Feature Comics
#47
(August 1941)
Quality Comics,
1939 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1941-06-25
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Favorites Inc.
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- Ed Cronin
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 4.
[no title indexed]
Lala Palooza / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Lala, if ya can't get me help by twelve thirty, just forget it!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Lala Palooza; Vincent; The Doll Man [Darrel Dane] (inset); Samar (inset); Mickey Finn (inset); Spin Shaw (inset)
School of Crime
Doll Man / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- ? [as William Erwin Maxwell] (credited)
- Pencils
- Fran Matera (signed as F. M.)
- Inks
- Fran Matera (signed as F. M.)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; un-named librarian; Professor Coffin Nale (villain, introduction)
- Keywords
- School of Crime
Indexer Notes
According to Lee Boyette in Alter Ego #90, Fran Matera sneaks his initials into panels on pages 5 and 7. According to Jim Amash, in the Quality Companion, and who had done an interview with Matera, he states this art is by Reed Crandall.
[The Car-Wrecking Ghost]
Zero, Ghost Detective / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Zero; Joe Rucks (villain, a ghost, introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- Zero uses a rather unique way of defeating the giant ghost of Joe Ricks: merely talking to him. By repeating the word "evil" ("live" spelled backwards, the one thing a ghost cannot do), Zero reduces the ghost in size, and, from there, Rucks continues to shrink with every word uttered.
Indexer Notes
Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.
[Diamonds and Dastards]
Samar / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Samar; Hugo (first appearance; villain; death); Hugo's partner (first appearance; villain; death)
Indexer Notes
Signed MDE in last panel as mentioned in Alter Ego #75.
[no title indexed]
Mickey Finn / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look over in that lot, Mickey. It's a free-for-all!
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
strip reprints
[no title indexed]
Homer Doodle and Son / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Don't you want to stay and play with your friends?
- Genre
- humor
[The Phantom Fur Thieves]
Reynolds of the Mounted / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Art Pinajian (signed)
- Pencils
- Art Pinajian (signed)
- Inks
- Art Pinajian (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- western-frontier; adventure; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Sgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMP; Mr. Woods (first appearance); Johnny Woods (first appearance); Geller and the Night Riders (first appearance; villains)
Ribbons of Death
Captain Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Harry Campbell (signed as Harry Francis Campbell)
- Pencils
- Harry Campbell (signed as Harry Francis Campbell)
- Inks
- Harry Campbell (signed as Harry Francis Campbell)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; spy
- Characters
- Capt. Bruce Blackburn; Otto (first appearance; villain); Carl (first appearance; villain); Fritz (first appearance; villain); Sonya (villain)
[Factory Girls and Fifth Columnists]
USA, the Spirit of Old Glory / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Maurice Gutwirth (signed)
- Inks
- Maurice Gutwirth (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- USA; Mrs. Cragg (villain, introduction); un-named spies (villains, introduction for all)
- Synopsis
- USA, dressed in her full garb, goes to work alongside civilian women in a bomb factory, and manages to uncover a spy working there: her own supervisor, Mrs. Cragg!
[The American Freedom Club]
Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Paul Gustavson (signed)
- Pencils
- Paul Gustavson (signed)
- Inks
- Paul Gustavson (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Paul Gustavson (signed)
- Genre
- adventure; spy
- Characters
- Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Smiley Scott; Ed; Whitey; Scotty]; Dutch (villain, spy, introduction); unnamed spy (villain, introduction)
Indexer Notes
All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
The Death That Crawled
Perry Scott / text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Robert Hyatt
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Perry Scott
[The Coming of the Fargo Kid]
Fargo Kid / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- The Fargo Kid [Tim Turner] (first appearance); A "town boss" (first appearance; villain)
[no title indexed]
Big Top / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The boss said I was to bring this important letter to him at his snooty club!
- Genre
- humor
[The Nazis Come to South Pango]
Dusty Dane / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Vern Henkel (signed as Vernon Henkel)
- Pencils
- Vern Henkel (signed as Vernon Henkel)
- Inks
- Vern Henkel (signed as Vernon Henkel)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Dusty Dane; Captain Hardt (first appearance; villain; death); other Nazis (first appearance; villains; all die)
[The Plans of Peril]
Spin Shaw / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ? [as Rex Smith]
- Pencils
- Witmer Williams
- Inks
- Witmer Williams
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- aviation; adventure
- Characters
- Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Herman (first appearance; villain); Von (first appearance; villain); other Nazis (first appearance; some die)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Lala, if ya can't get me help by twelve thirty, just forget it!"]
Lala Palooza -
1.
School of Crime
Doll Man -
2.
[The 100-Mile Water Race]
Poison Ivy -
3.
[The Car-Wrecking Ghost]
Zero, Ghost Detective -
4.
[Diamonds and Dastards]
Samar -
5.
["Look over in that lot, Mickey. It's a free-for-all!"]
Mickey Finn -
6.
["Don't you want to stay and play with your friends?"]
Homer Doodle and Son -
7.
[The Phantom Fur Thieves]
Reynolds of the Mounted -
8.
Flat Foot Floogie Wins
Lala Palooza -
9.
Ribbons of Death
Captain Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy -
10.
[Factory Girls and Fifth Columnists]
USA, the Spirit of Old Glory -
11.
[The American Freedom Club]
Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers -
12.
The Death That Crawled
Perry Scott -
13.
[The Coming of the Fargo Kid]
Fargo Kid -
14.
["The boss said I was to bring this important letter to him at his snooty club!"]
Big Top -
15.
[The Nazis Come to South Pango]
Dusty Dane -
16.
[The Plans of Peril]
Spin Shaw
This issue was modified by, among others
- Henry Andrews
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Katy Hayhurst
- Michael Hoskin
- Bob Hughes
- Dan Kocher
- Clint Maxwell
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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