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Issue: Active Comics #2
Publication Date: March 1942
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Issues: #2 of 38 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagBell Features
Brand: Colonial DistributorsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Commercial Signs of Canada
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 CAD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Cy Bell; John Hollis Mason ?
Disclose Notes: Editor credits from Canuck Comics by John Bell.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Colour cover; Black and White interior (Issue #1-28), Full Colour (#29 and on)
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Thunderfist and the Monster of Catastrophe

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Murray Karn
Inker(s): Murray Karn
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Thunderfist
Character(s): Thunderfist [Randy Steele]; The Brain [Gordon Bell]; Captain Red Thortan; Wayne Dixon of the Mounted
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Main illo is of Thunderfist with buildings in the background.
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The Throw of the Dice

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: political
Character(s): Adolf Hitler
Synopsis: Full page illo of Hitler throwing dice into the English Channel.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Page includes indicia.
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Thunderfist and the Monster of Catastrophe

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edmund Legault [as E. T. Legault]
Penciller(s): Murray Karn [as M. Karn]
Inker(s): Murray Karn [as M. Karn]
Letterer(s): Murray Karn [as M. Karn]?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Thunderfist
Character(s): Randolph Steele [Thunderfist]; Beverly Holmes; Carl Bruzzack
First Line: The human race - bah! The miserable horde of fools, with their crazy laws and governments and wars - I hate 'em all!
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.
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Pages: 15
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Francois Pilatre de Rosier

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): J. O'Henly (signed)
Inker(s): J. O'Henly (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): The Flight Parade
Character(s): Francois Pilatre de Rosier
Synopsis: The history of flight. Francois Pilatre de Rosier - 1st balloonist and 1st crash victim.
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Blitzkrieg Ants; The Cochineal; The Chameleon

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): J. O'Henly
Penciller(s): J. O'Henly
Inker(s): J. O'Henly
Letterer(s): J. O'Henly ?
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Oddities
Synopsis: Notes and illos of Blitzkrieg ants, the cochineal and the chameleon.
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Dixon of the Mounted and Dreadful Dwellings

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edmund Legault [as E. T. Legault]
Penciller(s): Edmund Legault [as E. T. Legault]
Inker(s): Edmund Legault [as E. T. Legault]
Letterer(s): Edmund Legault [as E. T. Legault]?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dixon of the Mounted
Character(s): Wayne Dixon of the Mounted; Ruth Barton; Lad
First Line: While Dixon attempts to scale the wall of the fiery pit he has fallen into, Lad goes to the help of Ruth.
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]
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Pages: 14
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Join Now: Active Club

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Coupon to fill out and mail in to join club. Club motto is "Strength: Fair Play"
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Cooper
Penciller(s): Al Cooper
Inker(s): Al Cooper
Letterer(s): Al Cooper ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Captain Red Thortan
Character(s): Capt. Red Thortan; Carole Powell
First Line: Speeding recklessly on a mercy ride, Red had accidently crashed...
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]
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Pages: 15
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Scout Starr the Boy-Scout Wonder

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Phillip Starr
Synopsis: A 14 year old scout, saves a woman from a burning building.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Contest to win one of 50 warplane kits. Fill in the blanks dialogue contest.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): J. O'Henly [as O'Henly]
Penciller(s): J. O'Henly [as O'Henly]
Inker(s): J. O'Henly [as O'Henly]
Letterer(s): J. O'Henly [as O'Henly]
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
Feature(s): Phoney Laws
First Line: Connecticut:- Anyone caught enticing a neighbour's bees...
Synopsis: Weird laws from Connecticut, New York City, Ohio and Alderson, West VA.
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Boys! Build One of These Flying Models

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Disclose Notes: Model airplanes from Trans-Canada Mail Order Co. Continued on back cover.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): J. O'Henly
Penciller(s): J. O'Henly (signed)
Inker(s): J. O'Henly
Letterer(s): J. O'Henly?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Ezry
First Line: Ezry, quit pointing thet thar gun at yore little brother...
Synopsis: Two one-panel jokes about farmers.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Leo Bachle
Penciller(s): Leo Bachle
Inker(s): Leo Bachle
Letterer(s): Leo Bachle
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Brain
Character(s): The Brain [Gordon Bell; Elsie
First Line: Hold him! ... I'll put a bullet through his heart!
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.
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Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Includes an ad for Johnny Canuck in Dime Comics on the last page.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edmond Good
Penciller(s): Edmond Good
Inker(s): Edmond Good
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Edmond Good ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Rex Baxter
Character(s): Rex Baxter; Gail Abbot
First Line: Featured only in Dime Comics
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. Contains the first page of "Rex Baxter and the Island of Doom" from Dime Comics (Bell Features, 1942 series) #2 (March 1942).
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Boys! Get this new giant 50-inch Flying Model Lockheed Interceptor
Synopsis: Continued from ad inside the issue.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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