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.