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Series: Active Comics Public Domain
Years in Print: 1942 - 1950
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Publisher: FlagBell Features Country: Flag Canada Language: English Issues: #1 - #105 (38 Issues) Continued From Continued From: none Continued In Continued In: none Disclose Tracking Notes:   Disclose Notes: The first three issues were published under 'Commercial Signs of Canada' name.

Issues #1 to #28 of this series contain original Canadian created content and are classed as 'Canadian White' editions.

Issues #29 and #30 date from 1946 and contain U.S. reprints in colour, but with original covers.

The series restarts circa 1950, ignoring previous numbering (#96 is currently the earliest known) consisting entirely of reprints of U.S. comics, also in colour.

Other issues may exist.
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Publication Type: Comic Books
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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Issue Image
Issue # Publication Date Pages Content Items Issue Images Count
#1 February 1942 68 16/4/1 Issue Image
#2 March 1942 68 15/4/1 Issue Image
2 Issue Images total
#3 April 1942 68 18/8/1 Issue Image
#4 May 1942 68 22/6/1 Issue Image
3 Issue Images total
#5 June 1942 68 18/6/1 Issue Image
2 Issue Images total
#6 July 1942 68 23/7/1 Issue Image
2 Issue Images total
#7 September 1942 68 21/6/1 Issue Image
#8 November 1942 68 31/7/1 Issue Image
#9 January 1943 68 22/8/1 Issue Image
#10 March 1943 60 21/7/1 Issue Image
#11 May 1943 60 23/8/1 Issue Image
#12 July 1943 60 19/7/1 Issue Image
#13 September 1943 60 22/8/1 Issue Image
#14 November 1943 60 18/10/1 Issue Image
#15 January 1944 60 21/10/1 Issue Image
2 Issue Images total
#16 March 1944 52 16/7/1 Issue Image
#17 May 1944 52 15/8/1 Issue Image
#18 July 1944 52 15/8/1 Issue Image
2 Issue Images total
#19 September 1944 60 19/11/1 Issue Image
#20 November 1944 60 18/9/1 Issue Image
#21 January 1945 60 16/11/1 Issue Image
#22 March 1945 60 16/11/1 Issue Image
#23 May 1945 60 15/9/1 Issue Image
#24 July 1945 60 16/10/1 Issue Image
#25 September 1945 60 15/10/1 Issue Image

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