Active Comics #10

([circa March 1943])

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Mickey Owens (signed)

Pencils

Mickey Owens (signed)

Inks

Mickey Owens (signed)

Letters

Mickey Owens (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

It's from your wife, she wants to know why you don't write more often

Genre

humour

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Dixon of the Mounted / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

René Kulbach (signed as René L. Kulbach)

Pencils

René Kulbach (signed as René L. Kulbach)

Inks

René Kulbach (signed as René L. Kulbach)

Letters

René Kulbach (signed as René L. Kulbach)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Corporal Dixon on a new assignment to investigate the rumour of Marijuana being sold to Indians and halfbreeds...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Wayne Dixon; Red-Trapper; Checkers

Synopsis

Investigating the rumor of marijuana sold to Indians, Corporal Dixon follows a map taken from a dead trapper.

[Joke Comics] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

The Alien World (Table of Contents: 4)

The Brain / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Leo Bachle (signed)

Pencils

Leo Bachle (signed)

Inks

Leo Bachle (signed)

Letters

Leo Bachle (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Release the girl Dr. Coffin or I'll break you in half!

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Brain [Gordon Bell]; Betty Thompkins; Doctor Coffin; Napolean [Scarlet Zombie]

Synopsis

Doctor Coffin sends Betty and the Brain to an alien world.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Active Jim / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Adrian Dingle (signed as A.D.)

Pencils

Adrian Dingle (signed as A.D.)

Inks

Adrian Dingle (signed as A.D.)

Letters

Adrian Dingle (signed as A.D.)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The other day while I was walking on the icy street...

Characters

Active Jim

Indexer Notes

About the importance of learning first aid.

Icebound Road to the Aurora Borealis (Table of Contents: 6)

text story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Vic Griffin (credited)

Pencils

Murray Karn (credited)

Inks

Murray Karn (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

With the Alaska war front on the headlines, Dutch Harbor, Kiska and Attu, once the ends of the earth but now very much in the middle, at least from the war angle, it is naturally a fitting time to travel to that little known part of the world...

Genre

adventure

Synopsis

Vic recounts a time on a ship headed from Seattle to Nome when they were trapped in ice.

[Wow Comics] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Would You Like to Have a Free Sweater Crest of Your Favorite Comic-Book Character???] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 2 pages (report information)

Assignment for March 1st 1943 (Table of Contents: 9)

Capt. Red Thortan / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Al Cooper (signed)

Pencils

Al Cooper (signed)

Inks

Al Cooper (signed)

Letters

Al Cooper (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Brought to the secret Jap air base as prisoners Capt. Thortan and Starr are confronted by its commanding officer

Genre

war

Characters

Gertie; Red Thortan; Micheal Starr; Tim Gates

Synopsis

Red tricks the Japanese guards into thinking he's dead.

Reprints

• in The Great Canadian Comic Books (Peter Martin Associates, 1971 series) (1971)

Indexer Notes

The first page has a reprint of most of last issue's last page set up on an artist's drawing board.

[Commando Comics] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Active Jim / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Edmond Good (signed)

Pencils

Edmond Good (signed)

Inks

Edmond Good (signed)

Letters

Edmond Good (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Like all you Canadian boys and girls, Jim has solemnly pledged his services to eventual Allied victory...

Genre

adventure

Characters

Active Jim; Joan Brian

Synopsis

Jim and Joan spot a man sabotaging the train tracks.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

The Noodle / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Ross Saakel (signed)

Pencils

Ross Saakel (signed)

Inks

Ross Saakel (signed)

Letters

Ross Saakel (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

After an unsuccessful attempt to kill Jordan Chimes...

Genre

humour; superhero

Characters

Count Hackula; The Noodle [Jordan Chimes]; Henrietta; Doc Ument

Synopsis

Count Hackula's bite has made Henrietta want to dance all night.

[Dime Comics] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Club News & Views / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Adrian Dingle (signed as A.D.)

Pencils

Adrian Dingle (signed as A.D.)

Inks

Adrian Dingle (signed as A.D.)

Letters

Adrian Dingle (signed as A.D.); typeset

Indexer Notes

The Active Club has sent 9000 comics to soldiers in England.

[Comic Character Crest] (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Frank Keith (signed as F.L.K.)

Pencils

Frank Keith (signed as F.L.K.)

Inks

Frank Keith (signed as F.L.K.)

Letters

Frank Keith (signed as F.L.K.)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I made the delivery o.k. but look wot the flak did to my fuselage!

Genre

humour

Keywords

stork

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Thunderfist / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Murray Karn (signed)

Pencils

Murray Karn (signed)

Inks

Murray Karn (signed)

Letters

Murray Karn (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Beverley Holmes, of all people. Are you going to the coast too.

Genre

superhero

Characters

Randy Steele [Thunderfist]; Beverley Holmes; The Voice of Doom [Holger]

Synopsis

The gravity is cut off in a section of Coast City by the Voice of Doom.

[Dizzy Don] (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Joke Comics] (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[Commander Repeating Play Gun] (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)