([circa September 1943])

Bell Features, 1942 Series
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Price
0.10 CAD
Pages
60
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Brand
Colonial Distributors Bell Features
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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
?
Letters
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Genre
war

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

Clift Steele / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Al Cooper
Pencils
Al Cooper
Inks
Al Cooper
Letters
?

Genre
war
Characters
Clift Steele; General Johl; Will Saakel; Paul; Jocko; Tony; Roke
Synopsis
The Freedomers have to kidnap a German general in Sicily.

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

Tugboat / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ahoy! Floatin' mine - get your gun an' sink it Professor
Genre
humour; war
Characters
Captain Toby; Professor

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

Tugboat / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wow! We've hit a rock!
Genre
humour
Characters
Captain Toby; Professor
Synopsis
The boat has a leak.

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

Duds / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There goes th' air raid siren!
Genre
humour; war
Synopsis
A soldier is reading a letter from his wife while shelling is going on around him.

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

Duds / 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
Snap!
Genre
humour; war
Synopsis
A soldier mourns the loss of his girlfriend.

Contest Winners! (Table of Contents: 6)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Cooper
Inks
Al Cooper
Letters
?

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

The Sign of Freedom / comic story / 6 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
Now, put on this wooden leg over your real one! -- It defies detection! You must be "unfit for military duty."
Genre
war
Characters
Jimmie Clarkson [Franz Helmuth]; Nicklaus; Joseph Goebbels; Herr Kutt; Hermann Goering
Synopsis
Jimmie takes on the identity of a dead German.

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

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
You make heap too much smokum and heap mixup signals, ugh!
Genre
humour

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

Wings Over the Atlantic / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
André Kulbach (signed as André)
Pencils
André Kulbach (signed as André)
Inks
André Kulbach (signed as André)
Letters
André Kulbach (signed as André)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Fighting its way through heavy seas, a lone merchantman, separated during a storm from a convoy keeps steadily on its course.
Genre
war
Characters
Max; Hans
Synopsis
A battle between the pilot of a Fairey Fulmer and a Nazi Dornier.

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

cartoon / 1 page (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
Their smooth sailing is all over
Genre
humour
Characters
Adolf Hitler; Benito Mussolini; Hirohito
Synopsis
The three Axis leaders in a rowboat on rough seas being attacked by sharks.

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

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I thought - "Gee th' track is smooth all of a sudden"!
Genre
humour
Keywords
train

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

Ace Bradley / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Harry Thomson (signed as Thomson)
Pencils
Harry Thomson (signed as Thomson)
Inks
Harry Thomson (signed as Thomson)
Letters
Harry Thomson (signed as Thomson)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hello, there, Shorty. This is Ace. Major Anson wants our help again.
Genre
war
Characters
Ace Bradley; Shorty MacDonald; Major Anson; Carstairs
Synopsis
Ace and Shorty are sent to find out how the Nazis are able to keep locating a Scottish radar station even though it has been moved several times.

Flying-Boats (Table of Contents: 13)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Al Cooper (credited)
Pencils
Al Cooper (credited)
Inks
Al Cooper (credited)
Letters
Al Cooper (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The Grumman G-44 Gosling has two 200 H.P. ranger in-line air-cooled motors.
Genre
non-fiction; aviation

Trainers (Table of Contents: 14)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Al Cooper (credited)
Pencils
Al Cooper (credited)
Inks
Al Cooper (credited)
Letters
Al Cooper (credited)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The American PT-25, built of resin-bonded plywood, the new Ryan trainer uses practically no strategic materials.
Genre
non-fiction; aviation

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

De Adventures ob King Boho / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Keith (signed as F. Keith)
Pencils
Frank Keith (signed as F. Keith)
Inks
Frank Keith (signed as F. Keith)
Letters
Frank Keith (signed as F. Keith)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Yo' majesty, King Boho, yow-sah, ah wish to announce de arrival ob King Boozer to see dat Jap ship dat yo' won in dat crooked crap game, las' week!
Genre
humour
Characters
King Boho; King Boozer
Synopsis
Kings Boho and Boozer examine Boho's new ship.

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

The Invisible Commando / 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
She doesn't look like a German...
Genre
war
Characters
Lee Pierce
Synopsis
Lee learns this was a British ship taken over by Germans from a u-boat.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

S.S. Tugboat / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Frank Keith (credited as Keith)
Pencils
Frank Keith (credited as Keith)
Inks
Frank Keith (credited as Keith)
Letters
Frank Keith (credited as Keith)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
There goes a tramp steamer captain!
Genre
humour
Characters
Professor; Captain Toby
Synopsis
A tramp steamer signals Toby's tugboat.

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

The Young Commandos / 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
Their mission - parachute earthward, gain control and swiftly demolish the ammunition arsenal...
Genre
war
Characters
Capt. Reddy; Chuck "Porky" Gordon; René Dupré; Mike Dutton; Ted Master; Bob
Synopsis
The Young Commandos work to blow up the feedline to German anti-aircraft guns.

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

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
Sorry, but dat line am still busy
Genre
humour

[Automatic Anti-Aircraft Gun] (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Here's a Smashing Bargain!] (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Clift Steele
  3. 2. ["Ahoy! Floatin' mine - get your gun an' sink it Professor"]
    Tugboat
  4. 3. ["Wow! We've hit a rock!"]
    Tugboat
  5. 4. ["There goes th' air raid siren!"]
    Duds
  6. 5. ["Snap!"]
    Duds
  7. 6. Contest Winners!
  8. 7. ["Now, put on this wooden leg over your real one! -- It defies detection! You must be "unfit for military duty.""]
    The Sign of Freedom
  9. 8. ["You make heap too much smokum and heap mixup signals, ugh!"]
  10. 9. ["Fighting its way through heavy seas, a lone merchantman, separated during a storm from a convoy keeps steadily on its course."]
    Wings Over the Atlantic
  11. 10. ["Their smooth sailing is all over"]
  12. 11. ["I thought - "Gee th' track is smooth all of a sudden"!"]
  13. 12. ["Hello, there, Shorty. This is Ace. Major Anson wants our help again."]
    Ace Bradley
  14. 13. Flying-Boats
  15. 14. Trainers
  16. 15. ["Yo' majesty, King Boho, yow-sah, ah wish to announce de arrival ob King Boozer to see dat Jap ship dat yo' won in dat crooked crap game, las' week!"]
    De Adventures ob King Boho
  17. 16. ["She doesn't look like a German..."]
    The Invisible Commando
  18. 17. ["There goes a tramp steamer captain!"]
    S.S. Tugboat
  19. 18. ["Their mission - parachute earthward, gain control and swiftly demolish the ammunition arsenal..."]
    The Young Commandos
  20. 19. ["Sorry, but dat line am still busy"]
  21. 20. [Automatic Anti-Aircraft Gun]
  22. 21. [Here's a Smashing Bargain!]
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Peter Croome
  • Keith Alan Morgan