Feature Comics
#52
(January 1942)
Quality Comics,
1939 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1941-11-26
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Favorites Inc.
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- Ed Cronin (editor); Busy Arnold (credited as Everett M. Arnold) (general manager; business manager, publisher); Gill Fox (credited as Gilbert Fox) (editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 2.
Fox is listed as editor in the indicia, Cronin in the statement of ownership.
Fox is listed as editor in the indicia, Cronin in the statement of ownership.
[no title indexed]
Doll Man / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Lala Palooza (inset); Samar (inset); Mickey Finn (inset); Spin Shaw (inset); Poison Ivy (inset); Rusty Ryan (inset); Swing Sisson (inset); Bruce Blackburn (inset)
Indexer Notes
Art credits from Reed Crandall expert Roger Hill; we formerly suggested Reed Crandall.
[no title indexed]
Doll Man / comic story / 11 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The half-pint human whirlwind, the Doll Man, in real life Darrel Dane...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doll Man [Darrel Dane]
[no title indexed]
Big Top / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh boy! Am I headed for big things...
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
Samar / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Grim death stalks through the jungle...
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Samar
[no title indexed]
Zero, Ghost Detective / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Madness, thrills, and terror race down the home stretch...
- Genre
- detective-mystery; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Zero
Indexer Notes
Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.
[no title indexed]
Mickey Finn / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I think it's silly to encourage Sonny...
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Mickey Finn daily (McNaught Syndicate) 19XX-XX-XX - 19XX-XX-XX
[no title indexed]
Fargo Kid / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Night has fallen on a desolate section...
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- The Fargo Kid [Tim Turner]
[no title indexed]
Lala Palooza / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In these times one can't be too careful...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Lala Palooza
[no title indexed]
Swing Sisson / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- As leaders of New York's ace dance band...
- Genre
- humor; detective-mystery; adventure
- Characters
- Swing Sisson
[no title indexed]
Reynolds of the Mounted / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Widespread alarm follows disappearances...
- Genre
- western-frontier; adventure; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Sgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMP
[no title indexed]
Captain Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Convoys are bombed and sunk just off our coast...
- Genre
- adventure; spy
- Characters
- Capt. Bruce Blackburn
Witches' Cove
Perry Scott / text story / 1.33 pages
- Script
- Robert Hyatt (credited as Robert M. Hyatt)
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure
Indexer Notes
On two 2/3-pages. No feature name.
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.33 page
- Script
- Busy Arnold (credited as Everett M. Arnold) (business manager)
- Letters
- typeset
[no title indexed]
Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Paul Gustavson (see notes)
- Pencils
- Paul Gustavson (see notes)
- Inks
- Paul Gustavson (see notes)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Paul Gustavson (see notes)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- With their expenses paid...
- Genre
- adventure; children; spy
- Characters
- Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Smiley Scott; Ed; Whitey; Scotty]
Indexer Notes
All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
[no title indexed]
Homer Doodle and Son / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oomf!
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
Poison Ivy / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, kid, ya gotta help us!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Poison Ivy
[no title indexed]
Spin Shaw / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A new long range fighter is delivered...
- Genre
- aviation; adventure
- Characters
- Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Doll Man -
1.
["The half-pint human whirlwind, the Doll Man, in real life Darrel Dane..."]
Doll Man -
2.
["Oh boy! Am I headed for big things..."]
Big Top -
3.
["Grim death stalks through the jungle..."]
Samar -
4.
["Madness, thrills, and terror race down the home stretch..."]
Zero, Ghost Detective -
5.
["I think it's silly to encourage Sonny..."]
Mickey Finn -
6.
["Night has fallen on a desolate section..."]
Fargo Kid -
7.
["In these times one can't be too careful..."]
Lala Palooza -
8.
["As leaders of New York's ace dance band..."]
Swing Sisson -
9.
["Widespread alarm follows disappearances..."]
Reynolds of the Mounted -
10.
["Convoys are bombed and sunk just off our coast..."]
Captain Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy -
11.
Witches' Cove
Perry Scott -
12.
[no title indexed]
-
13.
["With their expenses paid..."]
Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers -
14.
["Oomf!"]
Homer Doodle and Son -
15.
["Hey, kid, ya gotta help us!"]
Poison Ivy -
16.
["A new long range fighter is delivered..."]
Spin Shaw
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Daniel Martinez
- Clint Maxwell
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Per Sandell
- Jim Van Dore
- Len Wolinsky
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