CATALOG RECORD

Active Comics #2

Bell Features · Series began 1942 · March 1942

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Dates

Cover date: March 1942
Pages: 68

Editions and covers

Original edition
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Creators

pencils: Murray Karn, John O'Henly, Edmund Legault, Al Cooper, Leo Bachle, Edmond Goodinks: Murray Karn, John O'Henly, Edmund Legault, Al Cooper, Leo Bachle, Edmond Goodscript: Edmund Legault, John O'Henly, Al Cooper, Leo Bachle, Edmond Goodletters: Murray Karn, John O'Henly, Edmund Legault, Al Cooper, Leo Bachle, Edmond Good

Stories

Thunderfist and the Monster of Catastrophe · Thunderfist · 15 pages
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.
Dixon of the Mounted and Dreadful Dwellings · Dixon of the Mounted · 14 pages
[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]
Captain Red Thortan · 15 pages
[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]
The Brain · 12 pages
(Continued from previous issue) The Brain fights the saboteurs 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 saboteurs.