([circa September 1951])

Bell Features, 1951 Series
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Price
0.25 CAD
Pages
128
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1951
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Elhil Publishing Company
Editing
?

Issue Notes

Cover logo is Vacation Number.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Millie the Model / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Why is our section of the beach so empty?
Genre
humour; teen
Reprints
Keywords
beach; swimsuits
Cover Thumbnail for Colossal Comics (Bell Features, 1951 series) #2
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Cover gallery

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

Little Lizzie / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Stan Lee (signed)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, Lizzie -- wait a minute!
Genre
humour; children
Reprints

Out at First (Table of Contents: 2)

Li'l Willie / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
6711
Genre
humour; children
Reprints

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

Frankie Fuddle / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, boy! That was some exciting picture!
Genre
humour; children
Reprints

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

Awful Oscar / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
6013
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Look at that!
Genre
humour; children
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Four half-page cartoons featuring Awful Oscar

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

Little Lizzie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
6633
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gosh! Wasn't he a smart dog, Stingy!
Genre
humour; children
Reprints

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

Little Lana / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Williams
Inks
Bill Williams
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
6339
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, I love children, Lydia...
Genre
humour; children
Reprints

The Worm Turns (Table of Contents: 7)

Awful Oscar / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
SL-6473
Genre
humour; children
Reprints

The Fastest Rising Star In Movies (Table of Contents: 8)

Whip Wilson / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
?
Reprints

Big Business (Table of Contents: 9)

Frankie Fuddle / comic story / 3.5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Leon Winik
Inks
Leon Winik
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
5918
Genre
humour; children
Reprints

Frankie's Foolosophy (Table of Contents: 10)

Frankie Fuddle / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Leon Winik
Inks
Leon Winik
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humour; children
Reprints

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

Tiny Tessie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
6140
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, Ruffy!
Genre
humour; children
Reprints

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

Awful Oscar / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Hal Lockwood
Inks
Hal Lockwood
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
5917
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Brrr! It's a little chilly today!
Genre
humour; children
Reprints

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

Awful Oscar / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Hal Lockwood
Inks
Hal Lockwood
Colors
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Okay, wise guy! What now?
Genre
humour; children
Reprints

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

Tiny Tessie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
6140
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Tessie! I want you to go outside and rake up all the leaves!
Genre
humour; children
Reprints

Romulus and Remus (Table of Contents: 15)

text story / 0.33 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
non-fiction
Reprints
  • Reprinted from ?

Painless Dentist (Table of Contents: 16)

Awful Oscar / text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
SL-6472
Genre
humour; children
Reprints

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

Little Lana / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Williams
Inks
Bill Williams
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
6165
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Whew! It's hot today!
Genre
humour; children
Reprints

They Called Him: Wottaman - and Here's the Reason Why... (Table of Contents: 18)

Art "The Great" Shires / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
7???
Genre
non-fiction; sport
Characters
Art "The Great" Shires
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pages 2, 9 & 10 not reprinted from original story

The Original Celtics (Table of Contents: 19)

The Original Celtics / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Syd Shores (splash); Bob Powell (rest of story)
Inks
Syd Shores ? (splash); Bob Powell ? (rest of story)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
7140
Genre
non-fiction; sport
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Page 2 of original story not reprinted.

Gloved Dynamite (Table of Contents: 20)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
6409
Genre
sport
Reprints

Win It For the Gipper! (Table of Contents: 21)

George Gipp / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
? (splash); ? (rest of story)
Pencils
Syd Shores
Inks
Syd Shores ? (splash); ? (rest of story)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
7110
Genre
non-fiction; sport
Characters
George Gipp; Knute Rockne
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pages 2, 3, 8-11 not reprinted

A Tired Left Arm (Table of Contents: 22)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
6410
Genre
sport
Reprints

Hironoshin Furuhanshi, "The Flying Fish!" (Table of Contents: 23)

Hironoshin Furuhanshi / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
? (splash); ? (rest of story)
Pencils
Syd Shores ? (splash); ? (rest of story)
Inks
? (splash); ? (rest of story)
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
7095
Genre
non-fiction; sport
Characters
Hironoshin Furuhanshi
Reprints

Journey Into Death (Table of Contents: 24)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Russ Heath
Inks
Russ Heath
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
8155
Genre
adventure; science fiction
Reprints

My Flesh and Blood (Table of Contents: 25)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Loprino
Inks
Dan Loprino
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
7884
Genre
adventure
Reprints

Guilty? (Table of Contents: 26)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
adventure
Reprints

The Wolf Pack (Table of Contents: 27)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
John Tartaglione
Inks
John Tartaglione ?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
8098
Genre
adventure
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Per Michae J. Vassallo via Atlas Tales:

"This is unsigned John Tartaglione and by my reckoning is his very first "solo" story for Timely/Atlas."

The Road Back (Table of Contents: 28)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Vern Henkel
Inks
Vern Henkel
Colors
?
Letters
?
Job Number
7996
Genre
adventure
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

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

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?
First Line of Dialogue or Text
On sale at all newsstands!

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Colossal Comics#2, 3, 5 & 8.

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Why is our section of the beach so empty?"]
    Millie the Model
  2. 1. ["Oh, Lizzie -- wait a minute!"]
    Little Lizzie
  3. 2. Out at First
    Li'l Willie
  4. 3. ["Oh, boy! That was some exciting picture!"]
    Frankie Fuddle
  5. 4. ["Look at that!"]
    Awful Oscar
  6. 5. ["Gosh! Wasn't he a smart dog, Stingy!"]
    Little Lizzie
  7. 6. ["Oh, I love children, Lydia..."]
    Little Lana
  8. 7. The Worm Turns
    Awful Oscar
  9. 8. The Fastest Rising Star In Movies
    Whip Wilson
  10. 9. Big Business
    Frankie Fuddle
  11. 10. Frankie's Foolosophy
    Frankie Fuddle
  12. 11. ["Oh, Ruffy!"]
    Tiny Tessie
  13. 12. ["Brrr! It's a little chilly today!"]
    Awful Oscar
  14. 13. ["Okay, wise guy! What now?"]
    Awful Oscar
  15. 14. ["Tessie! I want you to go outside and rake up all the leaves!"]
    Tiny Tessie
  16. 15. Romulus and Remus
  17. 16. Painless Dentist
    Awful Oscar
  18. 17. ["Whew! It's hot today!"]
    Little Lana
  19. 18. They Called Him: Wottaman - and Here's the Reason Why...
    Art "The Great" Shires
  20. 19. The Original Celtics
    The Original Celtics
  21. 20. Gloved Dynamite
  22. 21. Win It For the Gipper!
    George Gipp
  23. 22. A Tired Left Arm
  24. 23. Hironoshin Furuhanshi, "The Flying Fish!"
    Hironoshin Furuhanshi
  25. 24. Journey Into Death
  26. 25. My Flesh and Blood
  27. 26. Guilty?
  28. 27. The Wolf Pack
  29. 28. The Road Back
  30. 29. ["On sale at all newsstands!"]
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  • Michael Hoskin
  • Keith Alan Morgan
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