Better Comics Vol 1 # 2 | Canada's Own Comics

Maple Leaf

Better

Volume: 1 #2

April 1941

48 Pages

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Inside Front

Back

Inside Back

Credits

Cover Artist:

Vernon Miller

Notes of Interest

Iron Man story and part of The Hidden Passage story in colour. Pages of the non-colour stories vary in hue. The Earth Torpedo pages have a cream base with blue ink for the drawings. The Tiger Tex story has a grey tone to the page with a sepia ink. The Roaring Rails story has a pinkish hue with a blue ink. First cut-out doll page with Fun with Fashions page featuring a character called Betty Shepherd.

Stories

1

The Earth Torpedo - Professor Miles and his nephew Bobby built a machine...

8 Pages

Story Characters:

Prof. Miles and Bobby

Story Writers:

Vernon Miller

Story Artists:

Vernon Miller

2

Hello pards...

Story Characters:

Tiger Tex and his talking parrot (9 p)

Story Writers:

Vernon Miller

Story Artists:

Vernon Miller

3

Major--heads an expedition to the South Seas...

14 Pages

Story Characters:

Iron Man

Story Writers:

Vernon Miller

Story Artists:

Vernon Miller

4

The Hidden Passage - David Lee returning home from a voyage...

8 Pages

Story Characters:

David Lee

Story Writers:

F. P. Thursby

Story Artists:

Vernon Miller

5

Roaring Rails - I'm glad you came out with the rescue train...

3 Pages

Story Characters:

Steele Dawson

Story Writers:

Vernon Miller

Story Artists:

Vernon Miller

Text Stories

Old King Coal

3 Pages

Story Characters:

Educational feature about coal.

Story Writers:

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Story Artists:

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