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Issue Details

Issue #2
Published March 1942
Cover Price $0.10 CAD
Pages 68
Editing Cy Bell; John Hollis Mason?
Notes Main illo is of Thunderfist with buildings in the background. Editor credits from Canuck Comics by John Bell.

Cover Details - "Thunderfist and the Monster of Catastrophe"

Characters Thunderfist; The Brain; Captain Red Thortan; Dixon of the Mounted
Genre Adventure
Notes Main illo is of Thunderfist with buildings in the background. Editor credits from Canuck Comics by John Bell.

1 page illustration "The Throw of the Dice"

Characters Adolf Hitler
Synopsis Full page illo of Hitler throwing dice into the English Channel.
Genre Political
Notes Indicia is also on this page. Notes that it was published by "Commercial Signs of Canada".

15 page Thunderfist story "Thunderfist and the Monster of Catastrophe"

Characters Randolph Steele [Thunderfist]; Beverly Holmes; Bruzzack
Synopsis Randolph Steele and Beverly Holmes are on a train that runs into a T-rex. Then dinosaurs attack New York City. Thunderfist rides a pterodactyl back to the lair of Bruzzack who brought them to life.
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 "The Flight Parade"

Synopsis The history of flight. Francois Pilatre de Rosier - 1st balloonist and 1st crash victim.
Genre Fact

1 page story "Oddities"

Synopsis Notes and illos of Blitzkrieg ants, the cochineal and the chameleon.
Genre Fact
Script J. O'Henly
Pencils J. O'Henly
Inks J. O'Henly
Letters J. O'Henly?

14 page Dixon of the Mounted story "Dixon of the Mounted and Dreadful Dwellings"

Characters Dixon of the Mounted; Ruth Barton; Lad
Synopsis [continued from issue #1] Dixon fights the half man/half devil. Lad, his dog, dies saving. Ruth and Dixon escape to find an ancient schooner. It's booby-trapped and they are re-captured by the half man/half devil. [to be continued]
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]?

2 page promo (ad from the publisher) "Join Now: Active Club"

Synopsis Coupon to fill out and mail in to join club. Club motto is "Strength: Fair Play"

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

Characters Capt. Red Thortan; Carole Powell
Synopsis [continued from issue #1] Red is almost captured by Japanese soldiers, but escapes and rescues Carole Powell, daughter of Colonel Powell. While escaping they fall into a pit with a tiger. [to be continued]
Genre Adventure
Script Al Cooper
Pencils Al Cooper
Inks Al Cooper
Letters Al Cooper?

1 page activity "50 Warplane Kits"

Characters Scout Starr, the Boy Wonder
Synopsis Contest to win one of 50 warplane kits. Fill in the blanks dialogue contest. Phillip Starr, 14 year old scout, saves a woman from a burning building.

1 page story "Phoney Laws"

Synopsis Weird laws from Connecticut, New York City, Ohio and Alderson, West VA.
Genre Fact
Script J. O'Henly [as O'Henly]
Pencils J. O'Henly [as O'Henly]
Inks J. O'Henly [as O'Henly]
Letters J. O'Henly [as O'Henly]

1 page advertisement "Ad for Model Airplanes"

Synopsis Model airplanes from Trans-Canada Mail Order Co. Continued on back cover.

1 page filler "Farmer jokes"

Synopsis Two one-panel jokes about farmers.
Genre Humor
Script J. O'Henly
Pencils J. O'Henly
Inks J. O'Henly
Letters J. O'Henly?

12 page The Brain story "Hold him! I'll put a bullet through his heart."

Characters The Brain; Elsie
Synopsis (Continued from previous issue) The Brain fights the sabatours and escapes, then comes back and saves Elsie. He tells her to head to Toronto, but she tries to help him and ends up captured again. He saves her and defeats the sabatours.
Genre Adventure
Script Leo Bachle
Pencils Leo Bachle
Inks Leo Bachle
Letters Leo Bachle
Notes Includes an ad for Johnny Canuck in Dime Comics on the last page.

1 page Rex Baxter promo (ad from the publisher) "Ad for Rex Baxter in 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 advertisement "Ad for 50-inch flying model Lockheed Interceptor"

Synopsis Continued from ad inside the issue.