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Issue: Active Comics #8
Publication Date: November 1942
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Issues: #8 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: 31 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Indexed from scanned copy at http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/art/Pages/art.aspx
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, superhero
Feature(s): The Brain
Character(s): The Brain [Gordon Bell]; Active Jim; Thunderfist [Randy Steele]; Wayne Dixon; Captain Red Thortan
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Pages: 1
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Adolf Hitler; Hermann Goring
First Line: "I don't care how nice it looks...
Synopsis: Hitler complains about Goring wearing a Canadian War Savings stamp among his medals.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On inside front cover.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dixon of the Mounted
Character(s): Inspector Curtis; Wayne Dixon; Bob; Jed Barlow; Black Tom; Checkers
First Line: This filthy drug racket has got to be stopped...
Synopsis: Dixon is assigned to find out and stop the person dealing marihuana to the Maohawk Indians.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Hits the News-Stands with the Terrific Power of a Commando Raid!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Commando Comics
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Pages: 1
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: No! He's not in the act!
Synopsis: An impatient janitor begins sweeping the stage while actors are still performing.
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Pages: 1
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Crack U.S. Fighters

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, non-fiction
First Line: The Lockheed P-38 "Lightning" is a twin-engined, single-seat, high-speed, long-range monoplane powered by two Allison engines of 1,090 H.P.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Drawings and text of the Lockheed P-38, Bell P-39, and the Mustang P-51.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Miss Smith
First Line: A gentleman to see you, sir!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Five one-panel cartoons, and one three-panel comic.
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The Flight Parade

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, non-fiction
Character(s): Henri Giffard; Abraham Lincoln; T. S. C. Low
First Line: Giffard introduces powered airship
Synopsis: The introduction of the powered airship and the first airborne observer in war.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Two one-panel cartoons.
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Communication Aeroplanes

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation, non-fiction
First Line: The Fieseler F1 156K or the Storch has one 240 H.P. Argus motor.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Drawings and information on the Fieseler F1 156K, the Fairchild 24W-41, and the Vought Sikorsky VS-310.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Butch
First Line: Aw c'om'on Butch...
Synopsis: A policeman asks the crook he caught to lockpick the police phone for him.
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Pages: 1
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All That the Name Implies...

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Terrific Comics
Character(s): Captain Wonder
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Identifies the Speed Savage story Blood On the Snow which was in Triumph Comics #7 and the Nelvana story as the Unmasked Claw which ran in Triumph Comics #8.
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, teen, war
Feature(s): Active Jim's Monthly Message
Character(s): Active Jim; Tom Brown
First Line: This is the story of Tom Brown 16, of Toronto, the schoolboy hero of Dieppe...
Synopsis: Tom Brown fought in Dieppe, before they discovered he was too young to serve.
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Pages: 1
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The Scarlet Zombie

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Brain
Character(s): The Brain [Gordon Bell]; Betty Thompkins; Doctor Coffin; Napoleon [Scarlet Zombie]
First Line: High above in downtown Toronto in a fashionable penthouse Gordon Bell (The Brain) finds a special delivery letter amongst his mail.
Synopsis: Betty inherits her uncle's fortune, but threats are made against her.
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Pages: 8
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Club News and Views
Character(s): Active Jim
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Pages: 1
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: They must be the shock troops we've been reading about
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, western
Feature(s): The Misadventures of Mild Will
Character(s): Mild Will Childman; Harry; the Noodle [Jordan Chimes]; Ross Saakel
First Line: Ah'm telling' ya fer th' last time, Harry!
Synopsis: Will and Harry go prospecting in Indian country.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Parody of Wild Bill from Dime Comics.
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Spin Your Fortune

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 2
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The Biggest Value on the Newsstands!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dime Comics
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Dime Comics #8.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, sports
Feature(s): Active Jim
Character(s): Active Jim; Marty Norris; Archibald La Femme
First Line: The sensational hockey game between Active and Elmhurst...
Synopsis: Jim plays Elmhurst's hockey team to a tied game.
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Pages: 1
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Strange But True
First Line: The women of Rotorua...
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Four factual cartoons.
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These 6 Features Are All in Joke Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Joke Comics
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Joke Comics #5.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
First Line: C'mon, you big lug...
Synopsis: A child has his dog lick all of his war savings stamps.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Capt. Red Thortan
Character(s): Red Thortan; Micheal Starr; Harley; Col. Cooper; Orano
First Line: In their race towards Port Darwin...
Synopsis: Japanese planes are attacking, but there isn't an island or ship for them to launch from.
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Pages: 12
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Don't Delay Another Second!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Active Club
Character(s): Active Jim
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Pages: 1
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Something New Has Been Added!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Announcing new features: The Terror, Super Sub, Scarlet and Gold, the Black Avenger, Pen Portraits and Mild Will.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: You'll find these brand new thrills in Wow Comics
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Pages: 0.5
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Dizzy Don Detective

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Character(s): Dizzy Don
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Pages: 0.5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Thunderfist
Character(s): Thunderfist [Randy Steele]; Beverley Holmes; Hanz
First Line: A huge passenger plane is flying across the border into Canada.
Synopsis: Nazis, in an underwater base in Lake Ontario, plan to blow up a conference of scientists.
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Pages: 10
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, sports
First Line: This is a heck of a time to sound the air raid alarm!
Synopsis: A hockey player about to attack the net is frustrated to hear an air raid alarm go off.
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Pages: 1
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Quality Comic Group

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bell Features
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On inside back cover.
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Here's Something New in Plane Kits

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Identoplane Kit
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On back cover.

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