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Issue: Active Comics #19
Publication Date: September 1944
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Issues: #19 of 38 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagBell Features
Brand: Colonial Distributors Bell FeaturesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Bell Features and Publishing Company Limited
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 CAD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 19 (11 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): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dr. Blue and Blackie
Character(s): Dr. Blue; Blackie Hargrave; Blubber Larson; Snake-Eyes Quirk
First Line: Hey, Blubber, dey jumped off!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Want Some Cash?

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jon Darian
Inker(s): Jon Darian
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: An offer to buy back old issues of certain Bell Features comics.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Marc L. Borgatta
Penciller(s): Marc L. Borgatta
Inker(s): Marc L. Borgatta
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Dr. Blue and Blackie
Character(s): Blubber Larson; Snake-Eyes Quirk; Dr. Blue; Blackie Hargrave; Tony Pazzi; Grogan; Messino; Weinstock
First Line: Blubber Larson and his trigger-quick gunman, Snake-Eyes Quirk, have an odd notion that nobody, neither the law nor the brilliant Dr. Blue, can stop their hi-jacking mob from operating.
Synopsis: Blubber and Snake-Eyes kill a patient Dr, Blue is operating on.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Story is dated 1944.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Active Jim]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Active Jim's Club News and Views
Character(s): Active Jim
First Line: That's a good suggestion you made...
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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): The Brain
Character(s): The Brain [Gordon Bell]; Gyp the Blood; Commissioner Webb; Mathews; Norman Thomas
First Line: Our story opens in Alton Prison where "Gyp the Blood" is being paroled.
Synopsis: Gyp the Blood has gotten out of prison and he's killing off the people who sent him there.
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Pages: 7
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Victory Garden

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ross Saakel
Inker(s): Ross Saakel
Letterer(s): Ross Saakel; typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cut out faces from pictures and paste them onto the drawn bodies.
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Artists on Ice

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tedd Steele
Penciller(s): Tedd Steele
Inker(s): Tedd Steele
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Leo Bachle; Tedd Steele; Ross Saakel; Cy Bell; Elmer Lee
First Line: Say maybe we are a little too old to be on the "Panthers"
Synopsis: Bell Features publisher Cy Bell has formed a hockey team, the Panthers, and Leo, Tedd and Ross try to join it.
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Pages: 5
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Active Jim]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: A super-duper announcement!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Announcing the formation of the Panthers hockey team for Toronto boys 16 and under.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Brunt
Penciller(s): Harry Brunt
Inker(s): Harry Brunt
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Professor Punk
Character(s): Professor Punk
First Line: I was called to London and asked to devise a scheme to defeat the new Nazi "robot bombs".
Synopsis: The Professor trains crows to defeat robot bombs.
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Patricia Joudry
Penciller(s): Doris Slater
Inker(s): Doris Slater
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Penny's Diary
Character(s): William; Penny Matthews; Jeanie
First Line: Hey Jeanie! Has Penny gone daffy 'er sump'in?
Synopsis: Penny tries out for a theatre part.
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Pages: 5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Keith
Penciller(s): Frank Keith
Inker(s): Frank Keith
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Tugboat
Character(s): Toby; Professor; Yonson
First Line: I'm gettin' sea-nauseated of this u-boat patrol, Professor - so I aim to set our course fer home!!
Synopsis: The tug is taking on water.
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Pages: 3
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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): Joe Burke; Beverley Holmes; Randy Steele [Thunderfist]; Violet Blatch; John Blatch
First Line: In the inner sanctum of Joe Burk, editor - publisher of the Star.
Synopsis: The editor goes on vacation and puts Beverley in charge and she assigns Randy the job of writing the love lorn column.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Swipes plot elements and panels from The Man with the Cane in Superman #18.
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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
First Line: Open the door Coughin, or I the brave, fearless, Noodle, shall be forced to break it down!
Synopsis: The Noodle battles Coughin.
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Pages: 4
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"Snaps" of Europe

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Keith
Penciller(s): Frank Keith
Inker(s): Frank Keith
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Snaps
Character(s): Adolf Hitler; Henri; Fritz
First Line: I haff been gifen bum advice - ve must do more purging - shoot three fortune tellers!!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Six one-panel cartoons.
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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): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Chip Pipher
Character(s): Chip Pipher; Sleepy; Jeline Kerr
First Line: Really Chip, do you think this idea of yours is going to work!
Synopsis: Chip starts up a dating service and ends up going out on a date with his teacher.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Plot elements and panels swiped from the Archie story in Pep Comics #30.
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Counterfeit Ten

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jon Darian
Penciller(s): Jon Darian
Inker(s): Jon Darian
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Active Jim
Character(s): Active Jim; Joan Brian; Miss Smith
First Line: Joan Brian and Active Jim, homeward bound from a movie, await their street-car, on the corner, by the commercial bank!
Synopsis: Jim finds a counterfeit ten dollar bill.
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Pages: 5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Cal
Penciller(s): Cal
Inker(s): Cal
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Goofy Tales
Character(s): Bromide Gondola Centrifugal Vocashion
First Line: I can tell by your ears that you've got an ingrown toe nail - therefore I will be forced to operate and remove your gullet!
Synopsis: A questionable doctor meets his end.
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Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jon Darian
Inker(s): Jon Darian
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Gee! That musta been a colossal land mine!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Colossal Comics.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jon Darian
Inker(s): Jon Darian
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Four alarm, men!! Get goin'!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Colossal Comics.

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