Marvel ’s Namora shows up unexpectedly on the cover of Bell Features ' Comics Toons # 37 , in a cover by Ken Bald from Namora # 2 .
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As we ’ve notice late with funnies likeRocket Man Comics , Weekender v2 # 1andActive Comics # 29 , Golden Age Canadian comedian which used U.S. reprinting material sometimes had covers that seemed to have little to do with their content . Those three examples came in the wake of the ending of the War Exchange Conservation Act ( WECA ) Schedule One on August 1 , 1944 , allowing U.S. comic book and the materials necessary to reprint them back into the Canadian market place even before the end of World War II . But the passage of the Foreign Exchange Conservation Act on November 17 , 1947 open ascent to a whole newfangled epoch of such reprints . FECA prohibited the moment of U.S. mirthful books while allow reprint material . Bell Features ' 1949 releaseComic Toons # 37with its Namora cover is an good example of one of the strange items that were published during this geological era .
Unlike the case of4most # 22 , where Bell pulled an interiorJack Kamensplash dialog box to use for the cover , Comic Toons # 37featuresKen Bald ’s cover from Namora # 2 but interiors fromRusty Comics # 20 . This admit the lead Rusty storyOne Woman Too Many!byStan LeeandAl Jaffee . Comic Toonsran for three egress numbered # 37 - 39 , in all probability in 1949 . If there ’s any logical system behind the numbering of some of these short - live on serial publication , it ’s possible thatComic Toonstakes over the numbering from Bell’sAll reliable Crime Cases Comics . Overall , Bell published 256 comic leger series 1941 - 1953 , with an modal series length of just over four issues . 19 of these serial publication lasted for 10 issues or more .
Ken Bald’sNamora # 2cover was credibly chosen here for its humorous nature as a sort - of fit for theRustyteen humor interiors . An interesting and baffling - to - get item for serious Golden Age Marvel collectors as well as Canadian comic book collectors , there ’s aComic Toons # 37(Bell Features , 1949)Condition : GD re-create up for auctionat the 2025 March 13Canadian Golden Age Comics ShowcaseAuction # 40290 .
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