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Issue: Wow Comics #16
Publication Date: December 1943
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Issues: #16 of 30 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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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: 18 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: No date in magazine, date guessed upon by indexer by comparing to issue 19. Cover says "Colonial Distributors, Bell Features". Indicia (with no date, issue or series name) states "Bell Features and Publishing Company Limited".
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: colour covers; colour interior (#1-8); black and white interior (#9 and on)
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.
Paper Stock: newsprint
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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6 Nerve-Tingling Adventures

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Penguin
Character(s): The Penguin; The Luger
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Free Sweater Crests

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Writer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for sweater crests from Bell Features.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Penguin
Character(s): The Penguin; Max Murchison; The Luger
First Line: The Penguin, mysterious defender of justice, whom no one has seen without his bird-like mask and lived to tell, has traced Max Murchison...
Synopsis: The Penguin infiltrates The Luger's secret headquarters.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Continued from the previous issue, continued in next issue.
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Joke Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Joke Comics with many panels from comics in Joke Comics. One panel is signed by Ross Saakel.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): Guy Powers
Character(s): Guy Power; Sergeant Crumb; Anna Fanna; Carol Kapek
First Line: Once again Guy Powers demonstrates his ability to cope with the secret invaders of this country.
Synopsis: Guy investigates the apparent suicide of a German inventor.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Signed in last panel.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Come on copper, do your bit!
Synopsis: A thief asks a cop to throw his handcuffs in a scrap metal bin to support the war effort.
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Pages: 1
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The Adventure of the Spymaster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: espionage
Feature(s): Whiz Wallace
Character(s): Whiz Wallace; Jo Barry; the Spymaster
First Line: Whiz Wallace and Elaine were captured by Arabs only to be rescued and re-captured by the crew of a German bomber.
Synopsis: Whiz visits Bombay.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Continued from previous issue. Continued in next issue.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: I was held up by a gunman but I fooled him. All he got was my ring and watch. I stuck my war savings stamps on my chest before I left the house.
Synopsis: The thief did not get his war stamps.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Feature(s): Crash Carson and his Devil's Angels
Character(s): Crash Carson; Tank Mulligan; Commander Taylor
First Line: On the runway of the 109th Fighter Squadron's airfield...
Synopsis: Crash and a Nazi do battle in the air.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: "No. 9/43" in first panel.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Casey Bones
Character(s): Casey Bones
First Line: These are the cylinders...
Synopsis: An engineer shows a young boy the parts of a train.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Signed in the last panel but signature is difficult to read. First name is definitely Frank. Art work is cartoony and stiff. Appears to match artwork in next cartoon which is signed "Keith".
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Bird Burlesque

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A bird has a tug-of-war with a worm.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Jeff Waring
Character(s): Jeff Waring; Tana; Guka [Graham]; Kay Allen; Professor Allen
First Line: Tana, the daughter of Guka who is the chief of a fierce tribe of natives...
Synopsis: Tana helps Jeff escape from Guka's prison and they are re-united with Kay and Professor Allen.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Continued from previous issue. Continued in next issue.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, war
First Line: Are you sure there isn't a chicken aboard this ship? We've been laying eggs all morning!
Synopsis: A bomber is "laying eggs all morning".
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): The Phantom Rider of the Crimson Sage
Character(s): Phantom Rider [Duan Harris]; Ace; Mr. Harris; Lil; Pete
First Line: Good lord - Smoke -- Dad's ranch is burning!
Synopsis: Duan's parents are killed by bandits and he vows revenge.
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Pages: 6
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Triumph Comics 6 Superb Features

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Ad for Truimph Comics using several panels from various artists. Ad also has a contest to win the reader's adventure portrayed in Ted Steele's strip Speed Savage.
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Pages: 1
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Madame Vulture

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, historical
Feature(s): Dart Daring
Character(s): Dart Daring; Madame Vulture; Loraine Knight; Frankie; The Captain
First Line: After the good ship 'Falcon' crashed against an ominous-looking castle in the sea, the captain, Lorraine and young Frankie are made prisoners within the gloomy structure.
Synopsis: Dart Daring fights Madame Vulture's men but is trapped in a dungeon with Loraine, Frankie and the Captain.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: Continued from previous issue.
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Automatic Anti-Aircraft Gun

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for toy gun from Trans-Canada Mail Order Company.
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Commando Bang Bang Bang Repeating Play Gun

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Ad for toy gun from Trans Canada Mail Order Company.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On back cover of comic.

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