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Issue: Dime Comics #1
Publication Date: February 1942
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Issues: #1 of 34 Issues (35 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagBell Features
Brand: Colonial DistributorsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Commercial Signs of Canada
On Sale Date: 02/01/1942
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 CAD
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Content Items: 11 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Indexed from scanned copy at http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/comics/027002-5100-e.html

On sale date from Dime Comics #26.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Black and white interior (issues 1 - 28); Colour interior (issues 29 and on); Colour covers
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: Newsprint cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Rex Baxter and the Island of Doom

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Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Rex Baxter
Character(s): Rex Baxter; Kenneth Scotty MacDonald; Johnny Canuck; Gail Abbot
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Pages: 1
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World Wonders

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
First Line: Eiffel Tower
Synopsis: Information on the Eiffel Tower, the Taj Mahal and the Parthenon.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. In colour. Also includes indicia.
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Introducing Rex Baxter and the Island of Doom

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Rex Baxter
Character(s): Rex Baxter; Gail Abbot
First Line: Rex Baxter adventurous young soldier of fortune is returning aboard the S.S. Luxor to enjoy a well-earned leave from duty with the British army in northern Africa---
Synopsis: Rex and Gail's ship is attacked by a German submarine and they are attacked by a giant ray in the water. They make it to an island where they have to deal with being marooned.
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Pages: 20
Disclose Notes: Each page appears to be signed, possibly artwork was originally intended as comic strips but re-purposed for comic book. Continued in next issue.
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What Is Wrong With This Ship?

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Genres: war
Synopsis: Win Khaki & Nickel Army flashlights for finding problems with a picture of a ship and submitting the answers.
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Pages: 1
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Cartooning Corner

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First Line: Material used in cartooning.
Synopsis: Simple instructions on drawing comics.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Some of the lettering is reminiscent of Legault's work.
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Johnny Canuck

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Johnny Canuck
Character(s): Johnny Canuck; Lola; Baron Von Reichmann; Winston Churchill; Adolf Hitler
First Line: Johnny Canuck Canada's answer to Nazi oppresion is now devoting his great physical powers for the destruction of Hitler's forces in Libya.
Synopsis: Johnny Canuck is flying over the Libyian jungle and runs into a German patrol. He is forced to bail out and is captured by barbarians. He defeats their tyrant king and the people help him defeat a group of Germans.
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Pages: 19
Disclose Notes: Hitler appears in one panel at the end.

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The Old Act Was Much Better

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Benito Mussolini; Adolf Hitler (picture)
Synopsis: Political cartoon about Libya.
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Pages: 1
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Storage Barrel Ants

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Would You Believe?
First Line: Live in Mexico and south western U.S.A.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Information on storage barrel ants, Ming tombs and a cable railway in the Bavarian Alps.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Feature(s): Kenneth Scotty McDonald
Character(s): Kenneth Scotty McDonald; Tim Boyle; Hans; Colonel Ward; Bankroft
First Line: Somewhere above southern England...
Synopsis: Scotty is assigned to some intelligence work in Bombay, India.
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Pages: 21
Disclose Notes: Last name of main character alternates between Mc and Mac.
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War Terms Explained

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Benito Mussolini
Synopsis: Political cartoon showing Il Duce as a dud rocket in Egypt.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Dart Daring

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Dart Daring
Synopsis: Ad for Wow Comics.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On back cover of comic.

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