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Publisher: Bell Features
Years in Operation: 1941 - 1953
Disclose Detail
Country: Flag Canada Web Site: Brands: 12 Indicia Publishers: 3 Series: 259 Printings: 1084 (1079 Issues) Disclose Notes: Company known as Commercial Signs of Canada from 1939-1942, though their first comics weren't published until 1941. Canadian Golden-Age publisher of original material and then of reprints of American comics from various publishers.

Bell's output can be divided into 4 time periods.

The first, and arguably the most important, period is from 1941 to early 1946. During this time Bell produced 100% Canadian comics, known popularly as Canadian Whites (even though a few of the early ones were actually in full colour).

The second period is a very short time in 1946 when Bell was producing comics for the British market. These normally had an original Canadian cover with a reprint of a contemporary U.S. comic inside.

After this was the third period where Bell reprinted U.S. comics with covers from the U.S. comics themselves. Comics from Archie, Marvel, Quality and other U.S. publishers were common. Sometimes the comic being reprinted had the correct cover, sometimes it didn't. This period was from approximately 1948 to 1951.

The fourth period is after 1951. Bell continued to reprint U.S. comics but mostly under different titles and covers from the original U.S. comics. Splash pages were modified to serve as covers or illustrations from one company were combined with logos from another and some of the titles and logos from the Canadian Whites were revived.

Besides a few of the very early Canadian Whites, a few of the British exports and a couple of the earliest U.S. reprints, Bell did not include dates in the comics. The estimated dates are based, primarily, on the earliest possible date based on what is being reprinted. The estimated dates of other issues in the series are also taken into account as well as the existence of date stamps. It is quite possible that some comics were actually published months or even a year or two after our estimated date.   Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
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Series Name and Issue # View Issue Images Icon Publication Date Content Items
4Most #19 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon ? 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
4Most #20 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 ? 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
4Most #21 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Active Comics #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 February 1942 16 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Active Comics #2 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 March 1942 15 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Active Comics #3 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 April 1942 18 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Active Comics #4 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 3/1 May 1942 22 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Active Comics #5 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 June 1942 18 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Active Comics #6 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 July 1942 23 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Active Comics #7 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 September 1942 21 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Active Comics #8 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 November 1942 31 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Active Comics #9 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 1943 22 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Active Comics #10 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 March 1943 21 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Active Comics #11 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 May 1943 23 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Active Comics #12 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 July 1943 19 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Active Comics #13 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 September 1943 22 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Active Comics #14 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 November 1943 18 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Active Comics #15 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 January 1944 21 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Active Comics #16 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 March 1944 16 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Active Comics #17 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 May 1944 15 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Active Comics #18 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 July 1944 15 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Active Comics #19 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 September 1944 19 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Active Comics #20 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 November 1944 18 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Active Comics #21 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 1945 16 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Active Comics #22 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 March 1945 16 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Active Comics #23 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 May 1945 15 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Active Comics #24 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 July 1945 16 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Active Comics #25 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 September 1945 15 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Active Comics #26 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 November 1945 17 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Active Comics #27 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 1946 18 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Active Comics #28 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 March 1946 17 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Active Comics #29 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 April 1946 13 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Active Comics #30 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 October 1946 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Active Comics #96 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1950 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Active Comics #98 (Comic Book) May 1950 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Active Comics #99 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1950 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Active Comics #100 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 1950 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Active Comics #102 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2 January 1950 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Active Comics #103 (Comic Book) January 1950 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Active Comics #104 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1950 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Active Comics #105 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1952 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Adventures of the Dover Boys [Archie Series] #5 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1950 2 (0 stories, 1 cover)
All Great #16 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon February 1949 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
All Great #17 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
All Top #30 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon February 1952 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
All Top #31 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon April 1952 8 (6 stories, 1 cover)
All True Crime Cases Comics #26 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1948 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
All True Crime Cases Comics #27 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1948 9 (4 stories, 1 cover)
All True Crime Cases Comics #28 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2 October 1948 8 (4 stories, 1 cover)
All True Crime Cases Comics #29 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1948 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
All True Crime Cases Comics #30 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2 December 1948 8 (4 stories, 1 cover)
All True Crime Cases Comics #31 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
All True Crime Cases Comics #32 (Comic Book) ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
All True Crime Cases Comics #33 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon June 1949 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
All True Crime Cases Comics #34 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon August 1949 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
All True Crime Cases Comics #35 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon October 1949 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
All True Crime Cases Comics #36 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon December 1949 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Amazing Animals #15 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon February 1951 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Amazing Animals #16 (Comic Book) ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Amazing Animals #17 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon June 1951 11 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Amazing Animals #18 (Comic Book) ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Amazing Mysteries #33 (Comic Book) ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Amazing Mysteries #34 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Amazing Mysteries #35 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon June 1949 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Amazing Spy Adventures #26 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 July 1951 6 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Amazing Spy Adventures #27 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1952 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Amazing Spy Adventures #28 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon ? 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Amazing Spy Adventures #29 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1951 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Amazing Western Adventures #15 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1952 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Amazing Western Adventures #16 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1952 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Amazing Western Adventures #17 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1952 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Animal 'Ventures #8 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon ? 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Animal 'Ventures #10 (Comic Book) January 1952 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Animal Toons #6 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1952 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Annie Oakley Comics #2 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1948 6 (1 story, 1 cover)
Annie Oakley Comics #4 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon December 1948 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Archie Comics #31 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1948 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Archie Comics #32 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon August 1948 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Archie Comics #33 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon October 1948 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Archie Comics #34 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon December 1948 2 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Archie Comics #35 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon February 1949 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Archie Comics #36 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon April 1949 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Archie Comics #37 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon June 1949 2 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Archie Comics #38 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon August 1949 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Archie Comics #39 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon October 1949 2 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Archie Comics #40 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon December 1949 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Archie Comics #41 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon February 1950 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Archie Comics #42 (Comic Book) April 1950 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Archie Comics #43 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon June 1950 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Archie Comics #44 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2 August 1950 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Archie Comics #45 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon October 1950 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Archie Comics #46 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon December 1950 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Archie's Girls, Betty and Veronica #13 (Comic Book) ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Archie's Girls, Betty and Veronica #16 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1950 2 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Archie's Girls, Betty and Veronica #19 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 ? 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Archie's Pal Jughead Comics #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 1950 3 (1 story, 1 cover)
Archie's Pal Jughead Comics #6 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1950 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Archie's Pal Jughead Comics #9 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1951 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Archie's Rival Reggie #2 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon ? 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Archie's Rival Reggie #7 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1950 2 (0 stories, 1 cover)
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