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Issue: Active Comics #17
Publication Date: May 1944
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Issues: #17 of 38 Issues
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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: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 CAD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 15 (8 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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See the Brain Outwit the Clowns!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Brain
Character(s): The Brain [Gordon Bell]
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Pages: 1
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First Line: Hope we don't hit the target before I finish this Colossal!
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dixon of the Mounted
Character(s): Wayne Dixon; Peters; Doctor Pazy
First Line: I knew I should not trust him - I need help - I can't see - if I could only ship the stuff.
Synopsis: Dixon comes across a dying man talking of a black diamond.
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Pages: 7
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Spike
Character(s): Spike
First Line: Learn now - pay us when you get the job!
Synopsis: Spike takes a course in using an oxy-acetylene torch to make money.
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): The Noodle
Character(s): The Noodle [Jordan Chimes]; Bonaparte [Red Skeleton]; I. M. Coughin; Henrietta
First Line: Oooooh! 'oo bwoke me widdle head!
Synopsis: The Noodle convinces the Red Skeleton to tell him where Coughin took Henrietta.
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Pages: 4
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Harpers Happy Hollow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Brain
Character(s): The Brain [Gordon Bell]; The Noodle [Jordan Chimes]; Happy Harper; Gruesome Gus; Mousey Masters; Mike Dike
First Line: Gordon Bell is out to find peace even if he has to fight for it!
Synopsis: Gordan Bell visits the circus and witnesses a shakedown.
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Pages: 9
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? [as Active Jim]
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Active Jim
Character(s): Active Jim
First Line: Here it is summer again, or it will be when you read this.
Synopsis: About working on the farm to offset labour shortages.
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Feature(s): Active Jim's Club News and Views
Character(s): Active Jim
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Capt. Red Thortan
Character(s): Red Thortan; Karo; Dale Howarth; Kula
First Line: After an unsuccessful attempt in stealing the antidote...
Synopsis: Red captures the Japanese soldier who found the cave they were hiding in.
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Active Jim
Character(s): Active Jim; Joan Brian; Fred Millar; Mabel Millar; Kurt
First Line: You want jobs eh? Well, my uncle Fred can use you. C'mon in. I'll take you to him.
Synopsis: Uncle Fred takes on two new workers and things start disappearing around the farm.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): King Fury
Character(s): King Fury; Mary Allen
First Line: 'King Fury' and 'Mary Allen' (British agent) are trapped deep inside Germany after they have succeeded in destroying the "robot menace"
Synopsis: King and Mary must escape from Germany.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Don't mind me officer, I write love stories for a living
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Thunderfist
Character(s): Randy Steele [Thunderfist]; Ann Drake; Mr. Grafton; Jason; John Drake
First Line: I'm sure this is going to be a dull evening!.... Being a reporter at times is very trying. Especially at a dull dinner!
Synopsis: Ann Drake must stay in her late uncle's house to fulfill the terms of the will.
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Pages: 7
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Canada's Greatest Comic Magazines

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Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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First Line: Boy-oh-boy what a book!!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Colossal Comics.

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