Active Comics
#25
([circa September 1945])
Bell Features,
1942 Series
- Price
- 0.10 CAD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Bell Features and Publishing Company Limited
- Brand
-
Colonial Distributors Bell Features
- Editing
- ?
[no title indexed]
The Brain / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- André Kulbach (signed as André)
- Inks
- André Kulbach (signed as André)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Brain [Gordon Bell]
[no title indexed]
Clipper th' Cat / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Smith - those doggone hens of yours are cleanin' out my garden!!
- Genre
- anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Clipper; Smith
- Synopsis
- Clipper finds a way to deal with Smith's chickens.
[no title indexed]
Dr. Blue and Blackie / comic story / 8 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Roco hi-jacks seventh gasoline truck
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Dr. Blue; Blackie Hargrave; Roco
- Synopsis
- Dr. Blue is hired to stop a gas hi-jacker.
Indexer Notes
While the signature looks like an AS it might also be a stylized AK.
[no title indexed]
Active Jim / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Fred Kelly (signed)
- Pencils
- Fred Kelly (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Kelly (signed)
- Letters
- Fred Kelly (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- To many people, the fall season means clear weather, brilliant landscapes, or duck-shooting -.... but to Active Jim, and his gang, it's the time for pounding feet, and cheering crowds of the gridiron!!
- Genre
- sport
- Characters
- Active Jim; Joan Brian; Shifty Smith; Leo Nemo; Jake
- Synopsis
- Gamblers try to get Active Jim's team to blow a few plays.
[no title indexed]
Barnacle Bull / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Harry Brunt (signed)
- Pencils
- Harry Brunt (signed)
- Inks
- Harry Brunt (signed)
- Letters
- Harry Brunt (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here's good ole "Barny" blubber and all, adrift after an encounter with a kamikaze plane, many days previous!!!
- Genre
- humour; war
- Characters
- Barnacle Bull; Lank
- Synopsis
- Adrift on a raft Barnacle ends up in Tokyo Bay.
Indexer Notes
Has a cameo of Lank the Yank.
The war is said to be over at the end of the story.
[no title indexed]
Captain Red Thortan / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Fred Kelly (signed)
- Pencils
- Fred Kelly (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Kelly (signed)
- Letters
- Fred Kelly (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Red has been commissioned to help crack a powerful opium ring, which is operating throughout Burma!!
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Red Thortan; Ling-Lee; Ho-Tan
- Synopsis
- Red tracks down a dope ring leader.
[no title indexed]
Nothing But the Truth! / cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Grimsby skunk gets head stuck in pickle jar!
- Genre
- humour; non-fiction
Indexer Notes
Five cartoons based on news reports.
[no title indexed]
Active Jim's Club News / letters page / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hello gang!! I've been receiving quite a few letters from club members in England, they are all asking for pen-pals here in Canada!!
- Characters
- Active Jim
Indexer Notes
Lettters from Jean Haworth, Roy Waite, Ian Berg, Maureen Dinnage, Dennis Deadman, Colin Cohen, and Estelle Hamilton.
[no title indexed]
Penny's Diary / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Patricia Joudry (credited as Joudry)
- Pencils
- Doris Slater (credited as Slater)
- Inks
- Doris Slater (credited as Slater)
- Letters
- Doris Slater (credited as Slater)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Just think, Jeanie... we'll be like millionaires! We'll travel all over the world
- Genre
- humour; teen
- Characters
- Penny Matthews; Jeanie Graham; Skeets; Buddy; Hiram Anderson
- Synopsis
- Penny, Jeanie and their boyfriends go to the county fair.
[no title indexed]
Buz and His Bus / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Harry Brunt (signed)
- Pencils
- Harry Brunt (signed)
- Inks
- Harry Brunt (signed)
- Letters
- Harry Brunt (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Uh-oh I see the ole bus and I are scheduled for a chartered trip?
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Buz; John Plowers; Oscar; Pete
- Synopsis
- Buz has to pick up some models.
[no title indexed]
The Brain / comic story / 7 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- O.K., bud, get in!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Brain [Gordon Bell]
- Synopsis
- When a hitch-hiker finds out what a truck is carrying, the driver shoots him and runs him over.
The Men From Mars
Thunderfist / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Ted Steele (signed as Tedd Steele)
- Pencils
- Ted Steele (signed as Tedd Steele)
- Inks
- Ted Steele (signed as Tedd Steele)
- Letters
- Ted Steele (signed as Tedd Steele)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You're not aviators!!! You... you're..
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Jed Wilson; Marstone; Thunderfist [Randy King]
- Synopsis
- The men from Mars attack Centre City.
[no title indexed]
Cinder Smith / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Fred Kelly (signed)
- Pencils
- Fred Kelly (signed)
- Inks
- Fred Kelly (signed)
- Letters
- Fred Kelly (signed)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Our adventure begins in a small room, hidden deep in the heart of a large city, on the west coast of Canada!!
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Monk; Rake; Gwen Montgomery; Cinder Smith; Jake
- Synopsis
- Cinder comes across some kidnappers.
Plate No. 5 Family Ducks.
Know Your Birds / illustration / 1 page
- Script
- René Kulbach (signed as René)
- Pencils
- René Kulbach (signed as René)
- Inks
- René Kulbach (signed as René)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- René Kulbach (signed as René)
- Genre
- non-fiction; animal
Indexer Notes
Drawings and info on the blue-winged teal, the wood duck, the canvasback, and the greater scaup duck.
Back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
The Brain -
1.
["Smith - those doggone hens of yours are cleanin' out my garden!!"]
Clipper th' Cat -
2.
["Roco hi-jacks seventh gasoline truck"]
Dr. Blue and Blackie -
3.
["To many people, the fall season means clear weather, brilliant landscapes, or duck-shooting -.... but to Active Jim, and his gang, it's the time for pounding feet, and cheering crowds of the gridiron!!"]
Active Jim -
4.
["Here's good ole "Barny" blubber and all, adrift after an encounter with a kamikaze plane, many days previous!!!"]
Barnacle Bull -
5.
["Red has been commissioned to help crack a powerful opium ring, which is operating throughout Burma!!"]
Captain Red Thortan -
6.
["Grimsby skunk gets head stuck in pickle jar!"]
Nothing But the Truth! -
7.
["Hello gang!! I've been receiving quite a few letters from club members in England, they are all asking for pen-pals here in Canada!!"]
Active Jim's Club News -
8.
["Just think, Jeanie... we'll be like millionaires! We'll travel all over the world"]
Penny's Diary -
9.
["Uh-oh I see the ole bus and I are scheduled for a chartered trip?"]
Buz and His Bus -
10.
["O.K., bud, get in!"]
The Brain -
11.
The Men From Mars
Thunderfist -
12.
["Our adventure begins in a small room, hidden deep in the heart of a large city, on the west coast of Canada!!"]
Cinder Smith -
13.
["Kerchoo!"]
-
14.
Plate No. 5 Family Ducks.
Know Your Birds
This issue was modified by, among others
- Peter Croome
- Keith Alan Morgan
All portions of the Grand Comics Database™, except where noted otherwise, are
copyrighted by the GCD and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format.