(August 1944)

Quality Comics, 1939 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
60
Indicia Frequency
monthly, except December and June
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Comic Favorites Inc.
Brand
Quality Comic Group
Editing
Gwen Hansen

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Doll Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Al Bryant (signed)
Inks
Al Bryant (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Doll Man; Lala Palooza (inset); Perky (inset); Rusty Ryan (inset); Blimpy [Rufus Rastas Sassafrass O'Brain] (inset)

The World Too Small to See (Table of Contents: 1)

Doll Man / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mort Leav
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Doll Man; Professor Rhodes; Dr. Roberts
Synopsis
Professor Rhodes has found Element 99, and it works swiftly to shrink him when he tries it.

Indexer Notes

Originally credited "Al Bryant?", but this is Mort Leav; he is spotted by his lively faces and figures and by his large hands.

Always a First Class Murder! (Table of Contents: 2)

Swing Sisson / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Vern Henkel (signed as Vernon Henkel)
Pencils
Vern Henkel (signed as Vernon Henkel)
Inks
Vern Henkel (signed as Vernon Henkel)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; detective-mystery; adventure
Characters
Swing Sisson; Bonnie Baxter; Toby; Markey (millionaire)
Synopsis
A millionaire shot himself with his own gun before a couple of hundred horrified witnesses.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Blimpy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Tony DiPreta (signed)
Inks
Tony DiPreta (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Shucks, Tabby, what are you so scared about??
Genre
humor
Characters
Blimpy [aka Rufus Rastas Sassafrass O'Brain]

Indexer Notes

DiPreta script credit removed by Craig Delich. DiPreta did very little writing in his career that is documented and it is very unlikely that he wrote this feature.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Lala Palooza / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Bernard Dibble
Pencils
Bernard Dibble
Inks
Bernard Dibble
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Gone--the six bits I was saving!
Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Poison Ivy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Gill Fox
Pencils
Gill Fox
Inks
Gill Fox
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
So you're the great Poison Ivy!
Genre
humor
Characters
Poison Ivy

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Spin Shaw / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Irving Tirman ?; Bill Quackenbush ?
Inks
Irving Tirman ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Spin knew how cruel and low the enemy could be...
Genre
aviation; adventure
Characters
Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]

Indexer Notes

Some heads in 3/4 backview with streched neck and the jawbone going back behind the ear point to Tirman, as on page 4 and 5, but the short figures could be Quackenbush.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script
Bernard Dibble
Pencils
Bernard Dibble
Inks
Bernard Dibble
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Boy! Am I happy, Jocko!
Genre
humor

Rocket Plane (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
Lank Leonard (signed)
Pencils
Lank Leonard (signed)
Inks
Lank Leonard (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Flossie says your Uncle Phil is so busy...
Genre
humor
Characters
Mickey Finn

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Perky / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Sid Lazarus (signed)
Pencils
Sid Lazarus (signed)
Inks
Sid Lazarus (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A little boy is coming into your life!
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Perky

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Mort Leav
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Danger's their meat!
Genre
adventure; children; spy
Characters
Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Pierpont Lee; Alababa]; Miss Joan; Dr. Boris (villain)
Synopsis
Ryan and the Boyville Brigade pursue kidnappers to a stone castle.

Indexer Notes

Art is by Mort Leav, with his large hands, lively figures and a special crouching way of running, with thighs lifted high.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Doll Man
  2. 1. The World Too Small to See
    Doll Man
  3. 2. Always a First Class Murder!
    Swing Sisson
  4. 3. ["Shucks, Tabby, what are you so scared about??"]
    Blimpy
  5. 4. ["Gone--the six bits I was saving!"]
    Lala Palooza
  6. 5. ["So you're the great Poison Ivy!"]
    Poison Ivy
  7. 6. ["Spin knew how cruel and low the enemy could be..."]
    Spin Shaw
  8. 7. ["Boy! Am I happy, Jocko!"]
    Big Top
  9. 8. Rocket Plane
    Perry Scott
  10. 9. ["Flossie says your Uncle Phil is so busy..."]
    Mickey Finn
  11. 10. ["A little boy is coming into your life!"]
    Perky
  12. 11. ["Danger's their meat!"]
    Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steinar Ã…dland
  • Joey Beretta
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore