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Issue: Active Comics #5
Publication Date: June 1942
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Issues: #5 of 38 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagBell Features
Brand: Colonial Distributors Bell FeaturesView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Bell Features and Publishing Company Limited
On Sale Date: 06/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 CAD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 18 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Cy Bell ?
Disclose Notes: No date given in comic. Date guessed at because 1942 is mentioned in Active Jim's message and previous issue may have come out in May.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Adrian Dingle [as Dingle]
Inker(s): Adrian Dingle [as Dingle]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Adrian Dingle [as Dingle] ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Thunderfist
Character(s): Thunderfist [Randy Steele]; Beverley Holmes; Captain Red Thortan; Wayne Dixon; The Brain [Gordon Bell]; Toro; Active Jim
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Battle Tactics

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Cooper (signed)
Penciller(s): Al Cooper (signed)
Inker(s): Al Cooper (signed)
Letterer(s): Al Cooper ? (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
First Line: Bomb load touched off by a direct hit!
Synopsis: Cannon attack on bomber.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Three different planes attacks depicted.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): T. A. Steele (signed)
Penciller(s): T. A. Steele (signed)
Inker(s): T. A. Steele (signed)
Letterer(s): T. A. Steele (signed) ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dixon of the Mounted
Character(s): Wayne Dixon; Dice Leggit
First Line: The Story Thus Far... Receiving Orders to investigate the death of Constable Wicks...
Synopsis: Dixon tracks Leggit and his gang to their lair.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Club News & Views

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset; ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Active Jim Club
Character(s): Active Jim
Synopsis: News from the Active Jim Club. Handlettered and typeset.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ross Saakel (signed)
Penciller(s): Ross Saakel (signed)
Inker(s): Ross Saakel (signed)
Letterer(s): Ross Saakel (signed) ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, humorous
Feature(s): The Noodle
Character(s): The Mummy; The Noodle [Jordan Chimes]; Borro; Adolph Hitler (wanted poster)
First Line: Flash -- A creature known as the Mummy has abducted a baby girl...
Synopsis: The Noodle fights the Mummy.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Parody of The Mummy in The Brain in a previous issue of Active Comics.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): René L. Kulbach
Inker(s): René L. Kulbach
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tang
Character(s): Buddy Breckenridge; Tang
First Line: Like horses?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Promo for Triumph Comics.
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Active Jim's Monthly Message

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Ross Saakel ?
Inker(s): Ross Saakel ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Active Jim
Character(s): Active Jim
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This month's message is loyalty.

Has a coupon to join the club for 15 cents.
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Canada at War!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Leo Bache
Penciller(s): Leo Bache
Inker(s): Leo Bache
Letterer(s): Leo Bache ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Brain
Character(s): The Brain [Gordon Bell]; Toro; Dr. Black; Mayor Cooper; Luke
First Line: A sleepy little town is given a huge sum of money for defense industry...
Synopsis: Dr. Black sets up a protection racket in Saakelville.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: The name of the town is Saakelville, after Ross Saakel who draws and writes The Noodle in this comic.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ross Saakel [as Ross K. Saakel]
Penciller(s): Ross Saakel [as Ross K. Saakel]
Inker(s): Ross Saakel [as Ross K. Saakel]
Letterer(s): Ross Saakel [as Ross K. Saakel] ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Active Jim
Character(s): Active Jim; Joan Brian; Ben
First Line: Flash - Toronto citizens are warned to be on the look out for a leopard...
Synopsis: Crooks kidnap Jim so capture a leopard for them to ransom back to the circus.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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[untitled]

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mel Crawford [as Crawford]
Inker(s): Mel Crawford [as Crawford]
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): What Would You Do?
Character(s): Norm West
First Line: Young Norm West, who is making a canoe trip...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Contest with entry form.
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The Standard Book of Formulas

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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2 half page ads for Wow and Dime Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mel Crawford [as Crawford]
Inker(s): Mel Crawford [as Crawford]
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Wild Bill Wildman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ilustration of plane and Wild Bill (a cowboy).
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Winners of Popularity Contest

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mel Crawford [as Crawford]
Inker(s): Mel Crawford [as Crawford]
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Cooper (signed)
Penciller(s): Al Cooper (signed)
Inker(s): Al Cooper (signed)
Letterer(s): Al Cooper (signed) ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Capt. Red Thortan
Character(s): Captain Red Thortan; Lieutenent Harley; Koto; Sin Tong
First Line: Synopsis: Trapped by a group of Jap Snipers, Red, determined to try a perilous attack...
Synopsis: A Japanese bomber is sent after Red and Harley.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Joke Comics #3

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Private Stuff; Colonel Braggart; Lucky; The Three T's [Tom Adams; Terry Benson; Tubby [Ralph Henry]]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Reprints cover of Joke Comics #3. Notes that it contains War Gags by Mickey Owens and cartoons by Lou Skuce.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Murray Karn ?
Penciller(s): Murray Karn [as M. Karn] (signed)
Inker(s): Murray Karn [as M. Karn] (signed)
Letterer(s): Murray Karn ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Thunderfist
Character(s): Beverley Holmes; Thunderfist [Randy Steele]; Silas Cragg; Goliath
First Line: This is news! The airport buildings were torpedoed.
Synopsis: A mad scientist is firing aerial torpedoes at the city.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Story includes a giant ape named Goliath. At end, there is a panel that notes that Jeff Waring, King of the Amazon, by the same illustrator appears in Wow Comics.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mel Crawford ? [as C] (signed)
Inker(s): Mel Crawford ? [as C] (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Baw! Somebody's got my comic book!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cartoon and promo for Dime Comics, Wow Comics, Active Comics, Joke Comics, and Triumph Comics.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Superb 50" Flying Model
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Airplane model from Transcanada Mail Order Co.

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