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Issue Details

Issue #7
Published [circa September 1942]
Cover Price 0.10 CAD
Pages 68
Editing ?

Cover Details - "Capt. Red Thortan in armor"

Characters Capt. Red Thortan
Genre Adventure
Pencils Murray Karn (signed)
Inks Murray Karn (signed)

1 page filler "The Flying Tigers"

Synopsis Facts about airplanes.
Genre Fact
Script Al Cooper ?
Pencils Al Cooper (signed)
Inks Al Cooper (signed)

10 page Dixon of the Mounted story "Corporal Dixon, Ace Mountie, goes after 3 Nazi agents who have landed on the coast of Canada..."

Characters Dixon
Genre Adventure
Script Theodore Steele (credited) [as T.A. Steele]
Pencils Theodore Steele (credited) [as T.A. Steele]
Inks Theodore Steele (credited) [as T.A. Steele]

1 page activity "Club News and Views by Active Jim"

Synopsis Lists new Active Jim Club members.
Letters Typeset; ?

1 page activity "Contest Winners"

Synopsis Winners of the military uniform contest.
Pencils Al Cooper (signed)
Inks Al Cooper (signed)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "The Big 7"

Synopsis Ad for other Bell comics. Includes reprints of the covers of Triumph #10, Commando #1, Joke #?, Dime #7, Wow #10, Dizzy Don Detective #? and Active #7.
Pencils Adrian Dingle (signed)
Inks Adrian Dingle (signed)

4 page The Noodle story "Deer Jordan: You are kordally envited two my party two-nite!"

Characters The Noodle; Count Dracula
Synopsis The Noodle is a baby who dresses as a superhero. He fights Count Dracula in this story.
Genre Humor; Superhero
Script Ross Saakel (signed)
Pencils Ross Saakel (signed)
Inks Ross Saakel (signed)

10 page The Brain story "The Case of the Crooked Contstruction Company"

Characters The Brain
Synopsis An apartment building collapses and The Brain goes after the construction company.
Genre Superhero
Script Leo Bachle (signed)
Pencils Leo Bachle (signed)
Inks Leo Bachle (signed)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "The Hunchback Strikes"

Synopsis Ad for Triumph #10. Illustration is first page of Speed Savage story by T.A. Steele.

1 page activity "Active Jim's Monthly Message"

Synopsis Includes membership mail-in coupon.

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

Synopsis Illustration of a woman pushing a baby carriage off a drawbridge while reading Joke Comics.

1 page activity "Don't Delay Another Second!"

Synopsis Ad for the Active Club, including a membership coupon. Mentions that there are now 5000 members.

2 page activity "Wrestling Game"

Synopsis A wrestling game to play.
Script Charles Aszt (credited)
Pencils Al Cooper (signed)
Inks Al Cooper (signed)

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

Synopsis First page of Scotty Macdonald by Al Cooper. Probably from issue #7.
Notes Mentions that print run has increased by 10,000 copies to 60,000.

12 page Capt. Red Thortan story "Synopsis: Boarding a Japanese Destroyer, Captain Thortan & his accomplice Sin Tong..."

Characters Capt. Red Thortan; Sin Tong
Genre Adventure
Script Al Cooper (credited)
Pencils Al Cooper (signed)
Inks Al Cooper (signed)

1 page promo (ad from the publisher) "4 Great Picture Strips"

Synopsis Ad for Wow Comics.
Pencils Adrian Dingle (signed)
Inks Adrian Dingle (signed)

3 page Active Jim story

Characters Active Jim
Genre Adventure
Script Ross Saakel [as R.K. Saakel]
Pencils Ross Saakel [as R.K. Saakel]
Inks Ross Saakel [as R.K. Saakel]

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

Synopsis Includes illustration of cover of issue #1.
Pencils Adrian Dingle (signed)
Inks Adrian Dingle (signed)
Notes Mentions Leo Bache, Ed Good, Al Cooper, Murray Karn, Adrian Dingle, Ted Steele, Ross Saakel, Lewis Parker, Mel Crawford, Jack Tremblay, Ed Legault and Bernard Clarke.

13 page Thunderfist story "Beverly Holmes, Girl Reporter, sitting in her favourite cafe sees two orientals at a nearby table..."

Characters Beverly Holmes; Thunderfist
Genre Superhero
Script Murray Karn ?
Pencils Murray Karn (credited)
Inks Murray Karn (credited)

1 page filler "This is a heck of a time for a bugler to get a toothache!"

Genre Gag
Script Mickey Owens (signed)
Pencils Mickey Owens (signed)
Inks Mickey Owens (signed)

1 page advertisement "Ad for book"

Synopsis Ad for biography of R.B. Bennett (Canadian politician) by Andrew D. Maclean.
Notes Appears on back cover of comic.