([May?] 1942)
Bell Features,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 CAD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Bell Features and Publishing Company Limited
- Brand
-
Bell Features
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia lists as being published by "Bell Features & Publishing Company Limited". No date given, date of May guessed at due to onsale date in ad for Wow Comics.
Club News & Views
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Letters from, and names and addresses of, Active Club members.
Indexer Notes
Half typeset, half handlettered. Indicia on this page.
[no title indexed]
Dixon of the Mounted / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Ted Steele (signed as T A Steele)
- Pencils
- Ted Steele (signed as T A Steele)
- Inks
- Ted Steele (signed as T A Steele)
- Letters
- Ted Steele (signed as T A Steele)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Corporal Dixon goes in search of Ruth Barton and rescues her from a pair of desperate criminals, who die in attempting to kill Dixon.
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Wayne Dixon; Ruth Barton; Lad; Collins; "Dice" Leggit; Mart Black
- Synopsis
- Dixon is off to Skeleton Falls to investigate the death of Constable Wicks.
On the Road
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- John O'Henly (signed as J. O'Henly)
- Pencils
- John O'Henly (signed as J. O'Henly)
- Inks
- John O'Henly (signed as J. O'Henly)
- Letters
- John O'Henly (signed as J. O'Henly)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This car and its driver could be used by the army - to lay smoke screens.
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- Cartoons about cars.
Indexer Notes
Two one-panel cartoons and one two-panel comic.
The Noodle
The Noodle / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Ross Saakel (signed as Saakel)
- Pencils
- Ross Saakel (signed as Saakel)
- Inks
- Ross Saakel (signed as Saakel)
- Letters
- Ross Saakel (signed as Saakel)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My momma done tol' me
- Genre
- humour; superhero
- Characters
- The Noodle [Jordan Chimes]; Mr. Chimes; Mrs. Chimes
- Synopsis
- Jordan, playing with a chemistry set, gives himself amazing powers that he uses to fight crime.
Indexer Notes
Parody of The Brain.
[Triumph Comics]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- Nelvana; Mardyth; Adolph Hitler; Captain Wonder; Speed Savage; Tang; Buddy Breckenridge
Indexer Notes
Contains the cover from Triumph Comics (Bell Features, 1942 series) #7 featuring Nelvana vs. Hitler.
[no title indexed]
Famous Sport Incidents / text article / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- An inning that was an inning
- Genre
- non-fiction; sport
- Characters
- Charley Root; Al Simmons; Jimmy Foxx; Joe Boley; Jimmy Dykes; Art Nehf; "Mule" Haas; Hack Wilson; Mickey Cochrane; "Sheriff" Blake; Pat Malone
- Synopsis
- The Philadelphia Athletics have an amazing seventh inning in a game of the 1929 World Series.
[Crash Carson]
Crash Carson / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Jack Tremblay (signed as J. Tremblay)
- Inks
- Jack Tremblay (signed as J. Tremblay)
- Letters
- Jack Tremblay (signed as J. Tremblay)
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Crash Carson
Indexer Notes
Promo for Crash Carson in Wow Comics. Onsale date, May 30th.
The Return of the Mummy Man!
The Brain / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- Leo Bachle (signed)
- Pencils
- Leo Bachle (signed)
- Inks
- Leo Bachle (signed)
- Letters
- Leo Bachle (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Out of town stands an old castle..... within lives and old recluse...
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- The Brain [Gordon Bell]; Mummy Man; X4; Toro; Johnny Canuck; Wild Bill Wildman
- Synopsis
- The Brain investigates a shooting at a haunted castle.
Indexer Notes
The final panel has a promo for Leo Bachle's two other features.
Active Jim's Monthly Message
Active Jim / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- Active Jim
- Synopsis
- Active Jim's Monthly Message for the Active Comics Club.
Indexer Notes
Mentions year 1942.
[Andre Jacques Garnerin]
The Flight Parade / cartoon / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; aviation
- Characters
- Andre Jacques Garnerin; Napoleon Bonaparte
- Synopsis
- The first man to parachute from a balloon, and Napoleon's creation of the first military balloon corps.
