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Issue: Dime Comics #14
Publication Date: April 1944
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Issues: #14 of 34 Issues (35 Printings)
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Publisher: FlagBell Features
Brand: Colonial Distributors Bell FeaturesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Bell Features and Publishing Company Limited
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 CAD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 20 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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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 Xalanta's Secret

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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Rex Baxter
Character(s): Rex Baxter; Gail Abbott
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Pages: 1
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Canada's Greatest Comic Magazines

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The Voice From Nowhere!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Rex Baxter
Character(s): Rex Baxter; Gail Abbott; E. T. Atkinson; James Morton
First Line: Newspapers throughout the country are full of the unbelievable adventures of Rex Baxter and his lovely companion, Gail Abbott, who are said to have just returned from Xalanta, a mysterious land below the Earth.
Synopsis: Rex tells of his adventures in Xalanta, but without proof few belief him.
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[untitled]

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Character(s): Rex Baxter; E. T. Atkinson
First Line: Here are some new adventurers! Drop them a line!
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Bright Moments.....
Character(s): John; Adolph Hitler (on a wanted poster)
First Line: Give me that tire - son - and you can name your own price!
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, western
Feature(s): Mild Will
Character(s): William Childman [Mild Will]; Harry; Chief Oneer
First Line: But Harry, yuh heerd th' noo sheriff tell me t' get outta town fer not votin' fer him at election time, or he'd lock me up!
Synopsis: Mild Will buys a strength potion from a medicine show.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Barnacle Bull
Character(s): Barnacle Bull
First Line: The good ship "Model-T" is struck by a Nazi torpedo from a wolf pack of German subs!
Synopsis: The captain sends Barnacle to the radio to send out an SOS.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): A Goofy Tale
Character(s): Adenoid Distemper; Maybelle
First Line: As a child little Adenoid Distemper, la walls - was nuts over children and had all kinds of dolls!
Synopsis: The differences between Adenoid and her cousin Maybelle.
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Goofy Tales
Character(s): J. Hansford McJift; Mrs. McJift
First Line: Come! Come! Why don't ya carry sumpin' in yer hands too, ya bum!
Synopsis: The difference with Mr. McJift at work and at home.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Spooky Tales
Character(s): Wilbur Throckmorton Jr.; Dr. Mania; Slug-Boogie
First Line: Wilbur Throckmorton Jr. sits on the curb in front of his home
Synopsis: Wilbur is kidnapped by Dr. Mania to send to Mars.
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Nitro
Character(s): Nitro [Terry King]; C. T. Key; Mr. Garanzi; Von Henk
First Line: Dusk falls casting its long gray shadows over hundreds of workers coming home to enjoy a quiet evening with their families and friends
Synopsis: Two men are murdered and Terry is charged with the crime.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Shaddrac the Salesman
Character(s): Shaddrac; Adolph Hitler (on a wanted poster); Snookee
First Line: What fo did Adam and Eve...
Synopsis: Shaddrac has to sell more mouse traps or be fired.
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From "Frisco" To Paree!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Vic Griffin's True World Wide Adventures
Character(s): Vic Griffin; Bill; Mal; Shorty; Yapski; Heinie; Tony the Dago; Sam Yoo
First Line: Presenting a page out of the experiences of an old-time radio operator on a, to him, memorable trip during the last year of the war.
Synopsis: Vic's time serving as a wireless operator on the Yokohama making a trip from San Francisco to London.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Laff and Be Happy
Character(s): Bill; Oscar; Archibald; Reggie; George; Billy; Maggie; Jack
First Line: Mister will you donate something to the old ladies home?
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Super Sub
Character(s): Steve Sparks; Rocky Abbott
First Line: Having destroyed a secret Japanese radio station
Synopsis: The Super Sub heads to disrupt Japanese shipping.
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Live Fish of the Desert

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Strange Facts Scrapbook
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Information on fish living in submerged lakes under the desert, wild pigs killed by their own tusks, auk egg-laying, the notorius killing wolf, Lobo, living lamps of Sim and a village in a volcano.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, jungle
Feature(s): Johnny Canuck
Character(s): Johnny Canuck; Inspector Harris; the Bawanians
First Line: Doomed to die with Inspector Harris...
Synopsis: Johnny survives falling over the cliff, then has to contend with crocodiles and leopards!
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Pages: 7
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Casey Bones
Character(s): Casey Bones; Tootsie
First Line: Well Tootsie, are you all set to pull out for Alfalfa?
Synopsis: The train goes to Alfalfa.
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Automatic Anti-Aircraft Gun

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Commander Repeating Play Gun

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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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