Issue Details

Issue	#4
Published	[May?] 1942
Cover Price	0.10 CAD
Pages	68
Editing	?
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.

Cover Details - "Dixon of the Mounted and Lad with small pictures of the other characters"

Characters	Dixon of the Mounted; Lad; The Brain; Captain Red Thortan; Thunderfist; Active Jim
Genre	Adventure
Pencils	Adrian Dingle?
Inks	Adrian Dingle?
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.

1 page foreword, introduction, preface, afterword "Club News & Views"

Synopsis	Letters from, and names and addresses of, Active Club members.
Letters	Typeset; ?
Notes	Half typeset, half handlettered. Indicia on this page.

10 page Dixon of the Mounted story "Corporal Dixon goes in search of Ruth Barton..."

Characters	Dixon of the Mounted; Ruth Barton
Genre	Adventure
Script	Theodore Steele [as T.A. Steele]
Pencils	Theodore Steele [as T.A. Steele]
Inks	Theodore Steele [as T.A. Steele]
Letters	Theodore Steele [as T.A. Steele]?

1 page filler "On The Road"

Synopsis	Cartoons about cars.
Genre	Humor
Script	J. O'Henly
Pencils	J. O'Henly
Inks	J. O'Henly
Letters	J. O'Henly

3 page The Noodle story "The Noodle"

Characters	The Noodle
Genre	Humor
Script	Ross Saakel [as Saakel]
Pencils	Ross Saakel [as Saakel]
Inks	Ross Saakel [as Saakel]
Letters	Ross Saakel [as Saakel]

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Ad for Triumph Comics"

Characters	Nelvana; Adolf Hitler
Reprinted	from Triumph Comics (Bell Features, 1942 series) #? [cover, with Nelvana vs. Hitler]

1 page Famous Sport Incidents text article "Famous Sport Incidents"

Genre	Fact
Pencils	Cooper (signed)
Inks	Cooper (signed)
Letters	Typeset

1 page Crash Carson promo (ad from the publisher) "Crash Carson Ad"

Characters	Crash Carson
Synopsis	Ad for Crash Carson in Wow Comics. Onsale date, May 30th.
Genre	Adventure
Pencils	J. Tremblay
Inks	J. Tremblay
Letters	J. Tremblay?
Notes	Art appears to be original for ad, not reprint of panel from comic.

11 page The Brain story "The Return of the Mummy Man"

Characters	The Brain; Mummy Man
Genre	Adventure
Script	Leo Bachle
Pencils	Leo Bachle
Inks	Leo Bachle
Letters	Leo Bachle

1 page Active Jim filler "Active Jim's Monthly Message"

Synopsis	Active Jim's Monthly Message for the Active Comics Club.
Notes	Mentions year 1942.

1 page The Flight Parade story "The Flight Parade"

Characters	Andre Jacques Garnerin; Napoleon
Genre	Fact

1 page Rex Baxter promo (ad from the publisher) "Ad for Dime Comics"

Characters	Rex Baxter
Genre	Adventure
Script	Edmond Good
Pencils	Edmond Good
Inks	Edmond Good
Letters	Edmond Good
Reprinted	from Dime Comics (Bell Features, 1942 series) #1 [first page of "Rex Baxter and the Island of Doom"]

1 page filler "Active Comics"

Synopsis

Winners of the Scout Starr contest.

1 page activity "What Would You Do?"

Synopsis

Contest. What would you do if you had a snake in the house? Prizes are original art from the comic.

1 page advertisement "Ad for Model Plane"

3 page Active Jim story "Active Jim"

Characters	Active Jim
Synopsis	Active Jim plays baseball and rescues a girl by pitching a ball and knocking a guy out.
Genre	Adventure
Script	Ross Saakel
Pencils	Ross Saakel
Inks	Ross Saakel
Letters	Ross Saakel?

12 page Capt. "Red" Thortan story Capt. "Red" Thortan

Characters	Capt. Red Thortan; Miss Powell
Synopsis	Red and Miss Powell are saved by British soldiers, then Red goes back after the Japanese.
Genre	Adventure
Script	Al Cooper
Pencils	Al Cooper
Inks	Al Cooper
Letters	Al Cooper?

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Ad for Joke Comics"

4 page Thunderfist story "Thunderfist"

Characters	Thunderfist
Synopsis	Thunderfist rescues sea planes and ships from sea serpents made by Nazi Scientists.
Genre	Adventure
Script	E.T. Legault
Pencils	Murray Karn [as M. Karn]
Inks	Murray Karn [as M. Karn]
Letters	Murray Karn [as M. Karn]?

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Everyone likes to read comics!"

Synopsis	Ad for Wow, Dime, Active, Triumph and Joke Comics.
Pencils	? Crawford
Inks	? Crawford
Letters	? Crawford

1 page advertisement "Ad for The Standard Book of Formulas"