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Issue: Dime Comics #20
Publication Date: April 1945
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Issues: #20 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: 17 (13 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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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Nitro
Character(s): Nitro [Terry King]
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Pages: 1
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: science fiction
Feature(s): Rex Baxter
Character(s): Rex Baxter; Zoltan; Gail Abbot; Waki Insahedi
First Line: Amidst the roar and "crump" of exploding bombs
Synopsis: Gail escapes from the blown up hut, but Waki is behind her.
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Pages: 7
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Barnacle Bull
Character(s): Barnacle Bull
First Line: Here's Barnacle. kids!!
Synopsis: Barnacle is in charge of a landing craft for the Marines.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Nitro
Character(s): Nitro [Terry Allen]; Lynn; Tony Galliota [Nitro]; Clarence
First Line: Terry Allen and a feminine acquaintance walk home after an early matinee....
Synopsis: A criminal dressed as Nitro tries to rob the Classy Club.
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Lampblack Jones
Character(s): Lampblack Jones; Luke Polesmell
First Line: It's been a month now since Luke Polesmell done dis-a-ppeared an' no one has seen hide nor haih ob him since!!
Synopsis: Lampblack and a friend examine a haunted house.
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Pages: 3
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Scotty MacDonald
Character(s): Scotty MacDonald; Yusee; Jim O'Hara
First Line: Flying an unarmed obsolete biplane
Synopsis: Scotty's biplane is chased by two Japanese fighter planes.
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Pages: 5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dingwallis
Character(s): Dingwallis
First Line: Now Dingwallis the minister is going to call - so be a good boy!
Synopsis: The minister visits Dingwallis' home.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, aviation, war
Feature(s): Johnny Canuck
Character(s): Johnny Canuck; Lisett
First Line: A P.47 fighter jockeyed by Johnny Canuck...
Synopsis: Johnny enters Jugoslavia and finds the forces of Marshal Tito are operating on low numbers with Nazi forces about to enter the zone over a bridge. Using his plane, Johnny bombs the bridge, saving the Jugoslavians.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Kernel Korn
Character(s): Kernel Korn; Junior; Louis Armstrong; Benny Goodman; Jackson Teagarden; Paul Whiteman; Tommy Dorsey; Duke Ellington
First Line: Listen to that jump band on the radio, m'lad
Synopsis: The Kernel tells of his time as a trumpet player.
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Action in the Pacific

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Character(s): Mr. Carrol
First Line: A special bulletin.. naval officials report the torpedoing of the coastal freighter "John Andrew" off the coast of southern California.. survivors saw only a fishing boat nearby at the time, but no sign of a submarine!!
Synopsis: The coastal freighter "John Andrew" is sunk off of California and a destroyer is deployed to find the ship or sub that did it.
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The Man Who Died Twice

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime
Character(s): Martin Albright; Sam Black; Wilkens
First Line: Strange is the tale of Martin Albright, millionaire, a man who gave his name and station in life to another, only to find, that they could never be restored!
Synopsis: Sam Black wants to kill Martin Albright, but an encounter with a lookalike gives Martin an idea.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, war
Feature(s): Lank the Yank
Character(s): Lank
First Line: Here's another letter from "Lank"!!
Synopsis: Lank has a clever idea to deal with Japanese foxholes.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Drummy Young
Character(s): Louie Caba; Johnny White; Steel; Drummy Young
First Line: In a tenement overlooking the East River one, Louie Caba plans murder....
Synopsis: Louie Caba plans to murder a man and make it look like suicide.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Ozzy
Character(s): Ozzy; Pete Dogwood
First Line: I got a warrent fo' Pete Dogwood's arrest...
Synopsis: Ozzy goes to arrest Pete for being drunk and impersonating a soldier.
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First Line: Gee! That musta been a colossal land mine!
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First Line: Print your own snapshots at a fraction of the cost!
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Disclose Notes: Ad for the Sensichrome Photo Set.

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