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Issue: Active Comics #20
Publication Date: November 1944
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Issues: #20 of 38 Issues
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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: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 CAD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 18 (9 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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Active Jim
Character(s): Active Jim
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Want Some Cash?

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: An offer to buy back certain issues of Bell Features books.
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The Oriental Nightmare

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dr. Blue and Blackie
Character(s): Dr. Blue; Blackie Hargrave; John Saunders; Wung Foo; Mr. Kirby; Okada Locoi
First Line: Speeding through the Chinatown section of a large western city, are Dr. Blue and Blackie.
Synopsis: Dr. Blue and Blackie get tangled up in a murder in Chinatown.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cut heads out of pictures and place on the headless drawings.
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The Noodle for Mayor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): The Noodle
Character(s): The Noodle [Jordan Chimes]; McGurk
First Line: Vote fer McGurk or else..
Synopsis: McGurk is cheating to win, but the Noodle stands up to him.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Thunderfist
Character(s): Randy Steele [Thunderfist]; Joe Burk; Dr. Dyke; Verner
First Line: En route to work one morning Randy Steele notes
Synopsis: A mock invasion of the city is conducted... using real Nazis.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Plot elements and panels swiped from The Conquest of a City in Superman #18.
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Get the Ghost

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): The Panthers
Character(s): Cy Bell; Gladys; Tedd Steele [The Ghost]; Elmer Lee; Jack Thomas; Harold Hopper; Frank King; Teddy Williams
First Line: As our page is turned.. we find "Cy" Bell, owner of "the Panthers," in his publishing office. He is hard at work... he is thinking......
Synopsis: Tedd Steele is having trouble writing about the Panthers hockey team because they are too good and win every time.
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Pages: 5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Penny's Diary
Character(s): Penny Matthews; Jeanie Graham; Johnny Carter; Teddy; Judy
First Line: That's right! Blame all your troubles on me!
Synopsis: Penny breaks all her new year's resolutions in one day.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Has a notice for the Penny's Diary radio show.
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Revolt

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Character(s): Simon Bolivar; Conchita
First Line: Many years ago, all South America paid homage to a brutal Spanish overlord. From the blood and bones of those who died in the hope of freedom, rose the shining figure of South America's liberator, Simon Bolivar!
Synopsis: Simon Bolivar's revolution.
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Pages: 5
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Active Club Panthers

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, sports
Character(s): Bill Mackey; Jack Romanelli; Jim Yeaman; Howie Lee; Tommy Bennett; Jack Thomas; Harold Hopper; Frank King; Teddy Williams; Don Couch; Jack Punnett; Geo. McLagen; Bill Daley; Vernon Buffey
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Drawings, names and positions of the players for the Panthers hockey team.
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Reporting Panthers Games

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Active Jim]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, sports
First Line: Your Active Club "Panthers" (Minor Midgets) are really setting a hot pace in pre-season Toronto Hockey League games.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: The pre-season games and rankings of the Panthers hockey team up to December 19, 1944.
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Members of the Active Club!

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: A list of members.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Active Jim]
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Active Jim's Club News and Views
Character(s): Active Jim
First Line: Again we start the ball rolling with a letter from England------
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Brain
Character(s): Gordon Bell [The Brain]; Rocky
First Line: It's always nice to come in here and look at the priceless art treasures!
Synopsis: The Brain overhears two thugs casing a museum.
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Pages: 7
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Capt. Red Thortan
Character(s): Red Thortan; Shorty; Haki; Sir Clive Brock
First Line: Due to recent and somewhat alarming victories in China!
Synopsis: Red has to rescue a Canadian plane shot down in the jungle.
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Willy
Character(s): Willy; Wong
First Line: Willy, will you go to the laundry and get our washing here's the laundry ticket and the money
Synopsis: Willy goes to the laundry, but loses the ticket.
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Pages: 2
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Gee! That musta been a colossal land mine!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Colossal Comics.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Letterer(s): ?; typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Print your own snapshots at a fraction of the cost!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for the Sensichrome Photo set.

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