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Issue: Active Comics #16
Publication Date: March 1944
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Issues: #16 of 38 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagBell Features
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Bell Features and Publishing Company Limited
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 CAD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 16 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Leo Bachle (signed)
Inker(s): Leo Bachle (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Thunderfist
Character(s): Thunderfist [Randy Steele]
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Pages: 1
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Look For the Bell Features on the Cover

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A list of features, and who does them, in each comic.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): René L. Kulbach
Penciller(s): René L. Kulbach
Inker(s): René L. Kulbach
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dixon of the Mounted
Character(s): Wayne Dixon; Red-Trapper
First Line: Red, I think there might be more in that bush than meets the eye!
Synopsis: Dixon continues to look for Japanese agents.
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Pages: 7
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Here Are the Cover Contest Winners

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Adrian Dingle
Inker(s): Adrian Dingle
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Adrian Dingle
Penciller(s): Adrian Dingle
Inker(s): Adrian Dingle
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Active Jim
Character(s): Active Jim; Joan Brian; Billy; Hans
First Line: At the "Active Club,"--
Synopsis: Jim goes to the blood bank.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Jim is 18 and Joan is 17.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ross Saakel
Penciller(s): Ross Saakel
Inker(s): Ross Saakel
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): The Noodle
Character(s): The Noodle [Jordan Chimes]; I. M. Coughin; Henrietta; Bonaparte [The Red Skeleton]
First Line: Last issue I. M. Coughin and his monster, the Red Skeleton, abducted Henrietta and spirited her away to Happiness Cemetery.
Synopsis: The Noodle sneaks into the graveyard by the back to avoid the trap at the front.
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Pages: 4
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Active Jim's Club News and Views
Character(s): Active Jim
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Pages: 1
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The Robot Menace

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Kurly Lipas
Penciller(s): Kurly Lipas
Inker(s): Kurly Lipas
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Feature(s): King Fury
Character(s): King Fury; Professor Von Kurtner; Mary Allen [Teresa Schmidt]
First Line: Deep inside Germany, Nazi officials and scientists are examining Dr. Tone's robot!
Synopsis: King goes to Germany to destroy the stolen robot and prevent the Nazis from building more.
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Pages: 7
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Leo Bachle
Penciller(s): Leo Bachle
Inker(s): Leo Bachle
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Brain
Character(s): The Brain [Gordon Bell]; Swartz; Butch; Leo Bachle
First Line: A quiet walk through an east side tenement district results in a flurry of excitement for the Brain.
Synopsis: The Brain helps a kid he catches stealing cleaning fluid.
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: At the end of the story the reader is asked to write in and say if they want the kid to become the Brain's sidekick.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Keith
Penciller(s): Frank Keith
Inker(s): Frank Keith
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, war
Feature(s): Duds
First Line: Observation plane reports our shells falling far short of target, sir!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Six one-panel cartoons.
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Active Jim]
Penciller(s): Adrian Dingle
Inker(s): Adrian Dingle
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Active Jim's Message
Character(s): Active Jim
First Line: Have you all read about my adventure at the blood donor's clinic?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A message about what kids can do to help the Red Cross blood drive.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Capt. Red Thortan
Character(s): Red Thortan; Susan Howath; Kula
First Line: I'm in luck, the door's unlocked and there's not a guard around!
Synopsis: Red sneaks into the Japanese camp to get the antidote to the drug that is making the natives work for them.
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Pages: 6
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Active Jim]
Penciller(s): Adrian Dingle ?
Inker(s): Adrian Dingle ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): More News and Views
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Leo Bachle
Penciller(s): Leo Bachle
Inker(s): Leo Bachle
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Thunderfist
Character(s): Randy Steele [Thunderfist]; Baldy Bates
First Line: I think you're right Mr. Steele.... I can't find any of the reporter's fingerprints on the wheel!
Synopsis: Randy figures a way to get the fingerprints of a man he suspects killed a reporter.
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Pages: 7
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Canada's Greatest Comic Magazines

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Pages: 1
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Minute Movie

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Subject Matter
Synopsis: People commenting on the different heroes they see in Colossal Comics.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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