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Issue: Active Comics #6
Publication Date: July 1942
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Issues: #6 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: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 CAD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 23 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: No date given in comic. Month and year guessed at based on previous and next issue.
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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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Dixon on a motorcycle

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dixon of the Mounted
Character(s): Wayne Dixon; Active Jim; The Brain [Gordon Bell]; Thunderfist [Randy Steele]; Red Thortan
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: They would transfer me to a park with a church in it!
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dixon of the Mounted
Character(s): Wayne Dixon; Emil Karnz; Jeff Sanders
First Line: 3 desperate Nazis emerge from the sea...
Synopsis: Dixon trails a group of Nazis.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Story concluded in Active Comics #7.
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What Would You Do? Contest Winners

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Small illustration of a bear copied from the previous issue.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Miss Brent
First Line: No! No! Miss Brent just your initials, your phone number isn't necessary on the check!
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Active Jim
Character(s): Steve Duprey; Monk; Active Jim; Dugan
First Line: Hurry it up 'Monk'...
Synopsis: A prisoner escapes to get revenge on Active Jim for putting him in prison.
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Pages: 3
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Paratroops

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, informational, non-fiction
First Line: A squadron of fast troop carriers are secretly flown over enemy territory.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The deployment of paratroopers.
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Joke Comics

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Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
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The Adventure of the Diamond Thieves

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Feature(s): The Brain
Character(s): The Brain [Gordon Bell]; Slick; Renie Radburn; Elain Hodges
First Line: I'm not going to stay here all night
Synopsis: A champagne cork tips the Brain to a crime.
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Pages: 11
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Club News & Views

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset; ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Active Jim's Club
Character(s): Active Jim
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Typeset and handlettered.
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Triumph Comics

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes reproduction of cover of Triumph Comics #9 by Adrian Dingle. Mentions "Tang" by René Kulbach.
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, non-fiction
Feature(s): Fighting Aircraft
First Line: Grumman 'Vengeance USA'
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Drawings and info of three aircraft. Said to be "Released by Scotty Macdonald".
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Free Prize Contest

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Subject Matter
Synopsis: Contest to identify heads/helmets and military outfits.
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Pages: 2
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R. B. Bennett

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for biography of R.B. Bennett (Canadian politician) by Andrew D. Maclean.
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Dime Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Dime Comics, with Rex Baxter on the cover of Dime Comics #6 by Edmond Good (signed).
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Capt. Red Thortan
Character(s): Captain Red Thortan; Harley; Sin Tong
First Line: Synopsis: Boarding a Chinese junk which they thought was marooned...
Synopsis: Red hatches a plan to capture a Japanese submarine.
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Pages: 12
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Wow Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Crash Carson; Loraine Knight; Dart Daring; Sky Cobra Queen; Whiz Wallace; Kay Allen; Jeff Waring
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Includes small illustration of the cover of Wow Comics #9 by Edmond Good. Mentions that comic has been reduced from 15 cents to 10 cents.
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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; Harry; Marge
First Line: While the mysterious moon brightens the peaceful night sky...
Synopsis: Creeping vines suddenly start attacking people.
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Pages: 12.5
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Active Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Active Jim
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Pages: 0.5
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Tanks

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: informational, non-fiction, war
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Drawings and information about tanks.
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Dizzy Don Detective

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Dizzy Don
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Text states "Don't Miss The New Comic Book".
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Bombing Technique

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, informational, non-fiction, war
First Line: Plane dropping a stick of bombs
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Different bombing strategies.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Increase your library at amazingly small cost...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for books from Transcanada Mail Order Co.

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