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Issue: Active Comics #1
Publication Date: February 1942
 
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Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagBell Features
Indicia Publisher: Commercial Signs of Canada
On Sale Date: 02/01/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 CAD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Cy Bell (publisher)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from the indicia of Active Comics #25.
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
E. T. Legault (signed)
E. T Legault (signed)
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Subject Matter
adventure
Dixon of the Mounted
Wayne Dixon of the Mounted; The Brain [Gordon Bell]; Captain "Red" Thortan; Thunderfist [Randy Steele]
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Miscellaneous
1
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Lou Skuce
Lou Skuce (signed)
Lou Skuce
Lou Skuce
Subject Matter
humorous
He won't hurt you mister!
Boy kicking a dog.
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Miscellaneous
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Inside front cover. Page also includes indicia.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Edmund Legault [as E. T. Legault]
Edmund Legault [as E. T. Legault]
Edmund Legault [as E. T. Legault]
Edmund Legault [as E. T. Legault] ?
Subject Matter
adventure
Dixon of the Mounted
Wayne Dixon of the Mounted; Ruth Barton; Lad; Trapper Hank
Corporal Wayne Dixon of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is caught in the grip of a raging blizzard...
Dixon searches for Ruth Barton in a blizzard and finds her captured by a strange man-like creature with antlers.
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At one point Ruth refers to Dixon as Dart.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Lou Skuce
Lou Skuce (signed)
Lou Skuce
Lou Skuce
Subject Matter
humorous
This hurts me more than it does you!
A boy is being spanked.
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1
The Flight Parade

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
informational
A story of man's perseverance against the elements and gravity.
A history of flight.
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Start of a Youthful Romance

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Lou Skuce
Lou Skuce (signed)
Lou Skuce
Lou Skuce
Subject Matter
humorous
Aw g'wan n' have one!
A young boy gives a young girl flowers.
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Miscellaneous
1
Introducing Thunderfist - The Crime Crusher

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Edmund Legault [as E. T. Legault]
Murray Karn [as M. Karn]
Murray Karn [as M. Karn]
Murray Karn [as M. Karn] ?
Subject Matter
adventure
Thunderfist
Thunderfist [Randy Steele]; Danny Steele; Beverly Holmes; Vonzick
Almost concealed among dense bushes and boulders is a small building not unlike that of a summer cottage.
Randy is a sideshow strongman, Beverly is his girlfriend and Danny is his brother, a scientist. When Danny is killed by Nazis, Randy becomes Thunderfist to avenge his death.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
informational
Oddities
Zoophytes:- are invertebrate animals...
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Miscellaneous
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"What Would You Do" Contest

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Jimmy Jackson
Contest to win one of 50 fountain pens. Short comic about flying in an airplane and reader is asked what they would do next.
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Miscellaneous
1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Cooper [as A. Cooper]
Al Cooper [as A. Cooper]
Al Cooper [as A. Cooper]
Al Cooper [as A. Cooper] ?
Subject Matter
adventure
Capt. Red Thortan
Capt. Red Thortan; Lieutenant Harley; Captain Tianu
Captain Red Thortan, adventurer and soldier of fortune, whose entire life had been spent in roaming the four corners of the globe...
Captain Thortan rescues Lieutenant Harley from Japanese soldiers.
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Miscellaneous
15
Every Dog Has His Day!

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Lou Skuce
Lou Skuce
Lou Skuce
Lou Skuce
Subject Matter
humorous
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Miscellaneous
1
Buffalo Bill

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
biography
Personalities
Buffalo Bill Cody
Bio of Buffalo Bill Cody.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
J. O'Henly [as O'Henly]
J. O'Henly [as O'Henly]
J. O'Henly [as O'Henly]
J. O'Henly [as O'Henly]
Subject Matter
informational
Phoney Laws
California State Vehicle Act:- It is a misdemeanor...
Strange laws from California, Portland Oregon and Wichita Kansas.
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Miscellaneous
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The Man With the Psychic Mind

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Leo Bachle
Leo Bachle (signed)
Leo Bachle
Leo Bachle
Subject Matter
adventure
The Brain
The Brain [Gordon Bell]; Mr. Bell (father); Kurt; Elsie
With his power to visualize happenings far and near and his flying suit, he devotes his life to ferreting out plots against the democratic world.
The Brain is Gordon Bell. He uses his psychic abilities to find and break up Nazis in Toronto. He is brainwashed to bring a bomb sight to the Nazis.
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Miscellaneous
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Last page includes an ad for Johnny Canuck, also drawn by Leo Bachle, in Dime Comics.
T'was Ever Thus

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Lou Skuce
Lou Skuce (signed)
Lou Skuce
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Lou Skuce
Subject Matter
humorous
Roy
Good morning - Roy!
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Dart Daring; Rex Baxter; Wayne Dixon; Lad
Greatest comic characters of them all!!
Ad for Wow, Dime, and Active comics.
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Backcover of comic.

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