Feature Comics #82

(October 1944)

Shawuncas, the Shaman (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Mort Leav ?; Dan Zolnerowich ?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Shawunkas [Doc Barnes] (villain; introduction)

Synopsis:

Someone wants the mysterious skull badly enough to kill for it.

Indexer Notes

Title from cover.
Originally credited "Al Bryant?" Walking figures, some faces and broad shoulders with stretched neck look more like Zolnerowich, and the very lively action and some large hands could point to Mort Leav, but few of his faces are recognisable. Uncertain.

Murder, Maestro, Please (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Vernon Henkel (signed)

Pencils:

Vernon Henkel (signed)

Inks:

Vernon Henkel (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; detective-mystery

Characters:

Swing Sisson; Bonnie Baxter; Toby; Mattie Maxton (publisher, villain); Mr. Mason

Synopsis:

A crooked publisher wants Swing to be the first to play his new number.

["Here is the parachute and this little altitude clock!"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Gill Fox

Pencils:

Gill Fox

Inks:

Gill Fox

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Poison Ivy

["What are your last words, punk?"] (Table of Contents)

Perky / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Sid Lazarus (signed)

Pencils:

Sid Lazarus (signed)

Inks:

Sid Lazarus (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

fantasy

Characters:

Perky

["Wow! What a book!"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Bernard Dibble

Pencils:

Bernard Dibble

Inks:

Bernard Dibble

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

["The Navy's ace eagle discovers that the job of non-combatant sky-chauffeur..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Irving Tirman ?; Bill Quackenbush ?

Inks:

Irving Tirman ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

aviation

Characters:

Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]

Synopsis:

Spin Shaw is taken prisoner by the Japanese.

Indexer Notes

Looks like a mixture of both, and perhaps still one. Very uncertain.

["This is fun...but I wonder where I'm going!"] (Table of Contents)

Blimpy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tony DiPreta (signed)

Pencils:

Tony DiPreta (signed)

Inks:

Tony DiPreta (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Blimpy

["Ma says uncle Phil is a changed man..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Lank Leonard (signed)

Pencils:

Lank Leonard (signed)

Inks:

Lank Leonard (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Mickey Finn

Reprints:

• from strips.

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

["Butch, try to convince the manager of that big baby show..."] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Bernard Dibble

Pencils:

Bernard Dibble

Inks:

Bernard Dibble

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

The Lady or the...? (Table of Contents)

Rusty Ryan / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bill Quackenbush (signed)

Inks:

Bill Quackenbush (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; children; spy

Characters:

Rusty Ryan; Pierpont Lee; Alabama; Sarah La Rue; Boyville Brigade

Synopsis:

Rusty and his brigade rescue a lady on a Pacific island.