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Issue: Commando Comics #16
Publication Date: March 1945
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Issues: #16 of 22 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagBell Features
Brand:
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 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: full colour covers; black and white interior
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: war
Feature(s): Clift Steele
Character(s): Clift Steele
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Pages: 1
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Another Free Cut-out Mask!

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Character(s): Spike
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Disclose Notes: A cut-out mask running across the interior front and back covers.
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The Island of Floating Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Clift Steele
Character(s): Clift Steele; Will Saakel
First Line: Our story opens in the Pacific Ocean -- roughly 500 miles southeast of Tokio.
Synopsis: Clift and Will land on a floating island of iron.
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Pages: 6.67
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Genres: non-fiction
First Line: King Minos' throne, unearthed at Knossos, Crete, is the oldest throne in the world.
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Pages: 0.17
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The Bouncing Bridge!

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: non-fiction
First Line: Seringapatam: De Haviland's Arch.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, humorous
Feature(s): Loop the Droop
Character(s): Loop
First Line: There you are Loop!! One of our new "jet-propelled" ships - all yours. The Japs haven't seen these babies yet
Synopsis: Testing out a new jet, Loop runs into five Japanese planes.
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, war
Feature(s): The Young Commandos
Character(s): Capt. Reddy; Clint Sand; Janie; Chuck Sand; Jip
First Line: This month I want to tell you a story of two brothers, who's love for each other overcame the horrors of war and death!!!
Synopsis: Chuck tries to be a hero and accidentally gets his brother killed.
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Pages: 6
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Shades of Ben Hur

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Feature(s): Fun For You
First Line: Here's a barrel-body chariot that will provide loads of fun for the backyard warrior.
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Disclose Notes: How to make a barrel chariot, a microscope from a spool, and stirrups for stilts.
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The Bow Kite!

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Go Fly a Kite
First Line: The simplicity of the Bow Kite makes it very easy to construct.
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Ace Bradley Again!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Ace Bradley
Character(s): Ace Bradley; Hank
First Line: Ace Bradley, flying on patrol, is suddenly startled to hear his engine start to sputter.
Synopsis: Ace crash lands on an island that is also a Japanese sub refueling base.
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, war
Feature(s): Lank the Yank
Character(s): Lank
First Line: What's this?? Yep, it's "Lank" back here in the States on leave!
Synopsis: In San Francisco Lank spots some Japanese soldiers in a balloon.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Wings Over the Atlantic
Character(s): Mac; Franz Von Bredow; Karl; Hans
First Line: Well - in an hour we'll see the shore-line of South America!
Synopsis: A plane headed for South America has a pair of disguised Nazis aboard.
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Pages: 5
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Kernel Korn
Character(s): Junior; Kernel Korn; Sukiyaki; Martin Yonson; Jack Dempsey
First Line: Hi yuh Kernel!!! Howsabout puttin' on the gloves for a few rounds??
Synopsis: The Kernel tells Junior of his boxing exploits.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): The Invisible Commando
Character(s): Lee Pierce; Bush; Moku; Colonel Jima; Schweiger
First Line: Lee Pierce, the Invisible Commando is on loan from the Canadian government to the American forces in the Pacific.
Synopsis: Lee is sent to Japan to steal a deadly ray recently attched to Japanese planes.
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Pages: 6
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The Black Widow

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, non-fiction
First Line: Northrup's P-61
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Chick Tucker
Character(s): Chick Tucker; Miss Marcelle; Ricardo; K-22; K-4
First Line: We must hurry and make our visitors welcome!
Synopsis: Chick meets the leader of a local guerilla band.
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Professor Punk
Character(s): Professor Punk; Joseph Stalin; Franklin Roosevelt; Winston Churchill; Villiam
First Line: The big three "begged" me to solve the problem of stopping the "German" "jet-propelled" planes!!!
Synopsis: Professor Punk tells how he dealt with German jets.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): The Sign of Freedom
Character(s): Black Scarf; Karen Von Bergner; Jimmie Clarkson
First Line: A shabby, muffled figure shunts along a street in London's much bombed East End
Synopsis: A German spy in London is warned of Jimmie and Karen arriving.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Buz and His Bus
Character(s): Buz; Eddie
First Line: Yessir! Here's "Buz" and his "Bus" ready to start on another trip!!!
Synopsis: Buz drives a soldier home on leave.
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Pages: 3
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Print your own snapshots at a fraction of the cost!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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