Feature Comics
#66
(March 1943)
Quality Comics,
1939 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1943-01-22
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Favorites Inc.
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- Gill Fox
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 2.
[no title indexed]
Doll Man / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Al Bryant (signed as A. S. Bryant)
- Inks
- Al Bryant (signed as A. S. Bryant)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Doll Man rings the bell again in this issue!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Lala Palooza (inset); Blimpy (inset); Mickey Finn (inset); Rusty Ryan (inset)
The Adventure with the Corpse
Doll Man / comic story / 13 pages
- Script
- ? [as William Erwin Maxwell] (signed)
- Pencils
- Rudy Palais
- Inks
- Rudy Palais
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; The Corpse [Slick Murdock] (villain, introduction, death?)
- Synopsis
- Doll Man faces the insideous Corpse, a man who had gone to the electric chair in 1939, and who could instill rigor mortis in living people. Doll Man succeeds in forcing his foe's car off a cliff... but did the villain live through it?
[Blimpy Falls in Love]
Blimpy / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Blimpy [Rufus Tastas Sassafrass O'Brain]; Tabby Tyler; Diamond Eyes (introduction, a statue); Ruby Stone (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Blimpy falls in love with a lady statue that he stole from her sculptor and which was brought to life by Tabby.
Case of the Missing Twins
Zero, Ghost Detective / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Zero; Lana Ugar (a ghost, introduction); Lois Ugar (introduction); Hugo Barno (villain, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Zero helps Lois Ugar, who is sweet on the detective, summon up her deceased twin sister.
Indexer Notes
Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.
[Skyjacked in Mexico]
Swing Sisson / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; detective-mystery; adventure
- Characters
- Swing Sisson; J. R. McNulty (first appearance); Franz Von Worle (first appearance; villain)
[Big Bill Ebling]
Poison Ivy / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Poison Ivy; Big Bill Ebling (first appearance; villain)
The Spider Widow Meets the Spider Man!
Spider Widow and the Raven / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Borth (signed as Borth)
- Pencils
- Frank Borth (signed as Borth)
- Inks
- Frank Borth (signed as Borth)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Spider Widow [Dianne Grayson]; The Raven [Tony Grey]; John Keller (Dianne's Uncle); The Spider Man (villain, a Nazi saboteur, introduction); Herman (villain, mechanical spider)
- Synopsis
- The duo must face the Spider Man, who has been terrorizing a factory owned by Dianne's uncle through use of a giant mechanical spider named Herman.
- Reprints
-
in Super Weird Heroes (IDW, 2016 series) #[nn] (November 2016)
-
Moon, Stars, and Stuff
Inferior Man / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Inferior Man [Courtney Fudd]; Sparks (villain, a Martian, introduction)
- Synopsis
- A freak show begins when Inferior Man meets a Martian who had lost his way to Venus. However, Sparks rubs Inferior Man the wrong way and was made to be Fudd's slave, being brought down by a lightning rod.
[no title indexed]
Snappy / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Snappy
Indexer Notes
Last appearance of Snappy, which used to be a regular feature in Crack Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 Series).
[Wonder Gal]
Spin Shaw / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- aviation; adventure
- Characters
- Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Marsha Boles (introduction); the Japanese (villain)
[Alababa and the Five Thieves]
Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- adventure; children; spy
- Characters
- Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Alababa; Pierpoint Lee; Smiley Scott; Ed; Whitey; Scotty; Moi Yutong]; Alababa's wife (introduction); Prince Kirasan (introduction); Joe (villain, introduction); four un-named thieves (villains, introduction for all)
- Keywords
- Boyville
Indexer Notes
All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["The Doll Man rings the bell again in this issue!"]
Doll Man -
1.
The Adventure with the Corpse
Doll Man -
2.
[Blimpy Falls in Love]
Blimpy -
3.
Case of the Missing Twins
Zero, Ghost Detective -
4.
[Skyjacked in Mexico]
Swing Sisson -
5.
[no title indexed]
Lala Palooza -
6.
[no title indexed]
Mickey Finn -
7.
[Big Bill Ebling]
Poison Ivy -
8.
The Spider Widow Meets the Spider Man!
Spider Widow and the Raven -
9.
Moon, Stars, and Stuff
Inferior Man -
10.
Heroes Aren't Born
Perry Scott -
11.
[no title indexed]
Big Top -
12.
[no title indexed]
Snappy -
13.
[Wonder Gal]
Spin Shaw -
14.
[Alababa and the Five Thieves]
Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers
This issue was modified by, among others
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Daniel Martinez
- Clint Maxwell
- Tony R. Rose
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
- Len Wolinsky
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