Issue | #3 |
Published | [April 1942?] |
Cover Price | $0.10 CAD |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | Cy Bell (publisher) |
Notes | Main picture on cover is of The Brain punching a mummy with a skull face. |
Characters | The Brain; Thunderfist; Captain Red Thortan; Dixon of the Mounted; The Mummy |
Genre | Adventure |
Notes | Main picture on cover is of The Brain punching a mummy with a skull face. |
Synopsis | Letters and addresses of Active Comics Club Members. |
Letters | Typeset; ? |
Notes | Indicia on last page of comic, not here. |
Characters | The Brain; The Mummy Man |
Synopsis | The Brain psychically contacts the Mummy Man who then kidnaps a girl to lure him to a graveyard. The Brain falls into a grave, but then flys out. The Mummy Man runs away with the girl. The Brain rescues her and the Mummy Man and his gang are destroyed. The last panel introduces Active Jim. |
Genre | Adventure |
Script | Leo Bachle |
Pencils | Leo Bachle |
Inks | Leo Bachle |
Letters | Leo Bachle? |
Characters | Active Jim; Joan Brian, his secretary |
Synopsis | Sort-of an ad for the Active Club. Coupon on last page says to send to "Bell Feature and Publishers". |
Genre | Adventure; Humor |
Characters | Wild Bill |
Genre | Western |
Script | Leo Bachle; Bob Bachle |
Pencils | Leo Bachle; Bob Bachle |
Inks | Leo Bachle; Bob Bachle |
Letters | Leo Bachle; Bob Bachle |
Reprinted | from Dime Comics (Bell Features, 1942 series) #? [first page of Adventure of Wild Bill, with Indian saying "Chief say no wantum fight with white brothers."] |
Synopsis | Pioneer passengers. Balloon ride: The Marquis d'Arlandes. |
Genre | Fact |
Script | J. O'Henly? |
Pencils | J. O'Henly? |
Inks | J. O'Henly? |
Letters | J. O'Henly? |
Characters | Captain Red Thortan; Carole Powell |
Synopsis | (Continued from last issue) Red kills the tiger. He and Carole escape the pit. Red takes over a Japanese tank but ends up going over a cliff. (to be continued). |
Genre | Adventure |
Script | Al Cooper |
Pencils | Al Cooper |
Inks | Al Cooper |
Letters | Al Cooper |
Synopsis | Ad for Joke Comics. |
Synopsis | Ad for a contest to write a letter saying what Bell Comic character you like and win a bike, a wristwatch or a fountain pen. |
Synopsis | Ad for Model airplanes from the Trans-Canada Mail Order Company. |
Characters | Dixon; Mad Griffen; Ruth; Cat Burke; Lad |
Synopsis | (Continued from last issue) Dixon is captured by the half-Devil who reveals that he steals furs from the Indians. Dixon unmasks him and finds Mad Griffen, a criminal maniac from the Yukon. Cat Burke, his associate, arrives by plane and captures Dixon. Lad, Dixon's dog, arrives as he is about to be destroyed by a bomb and Dixon and Ruth escape. |
Genre | Adventure |
Script | Theodore Steele |
Pencils | Theodore Steele |
Inks | Theodore Steele |
Letters | Theodore Steele |
Synopsis | Winners from the "What Would You Do Contest" from Active Comics #1. Names and Addresses. |
Synopsis | Active Jim's monthly message to members of the Active Club. Includes code to use a special code-wheel on. |
Characters | Thunderfist |
Synopsis | Thunderfist battles a giant robot and evil people on a rocket. |
Genre | Adventure |
Script | Edmund Legault? |
Pencils | Murray Karn [as M. Karn] |
Inks | Murray Karn [as M. Karn] |
Letters | Murray Karn [as M. Karn]? |
Notes | Story's only credit is "Illustrated by M. Karn". Might be also written by Murry Karn or by Edmund Legault. |
Synopsis | Half page joke at the end of Thunderfist. |
Genre | Humor |
Script | J. O'Henly |
Pencils | J. O'Henly |
Inks | J. O'Henly |
Letters | J. O'Henly? |
Notes | Includes indicia for comic, stating publication by "Commercial Signs of Canada". No date listed. |
Reprinted | from Wow Comics (Bell Features, 1941 series) #? [cover] |
Synopsis | Continued from ad inside issue. |