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Issue: Active Comics #4
Publication Date: May 1942
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Issues: #4 of 38 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagBell Features
Brand: Bell FeaturesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Bell Features and Publishing Company Limited
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 CAD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 22 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indicia lists as being published by "Bell Features & Publishing Company Limited". No date given, date of May guessed at due to onsale date in ad for Wow Comics.
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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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Cover, Front
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Dixon of the Mounted and Lad with small pictures of the other characters

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dixon of the Mounted
Character(s): Wayne Dixon of the Mounted; Lad; The Brain [Gordon Bell]; Captain Red Thortan; Thunderfist [Randy Steele]; Active Jim
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Pages: 1
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Club News & Views

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset; ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Letters from, and names and addresses of, Active Club members.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Half typeset, half handlettered. Indicia on this page.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dixon of the Mounted
Character(s): Wayne Dixon; Ruth Barton; Lad; Collins; "Dice" Leggit; Mart Black
First Line: Corporal Dixon goes in search of Ruth Barton and rescues her from a pair of desperate criminals, who die in attempting to kill Dixon.
Synopsis: Dixon is off to Skeleton Falls to investigate the death of Constable Wicks.
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Pages: 10
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On the Road

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: This car and its driver could be used by the army - to lay smoke screens.
Synopsis: Cartoons about cars.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Two one-panel cartoons and one two-panel comic.
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The Noodle

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): The Noodle
Character(s): The Noodle [Jordan Chimes]; Mr. Chimes; Mrs. Chimes
First Line: My momma done tol' me
Synopsis: Jordan, playing with a chemistry set, gives himself amazing powers that he uses to fight crime.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Parody of The Brain.
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Triumph Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Nelvana; Mardyth; Adolph Hitler; Captain Wonder; Speed Savage; Tang; Buddy Breckenridge
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Contains the cover from Triumph Comics (Bell Features, 1942 series) #7 featuring Nelvana vs. Hitler.
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, sports
Feature(s): Famous Sport Incidents
Character(s): Charley Root; Al Simmons; Jimmy Foxx; Joe Boley; Jimmy Dykes; Art Nehf; "Mule" Haas; Hack Wilson; Mickey Cochrane; "Sheriff" Blake; Pat Malone
First Line: An inning that was an inning
Synopsis: The Philadelphia Athletics have an amazing seventh inning in a game of the 1929 World Series.
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Pages: 1
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Crash Carson

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Credits
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Crash Carson
Character(s): Crash Carson
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Crash Carson in Wow Comics. Onsale date, May 30th.
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The Return of the Mummy Man!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Feature(s): The Brain
Character(s): The Brain [Gordon Bell]; Mummy Man; X4; Toro; Johnny Canuck; Wild Bill Wildman
First Line: Out of town stands an old castle..... within lives and old recluse...
Synopsis: The Brain investigates a shooting at a haunted castle.
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Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: The final panel has a promo for Leo Bachle's two other features.
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Active Jim's Monthly Message

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Active Jim
Character(s): Active Jim
Synopsis: Active Jim's Monthly Message for the Active Comics Club.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Mentions year 1942.
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Andre Jacques Garnerin

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): The Flight Parade
Character(s): Andre Jacques Garnerin; Napoleon Bonaparte
Synopsis: The first man to parachute from a balloon, and Napoleon's creation of the first military balloon corps.
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Pages: 1
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Dime Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Rex Baxter
Character(s): Rex Baxter; Gail Abbot; Ratol
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Contains the first page of "Rex Baxter and the Island of Doom" from Dime Comics (Bell Features, 1942 series) #4 (circa August 1942).
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Active Comics Scout Starr Contest Winners

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Winners of the Scout Starr contest.
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Pages: 1
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What Would You Do?

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Bill Brown
Synopsis: Contest. What would you do if you had a cobra in the house? Prizes are original art from the comic.
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Pages: 1
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Dick Korda's World Record Holder

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Model airplane ad.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Active Jim
Character(s): Active Jim; Ross Saakel; Joan Brian; 'Natural' Severn
First Line: This adventure happened just recently and I shall endeavour to tell it to you word by word.
Synopsis: Active Jim plays baseball and rescues a girl by pitching a ball and knocking a guy out.
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Pages: 3
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Capt. "Red" Thortan
Character(s): Capt. Red Thortan; Lieutenent Harley
First Line: Down! Down! Hurtles Capt. Thortan, towards the distant ground...
Synopsis: Red is saved by British soldiers, then Red goes back after the Japanese.
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Pages: 12
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Joke Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Three T's [Tom Adams; Terry Benson; Tubby [Ralph Henry]]; Private Stuff; Spike; Mike Rafone; Lucky
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Feature(s): Thunderfist
Character(s): Thunderfist [Randy Steele]; Beverley Holmes; Dr. Kazarr
First Line: Somewhere in mid-Atlantic Ocean...
Synopsis: Thunderfist rescues sea planes and ships from sea serpents made by Nazi scientists.
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Pages: 13.66
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Girl Active Club Members
First Line: Doris Lloyd offers her suggestion...
Synopsis: A way to raise money for charity.
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Pages: 0.34
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: Everyone likes to read comics!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Wow, Dime, Active, Triumph and Joke Comics.
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The Standard Book of Formulas

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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