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Issue: Active Comics #1
Publication Date: February 1942
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Issues: #1 of 38 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagBell Features
Brand: Colonial DistributorsView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Commercial Signs of Canada
On Sale Date: 02/01/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 CAD
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Content Items: 16 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On-sale date from the indicia of Active Comics #25.
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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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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dixon of the Mounted
Character(s): Wayne Dixon of the Mounted; The Brain [Gordon Bell]; Captain "Red" Thortan; Thunderfist [Randy Steele]
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Genres: humorous
First Line: He won't hurt you mister!
Synopsis: Boy kicking a dog.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. Page also includes indicia.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dixon of the Mounted
Character(s): Wayne Dixon of the Mounted; Ruth Barton; Lad; Trapper Hank
First Line: Corporal Wayne Dixon of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is caught in the grip of a raging blizzard...
Synopsis: Dixon searches for Ruth Barton in a blizzard and finds her captured by a strange man-like creature with antlers.
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Pages: 14
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Genres: humorous
First Line: This hurts me more than it does you!
Synopsis: A boy is being spanked.
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Pages: 1
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The Flight Parade

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Genres: informational, non-fiction
First Line: A story of man's perseverance against the elements and gravity.
Synopsis: A history of flight.
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Pages: 1
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Start of a Youthful Romance

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Genres: childrens, humorous
First Line: Aw g'wan n' have one!
Synopsis: A young boy gives a young girl flowers.
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Pages: 1
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Introducing Thunderfist - The Crime Crusher

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Feature(s): Thunderfist
Character(s): Thunderfist [Randy Steele]; Danny Steele; Beverly Holmes; Vonzick
First Line: Almost concealed among dense bushes and boulders is a small building not unlike that of a summer cottage.
Synopsis: Randy is a sideshow strongman, Beverly is his girlfriend and Danny is his brother, a scientist. When Danny is killed by Nazis, Randy becomes Thunderfist to avenge his death.
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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Oddities
First Line: Zoophytes:- are invertebrate animals...
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Pages: 1
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"What Would You Do" Contest

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Character(s): Jimmy Jackson
Synopsis: Contest to win one of 50 fountain pens. Short comic about flying in an airplane and reader is asked what they would do next.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, war
Feature(s): Capt. Red Thortan
Character(s): Capt. Red Thortan; Lieutenant Harley; Captain Tianu
First Line: Captain Red Thortan, adventurer and soldier of fortune, whose entire life had been spent in roaming the four corners of the globe...
Synopsis: Captain Thortan rescues Lieutenant Harley from Japanese soldiers.
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Pages: 15
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Every Dog Has His Day!

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Genres: humorous
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Pages: 1
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The One and Only Buffalo Bill

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Genres: biography
Feature(s): Personalities
Character(s): Buffalo Bill Cody
Synopsis: Bio of Buffalo Bill Cody.
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Pages: 1
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Phoney Laws
First Line: California State Vehicle Act:- It is a misdemeanor...
Synopsis: Strange laws from California, Portland Oregon and Wichita Kansas.
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The Man With the Psychic Mind

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Feature(s): The Brain
Character(s): The Brain [Gordon Bell]; Mr. Bell (father); Kurt; Elsie
First Line: With his power to visualize happenings far and near and his flying suit, he devotes his life to ferreting out plots against the democratic world.
Synopsis: The Brain is Gordon Bell. He uses his psychic abilities to find and break up Nazis in Toronto. He is brainwashed to bring a bomb sight to the Nazis.
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Pages: 15
Disclose Notes: Last page includes an ad for Johnny Canuck, also drawn by Leo Bachle, in Dime Comics.
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T'was Ever Thus

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Character(s): Roy
First Line: Good morning - Roy!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Dart Daring; Rex Baxter; Wayne Dixon; Lad
First Line: Greatest comic characters of them all!!
Synopsis: Ad for Wow, Dime, and Active comics.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Backcover of comic.

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