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Issue: Active Comics #25
Publication Date: September 1945
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Issues: #25 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: 15 (10 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): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Brain
Character(s): The Brain [Gordon Bell]
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Clipper th' Cat
Character(s): Clipper; Smith
First Line: Smith - those doggone hens of yours are cleanin' out my garden!!
Synopsis: Clipper finds a way to deal with Smith's chickens.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? [as AS]
Inker(s): ? [as AS]
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Dr. Blue and Blackie
Character(s): Dr. Blue; Blackie Hargrave; Roco
First Line: Roco hi-jacks seventh gasoline truck
Synopsis: Dr. Blue is hired to stop a gas hi-jacker.
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: While the signature looks like an AS it might also be a stylized AK.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Active Jim
Character(s): Active Jim; Joan Brian; Shifty Smith; Leo Nemo; Jake
First Line: To many people, the fall season means clear weather, brilliant landscapes, or duck-shooting -.... but to Active Jim, and his gang, it's the time for pounding feet, and cheering crowds of the gridiron!!
Synopsis: Gamblers try to get Active Jim's team to blow a few plays.
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Pages: 7
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, war
Feature(s): Barnacle Bull
Character(s): Barnacle Bull; Lank
First Line: Here's good ole "Barny" blubber and all, adrift after an encounter with a kamikaze plane, many days previous!!!
Synopsis: Adrift on a raft Barnacle ends up in Tokyo Bay.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Has a cameo of Lank the Yank.

The war is said to be over at the end of the story.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Captain Red Thortan
Character(s): Red Thortan; Ling-Lee; Ho-Tan
First Line: Red has been commissioned to help crack a powerful opium ring, which is operating throughout Burma!!
Synopsis: Red tracks down a dope ring leader.
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Pages: 7
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, non-fiction
Feature(s): Nothing But the Truth!
First Line: Grimsby skunk gets head stuck in pickle jar!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Five cartoons based on news reports.
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Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Active Jim's Club News
Character(s): Active Jim
First Line: Hello gang!! I've been receiving quite a few letters from club members in England, they are all asking for pen-pals here in Canada!!
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Disclose Notes: Lettters from Jean Haworth, Roy Waite, Ian Berg, Maureen Dinnage, Dennis Deadman, Colin Cohen, and Estelle Hamilton.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Penny's Diary
Character(s): Penny Matthews; Jeanie Graham; Skeets; Buddy; Hiram Anderson
First Line: Just think, Jeanie... we'll be like millionaires! We'll travel all over the world
Synopsis: Penny, Jeanie and their boyfriends go to the county fair.
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Buz and His Bus
Character(s): Buz; John Plowers; Oscar; Pete
First Line: Uh-oh I see the ole bus and I are scheduled for a chartered trip?
Synopsis: Buz has to pick up some models.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Brain
Character(s): The Brain [Gordon Bell]
First Line: O.K., bud, get in!
Synopsis: When a hitch-hiker finds out what a truck is carrying, the driver shoots him and runs him over.
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Pages: 7
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The Men From Mars

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Thunderfist
Character(s): Jed Wilson; Marstone; Thunderfist [Randy King]
First Line: You're not aviators!!! You... you're..
Synopsis: The men from Mars attack Centre City.
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Pages: 7
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Cinder Smith
Character(s): Monk; Rake; Gwen Montgomery; Cinder Smith; Jake
First Line: Our adventure begins in a small room, hidden deep in the heart of a large city, on the west coast of Canada!!
Synopsis: Cinder comes across some kidnappers.
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Pages: 6
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Advertisement (Comic Format)  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Joe
First Line: Kerchoo!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Smith Bros. ad in comic form.
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Plate No. 5 Family Ducks.

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: nature, non-fiction
Feature(s): Know Your Birds
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Drawings and info on the blue-winged teal, the wood duck, the canvasback, and the greater scaup duck.

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