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Issue: Active Comics #7
Publication Date: September 1942
 
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Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagBell Features
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On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 CAD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (6 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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Capt. Red Thortan in armor

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Murray Karn (signed)
Murray Karn (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Capt. Red Thortan
Capt. Red Thortan; Active Jim; Thunderfist [Randy Steele]; Beverley Holmes; Wayne Dixon; The Brain [Gordon Bell]
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Miscellaneous
1
The Flying Tigers

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Cooper ?
Al Cooper (signed)
Al Cooper (signed)
?
Subject Matter
informational
The Flying Tiger squadron defending the Burma road in Tomahawks (Curtiss P-40's) have bagged ninety to one hundred Japanese airplanes since Dec. 7, with a loss ratio of about one to ten
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Miscellaneous
1
Facts about the Flying Tiger squadron and their airplanes.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Theodore Steele (credited) [as T. A. Steele]
Theodore Steele (credited) [as T. A. Steele]
Theodore Steele (credited) [as T. A. Steele]
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Dixon of the Mounted
Wayne Dixon; Emil Karnz
Corporal Dixon, Ace Mountie, goes after 3 Nazi agents who have landed on the coast of Canada...
Dixon hunts down the four Nazis.
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Miscellaneous
10
Club News and Views by Active Jim

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Active Jim]
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?
typeset; ?
Subject Matter
Active Jim
Lists new Active Jim Club members.
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Miscellaneous
1
Contest Winners

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Al Cooper (signed)
Al Cooper (signed)
?
Subject Matter
Winners of the military uniform contest.
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Miscellaneous
1
The Big 7

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Adrian Dingle (signed)
Adrian Dingle (signed)
?
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Miscellaneous
1
Ad for other Bell comics. Includes reprints of the covers of Triumph #10, Commando #1, Joke #4, Dime #7, Wow #10, The Funny Comics #2 and Active #7.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ross Saakel (signed)
Ross Saakel (signed)
Ross Saakel (signed)
?
Subject Matter
humorous, superhero
The Noodle
The Noodle [Jordan Chimes]; Count Hackula; Henrietta
Deer Jordan: You are kordally envited two my party two-nite!
The Noodle is a baby who dresses as a superhero. He fights Count Hackula in this story.
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Miscellaneous
4
The Case of the Crooked Construction Company

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Leo Bachle (signed)
Leo Bachle (signed)
Leo Bachle (signed)
?
Subject Matter
superhero
The Brain
The Brain [Gordon Bell]; Al; Mr. Patry; Reg
What's cookin to-night good lock'in!
An apartment building collapses and The Brain goes after the construction company.
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Miscellaneous
10
First line recorded as is.
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Ted Steele
Ted Steele
?
Subject Matter
The Hunchback Strikes
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Miscellaneous
1
Ad for Triumph #10. Illustration is first page of Speed Savage story by T.A. Steele.
Active Jim's Monthly Message

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Active Jim]
Ross Saakel ?
Ross Saakel ?
?
Subject Matter
The deeds of Private Harry Wichtacz and Sergeant G. A. Hickson.
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Miscellaneous
1
Includes membership mail-in coupon.
Joke Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
Illustration of a woman pushing a baby carriage off a drawbridge while reading Joke Comics.
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Miscellaneous
1
Don't Delay Another Second!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
Ad for the Active Club, including a membership coupon. Mentions that there are now 5000 members.
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Miscellaneous
1
Wrestling Game

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Charles Aszt (credited)
Al Cooper (signed)
Al Cooper (signed)
?
Subject Matter
Cut out spinner and paste on cardboard - place pencil through centre of spinner
A wrestling game to play.
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Miscellaneous
2
Dime Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Al Cooper
Al Cooper
?
Subject Matter
First page of Scotty Macdonald by Al Cooper from issue #7.
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Miscellaneous
1
Mentions that print run has increased by 10,000 copies to 60,000.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Al Cooper (credited)
Al Cooper (signed)
Al Cooper (signed)
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Capt. Red Thortan
Capt. Red Thortan; Sin Tong; Harley
Synopsis: Boarding a Japanese Destroyer, Captain Thortan & his accomplice Sin Tong...
A Japanese sailor tries to stop Red's takeover of the Japanese destroyer.
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Miscellaneous
12
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Adrian Dingle (signed)
Adrian Dingle (signed)
?
Subject Matter
Dart Daring; Jeff Waring
4 Great Picture Strips
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Miscellaneous
1
Ad for Wow Comics.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ross Saakel [as R. K. Saakel]
Ross Saakel [as R. K. Saakel]
Ross Saakel [as R. K. Saakel]
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Active Jim
Active Jim; Joan Brian; Archibald La Femme; Tony; Marty
Look Jim!
Joan gets mad at Jim and he can't play well in the rugby game.
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Miscellaneous
3
Commando Comics

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Adrian Dingle (signed)
Adrian Dingle (signed)
?
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Miscellaneous
1
Mentions Leo Bachle, Ed Good, Al Cooper, Murray Karn, Adrian Dingle, Ted Steele, Ross Saakel, Lewis Parker, Mel Crawford, Jack Tremblay, Ed Legault and Bernard Clarke.

Includes illustration of cover of issue #1.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Murray Karn ?
Murray Karn (credited)
Murray Karn (credited)
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Thunderfist
Beverley Holmes; Thunderfist [Randy Steele]; Koyoto; Tony; General Scott
Beverley Holmes, Girl Reporter, sitting in her favourite cafe sees two orientals at a nearby table...
Beverley discovers a Japanese plot involving giant submarines.
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Miscellaneous
13
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Mickey Owens (signed)
Mickey Owens (signed)
Mickey Owens (signed)
?
Subject Matter
humorous
This is a heck of a time for a bugler to get a toothache!
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Miscellaneous
1
R. B. Bennett

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
Ad for biography of R.B. Bennett (Canadian politician) by Andrew D. Maclean.
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Miscellaneous
1
Appears on back cover of comic.

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