[Dime Comics]
Rex Baxter / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- Edmond Good (signed)
- Pencils
- Edmond Good (signed)
- Inks
- Edmond Good (signed)
- Letters
- Edmond Good (signed)
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Rex Baxter; Gail Abbot; Ratol
Indexer Notes
Contains the first page of "Rex Baxter and the Island of Doom" from Dime Comics (Bell Features, 1942 series) #4 (circa August 1942).
Active Comics Scout Starr Contest Winners
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Winners of the Scout Starr contest.
What Would You Do?
activity / 1 page
- Characters
- Bill Brown
- Synopsis
- Contest. What would you do if you had a cobra in the house? Prizes are original art from the comic.
[no title indexed]
Active Jim / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Ross Saakel (signed)
- Pencils
- Ross Saakel (signed)
- Inks
- Ross Saakel (signed)
- Letters
- Ross Saakel (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This adventure happened just recently and I shall endeavour to tell it to you word by word.
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Active Jim; Ross Saakel; Joan Brian; 'Natural' Severn
- Synopsis
- Active Jim plays baseball and rescues a girl by pitching a ball and knocking a guy out.
[no title indexed]
Capt. "Red" Thortan / comic story / 12 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Down! Down! Hurtles Capt. Thortan, towards the distant ground...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Capt. Red Thortan; Lieutenent Harley
- Synopsis
- Red is saved by British soldiers, then Red goes back after the Japanese.
[Joke Comics]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- The Three T's [Tom Adams; Terry Benson; Tubby [Ralph Henry]]; Private Stuff; Spike; Mike Rafone; Lucky
[no title indexed]
Thunderfist / comic story / 13.66 pages
- Script
- Edmund Legault (signed)
- Pencils
- Murray Karn (signed as M. Karn)
- Inks
- Murray Karn (signed as M. Karn)
- Letters
- Murray Karn (signed as M. Karn)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Somewhere in mid-Atlantic Ocean...
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- Characters
- Thunderfist [Randy Steele]; Beverley Holmes; Dr. Kazarr
- Synopsis
- Thunderfist rescues sea planes and ships from sea serpents made by Nazi scientists.
- Reprints
in [no title indexed]
Girl Active Club Members / text article / 0.34 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Doris Lloyd offers her suggestion...
- Synopsis
- A way to raise money for charity.
[no title indexed]
promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Mel Crawford (signed as Crawford)
- Inks
- Mel Crawford (signed as Crawford)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Mel Crawford (signed as Crawford)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Everyone likes to read comics!
Indexer Notes
Ad for Wow, Dime, Active, Triumph and Joke Comics.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[Dixon of the Mounted and Lad with small pictures of the other characters]
Dixon of the Mounted -
1.
Club News & Views
-
2.
["Corporal Dixon goes in search of Ruth Barton and rescues her from a pair of desperate criminals, who die in attempting to kill Dixon."]
Dixon of the Mounted -
3.
On the Road
-
4.
The Noodle
The Noodle -
5.
[Triumph Comics]
-
6.
["An inning that was an inning"]
Famous Sport Incidents -
7.
[Crash Carson]
Crash Carson -
8.
The Return of the Mummy Man!
The Brain -
9.
Active Jim's Monthly Message
Active Jim -
10.
[Andre Jacques Garnerin]
The Flight Parade -
11.
[Dime Comics]
Rex Baxter -
12.
Active Comics Scout Starr Contest Winners
-
13.
What Would You Do?
-
14.
[Dick Korda's World Record Holder]
-
15.
["This adventure happened just recently and I shall endeavour to tell it to you word by word."]
Active Jim -
16.
["Down! Down! Hurtles Capt. Thortan, towards the distant ground..."]
Capt. "Red" Thortan -
17.
[Joke Comics]
-
18.
["Somewhere in mid-Atlantic Ocean..."]
Thunderfist -
19.
["Doris Lloyd offers her suggestion..."]
Girl Active Club Members -
20.
["Everyone likes to read comics!"]
-
21.
[The Standard Book of Formulas]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Michael Hoskin
- Keith Alan Morgan
- Mike Nielsen
- Matt Tauber
- Jim Van Dore
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