

Letters

Harry Brunt (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I thought I heard someone yell "fire"

Genre

humour

Indexer Notes

Four one-panel cartoons.

[Canada's Greatest Comic Magazines] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

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

Just Think... (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

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