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Issue: Active Comics #7
Publication Date: September 1942
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Issues: #7 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: 1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 CAD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 21 (6 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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Capt. Red Thortan in armor

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Capt. Red Thortan
Character(s): Capt. Red Thortan; Active Jim; Thunderfist [Randy Steele]; Beverley Holmes; Wayne Dixon; The Brain [Gordon Bell]
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The Flying Tigers

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, informational, non-fiction, war
First Line: The Flying Tiger squadron defending the Burma road in Tomahawks (Curtiss P-40's) have bagged ninety to one hundred Japanese airplanes since Dec. 7, with a loss ratio of about one to ten
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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
First Line: Corporal Dixon, Ace Mountie, goes after 3 Nazi agents who have landed on the coast of Canada...
Synopsis: Dixon hunts down the four Nazis.
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Pages: 10
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Club News and Views by Active Jim

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Writer(s): ? [as Active Jim]
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset; ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Active Jim
Synopsis: Lists new Active Jim Club members.
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Pages: 1
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Contest Winners

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Synopsis: Winners of the military uniform contest.
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Pages: 1
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The Big 7

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for other Bell comics. Includes reprints of the covers of Triumph #10, Commando #1, Joke #4, Dime #7, Wow #10, The Funny Comics #2 and Active #7.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): The Noodle
Character(s): The Noodle [Jordan Chimes]; Count Hackula; Henrietta
First Line: Deer Jordan: You are kordally envited two my party two-nite!
Synopsis: The Noodle is a baby who dresses as a superhero. He fights Count Hackula in this story.
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Pages: 4
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The Case of the Crooked Construction Company

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Brain
Character(s): The Brain [Gordon Bell]; Al; Mr. Patry; Reg
First Line: What's cookin to-night good lock'in!
Synopsis: An apartment building collapses and The Brain goes after the construction company.
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Pages: 10
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[untitled]

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First Line: The Hunchback Strikes
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Triumph #10. Illustration is first page of Speed Savage story by T.A. Steele.
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Active Jim's Monthly Message

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as Active Jim]
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: The deeds of Private Harry Wichtacz and Sergeant G. A. Hickson.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes membership mail-in coupon.
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Joke Comics

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Synopsis: Illustration of a woman pushing a baby carriage off a drawbridge while reading Joke Comics.
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Don't Delay Another Second!

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Synopsis: Ad for the Active Club, including a membership coupon. Mentions that there are now 5000 members.
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Pages: 1
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Wrestling Game

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
First Line: Cut out spinner and paste on cardboard - place pencil through centre of spinner
Synopsis: A wrestling game to play.
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Pages: 2
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Dime Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Synopsis: First page of Scotty Macdonald by Al Cooper from issue #7.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Mentions that print run has increased by 10,000 copies to 60,000.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Capt. Red Thortan
Character(s): Capt. Red Thortan; Sin Tong; Harley
First Line: Synopsis: Boarding a Japanese Destroyer, Captain Thortan and his accomplice, Sin Tong...
Synopsis: A Japanese sailor tries to stop Red's takeover of the Japanese destroyer.
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Pages: 12
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): Dart Daring; Jeff Waring
First Line: 4 Great Picture Strips
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Wow Comics.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Active Jim
Character(s): Active Jim; Joan Brian; Archibald La Femme; Tony; Marty
First Line: Look Jim!
Synopsis: Joan gets mad at Jim and he can't play well in the rugby game.
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Pages: 3
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Commando Comics

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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Mentions Leo Bachle, Ed Good, Al Cooper, Murray Karn, Adrian Dingle, Ted Steele, Ross Saakel, Lewis Parker, Mel Crawford, Jack Tremblay, Ed Legault and Bernard Clarke.

Includes illustration of cover of issue #1.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Thunderfist
Character(s): Beverley Holmes; Thunderfist [Randy Steele]; Koyoto; Tony; General Scott
First Line: Beverley Holmes, girl reporter, sitting in her favourite cafe sees two orientals at a nearby table.
Synopsis: Beverley discovers a Japanese plot involving giant submarines.
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Pages: 13
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
First Line: This is a heck of a time for a bugler to get a toothache!
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Pages: 1
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R. B. Bennett

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Synopsis: Ad for biography of R.B. Bennett (Canadian politician) by Andrew D. Maclean.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Appears on back cover of comic.

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