sarvajnatman

When I interviewed Bell Feature artist Jack Tremblay (born 1926), he said that he bought copies of Action 1 and Detective 27 off the newsstands in Montreal.

I agree with everyone that this accounting of the missing centre pages of Commando 5 due to the necessity to cut coupons out of those centre pages is a plausible inference but, in the end, I think it is a faulty one. The only coupons that could be cut out in this issue are the ones on the inside front cover and on both sides of the back cover. There are no coupons in the centrespread. In the graphic of the centrespread from the Canadian Library and Archives copy of the book below you can see that the comic has one staple and that it is barely through the centrespread pages. What appears to be the remainder of pages that have been cut out are actually what I call 'page tags' and these were sometimes the result of Bell Features manufacturing process. They often show up in complete Bell Features books. I also attach a picture of same part of the book from the Canadian Library and Archives copy where you can see in their complete copy of the book that the page tags are there. What is missing in your copies of Commando 5 are the two centrewraps, which are the 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th folios (or full pages, front and back) of the book. My theory would be that either, over the decades, these precariously attached wraps worked their way out or weren't properly caught at all by that staple.

Got the funds, Dan, but I forgot to mention that I need the buyer's address as well so I know where to ship to. Just send address details to sarvajnatman@cogeco.ca .

Dan I put 5 up on ebay at https://www.ebay.ca/itm/123207329616 and there are three left or you can paypal $19.95 Canadian plus $8 Canadian shipping if you are in Canada or plus $10 Canadian shipping if you are in the U.S. to sarvajnatman@cogeco.ca and let me know you want one in the message. Ivan

Thanks for picking up a copy. Hope you find it worthwhile. Remember it's just a first effort. I had 300 printed and have just over 100 left. Also I just started a new email group on groups.io and would love to have any and all of you contribute to the discussions. Take a look at: https://groups.io/g/canadiangoldenagecomics . We're up to about 20 members including Stephen and a couple of others you may now. Some great threads and we even found a book that isn't in the guide but needs to be in the 2nd edition. It's an previously unknown Anglo giant probably from Christmas 1942. Thanks to Tony C., here it is:

No, nothing to do with the con. Got them early in the week.

These just in...

Here's a Canadian classic.

Just wanted to let everybody know that I've started a new mail list about Canadian Golden Age Comics (both WECA and FECA). I invite anybody from this message board to join and add to the conversations. Check it out at: https://groups.io/g/canadiangoldenagecomics Another place to talk about the comics we love. Let's see if we can make it grow. Ivan

I've started up a mailing listserv this week on Canadian golden age comics at: https://groups.io/g/canadiangoldenagecomics . I hope we can make a go of it. You are all welcome to join. Stephen, Jim F., and Tony C. from this group are already members along with myself. One of the early posts was about the two new Dingle Colossal covers that I found in Bob MacMillan's collection. The covers are not war-themed and may have come out after the 1944 ones we are familiar with. Here are the covers:

Just got back a couple of Signature Series books from CGC and wanted to share. Pay particular attention to the info strip on the Wow 17. I wonder if a shoddily worked label like this enhances the value of the book or not and it's probably not the first time that this automatic default to the American title has occurred with an uninformed grader or a grader asleep at the wheel.

A couple of books I just got back from CGC.

The Kickstarter for my book went live on Labour Day. Please get the word out if you can. Somebody already picked up the Joke 18 I had as an incentive. I should consider putting up another Bell Book. Here is the link to the Heroes of the Home Front Kickstarter: http://www.comicbookdaily.com/collecting-community/whites-tsunami-weca-splashes/heroes-home-front-gerald-lazare/ Here also is an image I developed for the Kickstarter but rejected it in favour of the one used.

For those of you who get to Fan Expo Toronto, I'll be giving a talk on my upcoming book on Bell Features artists with special guest Gerald Lazare, a former Bell Features artists who will be turning 90 this month. The presentation will be in Rm. 716B at 2pm on Sunday. Gerry will be doing a signing afterward at the Chapterhouse booth for about an hour. Also I will be launching the Kickstarter for my book Heroes of the Homefront on Labour Day. If you are interested, the Kickstarter preview link is here:

Forgot to post the link: http://www.comicbookdaily.com/collecting-community/whites-tsunami-weca-splashes/jack-tremblay-montreal-comic-con/ Here's an illustration that Ger Hard (who drew the tables and chairs behind Dave Sim's Cerebus) has done for my Kickstarter for my book: