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Issue: Wow Comics #22
Publication Date: December 1944
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Issues: #22 of 30 Issues
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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: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 CAD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 14 (10 stories, 1 cover)
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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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Genres: war
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Disclose Notes: Cover mentions an interior story "Case of the Piano-Playing Corpse!" featuring the Penguin, but it doesn't appear that the cover illustrates that story.
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First Line: To heck with my chute! I've got my Colossal to give me a lift!
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The Mystery of the Piano-Playing Corpse Part One

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Penguin
Character(s): Inspector Mallory; Maguire; Marian Crandall; The Penguin; John Crandall; Len Kane; Dr. Higgs; Jim; Dr. Blue; Blackie
First Line: In the office of Chief Inspector Mallory, C.I.B.
Synopsis: Marion Crandall keeps seeing the ghost of her late husband playing the piano.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The last two panels are actually a promo introducing Dr. Blue and Blackie to the Bell Features family and plugging their series in Active Comics.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Professor Punk
Character(s): Professor Punk
First Line: You've all read about the new "rocket" anti-aircraft weapons used to combat German nite raiders!
Synopsis: The Professor explains how his rocket anti-aircraft weapons work.
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Derelict of the Desert

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Genres: war
Character(s): Rusty; Red
First Line: This is a story of the fightingest pals of a Canadian tank unit in the North African Conflict.
Synopsis: Rusty and Red look for water.
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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Jeff Waring
Character(s): Lita Chang; Bato; Jeff Waring; Inspector Findlay
First Line: In the palatial home of Lita Chang in the Chinese section of Rio de Janeiro...
Synopsis: Lita Chang wants revenge for her father.
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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Southpaw
Character(s): Duke; Southpaw Sanders; J. P. Whistlestop
First Line: And so I sez to this tough mug, I'll mow ya down and he says
Synopsis: Southpaw is on a train with T.N.T. strapped to the bottom.
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Genres: war
Character(s): Peter Kingsley; Shorty Green; Captain Foster; Zona Kingsley; Lord Kingsley; Lady Kingsley; Bryan Russell [Brian Russell]; King George VI; Queen Elizabeth; Mrs. Russell; Alf Russell
First Line: The oily waters that washed the shores showed unmistakable signs that marauding submarines had fared badly in their efforts to way-lay the valuable convoy
Synopsis: Arriving in England, Shorty meets Peter's family.
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Catalina Mission

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Genres: war
Character(s): Al Philips; Johnny Gray; Bill Gibson
First Line: A stalking Catalina drifts down through the clouds to find its prey.. and then the hot lead begins to fly
Synopsis: A plane crew hunts for a Japanese mine layer.
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Genres: western
Feature(s): The Phantom Rider
Character(s): Duan Harris [Phantom Rider]; Ace; Fred; Finch
First Line: H-mmm..... there seems to be a lot of tough looking birds around this town "Ace"!
Synopsis: Duan comes across trouble with the Bar-L ranch.
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Undersea Menace

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Genres: war
Feature(s): Adventure with Lucky
Character(s): Lucky
First Line: The Merchant Marine are losing ships - valuable ships - by some mysterious peril - no chances are taken with this convoy - Lucky is in charge of the slowest vessel...
Synopsis: German submarines attack a convoy.
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Hodge Podge Mystery

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Genres: espionage
Feature(s): Guy Powers Secret Agent
Character(s): Guy Powers; Prof. Robot; Nini Janine; Pop
First Line: On the stroke of eight, a car rolls up to Powers' front door! He enters! The car speeds away on its mysterious mission!
Synopsis: Singer Nini Janine at the Hodge Podge is suspected of passing on messages to the Nazis.
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Canada's Greatest Comic Magazines

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A Shadow "Short"

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Character(s): Shorty the Shadow; "Brass" Knuckles
Synopsis: Shorty stops "Brass" Knuckles and his "Dusters" with a copy of Colossal Comics.
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