Feature Comics
#56
(May 1942)
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-03-25
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Favorites Inc.
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- Gilbert Fox
Issue Notes
[no title indexed]
Doll Man / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- American Safety Matches
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Mickey Finn (inset); Lala Palooza (inset); Spin Shaw (inset); Poison Ivy (inset)
Indexer Notes
Pencil and ink credits from Keif Fromm via the GCD Error List (22 April 2007) based on examination of the original art. The original indexer credits the pencils and inks to Al Bryant.
Fox's color guides were found with the original art.
[no title indexed]
Doll Man / comic story / 11 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The stage is set for a real life drama involving Darrel Dane...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doll Man [Darrel Dane]
[no title indexed]
Big Top / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Writer credit revised from Joe Devlin to ? by Craig Delich 2013-4-6. Devlin did not write this strip according to the Who's Who. Artist correction from Joe (who did not exist) to John Devlin also made by Craig Delich.
[no title indexed]
Samar / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Relentless foe of jungle treachery, Samar pits his tremendous...
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Samar
Indexer Notes
John Charles, as used at Quality Comics, was a house name used for multiple writers. It is not the UK writer John Charles who started his career in the 1990s.
[no title indexed]
Reynolds of the Mounted / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Is there really a sea monster?
- Genre
- western-frontier; adventure; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Sgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMP
[no title indexed]
Fargo Kid / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Tim Turner, better known as the fighting Fargo Kid, avenges the past and...
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- The Fargo Kid [Tim Turner]
[no title indexed]
Lala Palooza / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Lala Palooza
Indexer Notes
Writer credit revised from Bernard Dibble to ? by Craig Delich 2013-4-6. Dibble did not write this strip according to the Who's Who.
[no title indexed]
Swing Sisson / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Swing Sisson, known to the Clover Club patrons as the battling...
- Genre
- humor; detective-mystery; adventure
- Characters
- Swing Sisson; Bonnie Baxter (vocalist); Toby Tucker (sax player)
Spectre at Sea
Zero, Ghost Detective / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Zero
Indexer Notes
Toni Blum is the only person identified by the Who's Who as the writer for this feature from 1940-43.
Boomerang
Captain Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- adventure; spy
- Characters
- Captain Bruce Blackburn
Indexer Notes
Last appearance.
The Who's Who lists Harry Francis Campbell as writer of this strip from 1940-42 and Henry Weston Taylor as the artist for the same period. However, evidence exists that Campbell did the art on some issues.
The Black Dragon Society
Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers / comic story / 6 pages
- 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]
Poison Ivy / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My name is Vice and this is my associate Versa.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Poison Ivy
[no title indexed]
Spin Shaw / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dare-devil flying ace of the U.S. Navy, Spin Shaw makes the most of...
- Genre
- aviation; war; adventure
- Characters
- Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]
-
0.
["American Safety Matches"]
Doll Man -
1.
["The stage is set for a real life drama involving Darrel Dane..."]
Doll Man -
2.
[no title indexed]
Big Top -
3.
["Relentless foe of jungle treachery, Samar pits his tremendous..."]
Samar -
4.
["Is there really a sea monster?"]
Reynolds of the Mounted -
5.
[no title indexed]
Mickey Finn -
6.
["Tim Turner, better known as the fighting Fargo Kid, avenges the past and..."]
Fargo Kid -
7.
[no title indexed]
Lala Palooza -
8.
["Swing Sisson, known to the Clover Club patrons as the battling..."]
Swing Sisson -
9.
Spectre at Sea
Zero, Ghost Detective -
10.
Boomerang
Captain Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy -
11.
Island of Lost Time
Perry Scott -
12.
The Black Dragon Society
Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers -
13.
[no title indexed]
Homer Doodle and Son -
14.
["My name is Vice and this is my associate Versa."]
Poison Ivy -
15.
["Dare-devil flying ace of the U.S. Navy, Spin Shaw makes the most of..."]
Spin Shaw
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Katy Hayhurst
- Edgar Loftin
- Daniel Martinez
- Clint Maxwell
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
- Len Wolinsky
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