Issue Details

Issue	#1
Published	February 1942
Cover Price	$0.10 CAD
Pages	68
Editing	Cy Bell (publisher)

Cover Details - "main picture of Dixon of the Mounted"

Characters	Dixon of the Mounted; The Brain; Captain "Red" Thorton; Thunderfist
Genre	Adventure

1 page story "He won't hurt you mister!"

Synopsis	Boy kicking a dog.
Genre	Humor
Script	Leo Skuce
Pencils	Leo Skuce
Inks	Leo Skuce
Letters	Leo Skuce
Notes	Full page illo with caption. Also includes indicia. Published monthly by "Commercial Signs of Canada"

14 page Dixon of the Mounted story "Dixon of the Mounted"

Characters	Dixon of the Mounted; Ruth Barton
Synopsis	Dixon searches for Ruth Barton in a blizzard and finds her captured by a strange man-like creature with antlers.
Genre	Adventure
Script	Edmund Legault [as E.T. Legault]
Pencils	Edmund Legault [as E.T. Legault]
Inks	Edmund Legault [as E.T. Legault]
Letters	Edmund Legault [as E.T. Legault]?

1 page story "This hurts me more than it does you!"

Synopsis	A boy is being spanked.
Genre	Humor
Script	Leo Skuce
Pencils	Leo Skuce
Inks	Leo Skuce
Letters	Leo Skuce
Notes	Full page illo with caption.

1 page text article "The Flight Parade"

Synopsis	A history of flight.
Genre	Fact

1 page story "Start of a Youthful Romance"

Synopsis	A young boy gives a young girl flowers.
Genre	Humor
Script	Leo Skuce
Pencils	Leo Skuce
Inks	Leo Skuce
Letters	Leo Skuce
Notes	Full page illo with caption.

12 page Thunderfist story "Introducing Thunderfist - The Crime Crusher"

Characters	Thunderfist [Randy Steele]; Danny Steele; Beverly Holmes
Synopsis	Randy is a sideshow strongman, Beverly is his girlfriend and Danny is his brother, a scientist. When Danny is killed by Nazi's, Randy becomes Thunderfist to avenge his death.
Genre	Adventure
Script	Edmund Legault [as E.T. Legault]
Pencils	Murray Karn [as M. Karn]
Inks	Murray Karn [as M. Karn]
Letters	Murray Karn [as M. Karn]?

1 page story "Oddities"

Synopsis	True facts.
Genre	Fact

1 page advertisement "50 Fountain Pens"

Synopsis

Contest to win one of 50 fountain pens. Short comic about flying in an airplane and reader is asked what they would do next.

15 page Capt. Red Thortan story "Capt. Red Thortan"

Characters	Capt. Red Thortan; Lieutenant Harley
Synopsis	Captain Thortan rescues Lieutenant Harley from Japanese soldiers.
Genre	Adventure
Script	Al Cooper [as A. Cooper]
Pencils	Al Cooper [as A. Cooper]
Inks	Al Cooper [as A. Cooper]
Letters	Al Cooper [as A. Cooper]?

1 page story "Every dog has his day!"

Genre	Humor
Script	Leo Skuce
Pencils	Leo Skuce
Inks	Leo Skuce
Letters	Leo Skuce
Notes	Full page humourous illo.

1 page text article "Personalities"

Characters	Buffalo Bill Cody
Synopsis	Bio of Buffalo Bill Cody.
Genre	Bio

1 page story "Phoney Laws"

Synopsis	Strange laws from California, Portland Oregon and Wichita Kansas.
Genre	Fact
Script	J. O'Healy [as O'Healy]
Pencils	J. O'Healy [as O'Healy]
Inks	J. O'Healy [as O'Healy]
Letters	J. O'Healy [as O'Healy]

15 page The Brain story "The Brain: The Man with the Psychic Mind"

Characters	The Brain [Gordon Bell]
Synopsis	The Brain is Gordon Bell. He uses his psychic abilities to find and break up Nazis in Toronto. He is brainwashed to bring a bomb sight to the Nazis.
Genre	Adventure
Script	Leo Bachle
Pencils	Leo Bachle
Inks	Leo Bachle
Letters	Leo Bachle
Notes	Last page is also an ad for Johnny Canuck, also drawn by Leo Bachle in Dime Comics.

1 page story "T'was ever thus"

Genre	Humor
Script	Leo Skuce
Pencils	Leo Skuce
Inks	Leo Skuce
Letters	Leo Skuce
Notes	Full page humourous illo.

1 page advertisement

Synopsis	Ad for Wow, Dime and Active comics.
Notes	Backcover of comic.