Issue | #2 |
Published | March 1942 |
Cover Price | $0.10 CAD |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | Cy Bell; John Hollis Mason? |
Notes | Main illo is of Thunderfist with buildings in the background. Editor credits from Canuck Comics by John Bell. |
Characters | Thunderfist; The Brain; Captain Red Thortan; Dixon of the Mounted |
Genre | Adventure |
Notes | Main illo is of Thunderfist with buildings in the background. Editor credits from Canuck Comics by John Bell. |
Characters | Adolf Hitler |
Synopsis | Full page illo of Hitler throwing dice into the English Channel. |
Genre | Political |
Notes | Indicia is also on this page. Notes that it was published by "Commercial Signs of Canada". |
Characters | Randolph Steele [Thunderfist]; Beverly Holmes; Bruzzack |
Synopsis | Randolph Steele and Beverly Holmes are on a train that runs into a T-rex. Then dinosaurs attack New York City. Thunderfist rides a pterodactyl back to the lair of Bruzzack who brought them to life. |
Genre | Adventure |
Script | Edmund Legault [as E.T. Legault] |
Pencils | Murray Karn [as M. Karn] |
Inks | Murray Karn [as M. Karn] |
Letters | Murray Karn [as M. Karn]? |
Synopsis | The history of flight. Francois Pilatre de Rosier - 1st balloonist and 1st crash victim. |
Genre | Fact |
Synopsis | Notes and illos of Blitzkrieg ants, the cochineal and the chameleon. |
Genre | Fact |
Script | J. O'Henly |
Pencils | J. O'Henly |
Inks | J. O'Henly |
Letters | J. O'Henly? |
Characters | Dixon of the Mounted; Ruth Barton; Lad |
Synopsis | [continued from issue #1] Dixon fights the half man/half devil. Lad, his dog, dies saving. Ruth and Dixon escape to find an ancient schooner. It's booby-trapped and they are re-captured by the half man/half devil. [to be continued] |
Genre | Adventure |
Script | Edmund Legault [as E.T. Legault] |
Pencils | Edmund Legault [as E.T. Legault] |
Inks | Edmund Legault [as E.T. Legault] |
Letters | Edmund Legault [as E.T. Legault]? |
Synopsis | Coupon to fill out and mail in to join club. Club motto is "Strength: Fair Play" |
Characters | Capt. Red Thortan; Carole Powell |
Synopsis | [continued from issue #1] Red is almost captured by Japanese soldiers, but escapes and rescues Carole Powell, daughter of Colonel Powell. While escaping they fall into a pit with a tiger. [to be continued] |
Genre | Adventure |
Script | Al Cooper |
Pencils | Al Cooper |
Inks | Al Cooper |
Letters | Al Cooper? |
Characters | Scout Starr, the Boy Wonder |
Synopsis | Contest to win one of 50 warplane kits. Fill in the blanks dialogue contest. Phillip Starr, 14 year old scout, saves a woman from a burning building. |
Synopsis | Weird laws from Connecticut, New York City, Ohio and Alderson, West VA. |
Genre | Fact |
Script | J. O'Henly [as O'Henly] |
Pencils | J. O'Henly [as O'Henly] |
Inks | J. O'Henly [as O'Henly] |
Letters | J. O'Henly [as O'Henly] |
Synopsis | Model airplanes from Trans-Canada Mail Order Co. Continued on back cover. |
Synopsis | Two one-panel jokes about farmers. |
Genre | Humor |
Script | J. O'Henly |
Pencils | J. O'Henly |
Inks | J. O'Henly |
Letters | J. O'Henly? |
Characters | The Brain; Elsie |
Synopsis | (Continued from previous issue) The Brain fights the sabatours and escapes, then comes back and saves Elsie. He tells her to head to Toronto, but she tries to help him and ends up captured again. He saves her and defeats the sabatours. |
Genre | Adventure |
Script | Leo Bachle |
Pencils | Leo Bachle |
Inks | Leo Bachle |
Letters | Leo Bachle |
Notes | Includes an ad for Johnny Canuck in Dime Comics on the last page. |
Characters | Rex Baxter |
Genre | Adventure |
Script | Edmond Good |
Pencils | Edmond Good |
Inks | Edmond Good |
Letters | Edmond Good? |
Reprinted | from Dime Comics (Bell Features, 1942 series) #1 [first page of "Rex Baxter and the Island of Doom"] |
Synopsis | Continued from ad inside the issue. |