Feature Comics #37

(October 1940)

The Laughing Puppeteer (Table of Contents)

Doll Man / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as William Erwin Maxwell]

Pencils:

Lou Fine

Inks:

Lou Fine

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Martha Roberts; Dr. Roberts; Bombasto (first appearance; villain); Giuseppe (first appearance; villain; death)

[The Electric Cage Trap] (Table of Contents)

Rance Keane / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

William A. Smith [as Will Arthur]

Pencils:

William A. Smith [as Will Arthur]

Inks:

William A. Smith

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

Rance Keane; Lola Pritchard; Prof. English; A racketeer (first appearance; villain)

[The Black Wolf] (Table of Contents)

Poison Ivy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gill Fox [as Gilbert Theodore]

Pencils:

Gill Fox

Inks:

Gill Fox

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Poison Ivy; The Black Wolf (first appearance; villain); Mr. Gunn (first appearance; villain)

[Call of the North] (Table of Contents)

Reynolds of the Mounted / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Art Pinajian

Pencils:

Art Pinajian

Inks:

Art Pinajian

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western

Characters:

Duke Jackson (first appearance; villain)

[Mutiny On the Ghost Galleon] (Table of Contents)

Zero / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Toni Blum ? [as Noel Fowler]

Pencils:

Charles Sultan ?

Inks:

Charles Sultan ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

occult

Characters:

Zero; Shiela (first appearance); Don (first appearance); The ghost crew of the Flying Skull (first appearance; villains)

Indexer Notes

Compare art with Hit #1.

[The Kidnapped Heiress] (Table of Contents)

Spin Shaw / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Powell?

Pencils:

Bob Powell?

Inks:

Bob Powell?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

aviation

Characters:

Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Mr. Tolliver (first appearance); Betty Tolliver (first appearance); Count Vaslav (first appearance; villain; death)

["Lala did I ever tell you abou the time I paddled up the Niagara River?"] (Table of Contents)

Lala Palooza / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Devlin

Pencils:

John Devlin

Inks:

John Devlin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

[The Horse Race To Save Boyville] (Table of Contents)

Rusty Ryan / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Gustavson

Pencils:

Paul Gustavson

Inks:

Paul Gustavson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

spy; adventure; children

Characters:

Rusty Ryan

["Quick Police! There's been a murder here!"] (Table of Contents)

Have a Laugh / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed Reed

Pencils:

Ed Reed

Inks:

Ed Reed

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ed Reed

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Tap Trap (Table of Contents)

Capt. Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Campbell

Pencils:

Harry Campbell

Inks:

Harry Campbell

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; spy

Characters:

Capt. Bruce Blackburn; Louise Lovely (first appearance; villain); Anton (first appearance; villain); Otto (first appearance; villain)

Aboard the Ghost Ship (Table of Contents)

Voice / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Asch

Pencils:

Stan Asch

Inks:

Stan Asch

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

The Voice [Mr. Elixir] (last appearance); Gerald Carder (first appearance; villain; death)

Antidote (Table of Contents)

Perry Scott / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert M. Hyatt

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Perry Scott

["Yeah, he set fire to the bearded lady's whiskers!"] (Table of Contents)

Big Top / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Devlin

Pencils:

John Devlin

Inks:

John Devlin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Humor

[Dmitri the Pearl Thief] (Table of Contents)

Dusty Dane / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Vernon Henkel

Pencils:

Vernon Henkel

Inks:

Vernon Henkel

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Dusty Dane; Dimitri (first appearance; villain)

"Who went swimmin' with your Uncle Phil?" (Table of Contents)

Mickey Finn / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Lank Leonard

Pencils:

Lank Leonard

Inks:

Lank Leonard

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

sitcom

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

[The Amazons of Nesbo] (Table of Contents)

Samar / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as John Charles]

Pencils:

John Cassone ?

Inks:

John Cassone ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

jungle

Characters:

Samar; Queen Sopho (first appearance); Ishta (first appearance); Leba (first appearance); other Amazons of Nesbo (first appearance); Gaol (first appearance); other men of Nesbo (first appearance); Nubians (first appearance; villains)

Indexer Notes

Compare art with Doll Man #3.