(May 1945)

Quality Comics, 1939 Series
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Volume
?
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

The Phantom Killer! (Table of Contents)

Doll Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Al Bryant
Inks
Al Bryant
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Doll Man [Darrel Dane]

The House of Horror! (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Zolnerowich
Inks
Dan Zolnerowich ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Martha Roberts; Dr. Roberts; Dr. Zerlin; Dr. Ross
Synopsis
The Doll Man plunges into battle against a phantom killer who strikes by night.

Indexer Notes

Tilting figures with long upper body and awkward way of standing and walking, some wild eyes, and also broad shoulders and narrow head on stretched neck are all pointing to Zolnerowich. He is credited on both pencils and ink on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, but inking vary, so uncertain.

Big Breeze Factory (Table of Contents: 2)

Blimpy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Al Stahl (signed)
Pencils
Al Stahl (signed)
Inks
Al Stahl (signed)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Blimpy

The Trumpet Nobody Played! (Table of Contents: 3)

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; Brassboy (villain)
Synopsis
Stolen jewels hidden inside a pawned trumpet.

[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
And among other things,
Genre
humor
Characters
Vincent Palooza; Lala Palooza; Miss McGooey

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

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

Script
Lank Leonard
Pencils
Lank Leonard
Inks
Lank Leonard
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
If you haven't done your arithmetic,
Genre
humor
Characters
Mickey Finn; Phil Finn; Nippie; Mr. Clancy; Houlihan; Kitty; Delaney

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

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

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
Get going, ya big lug!
Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Perky; Clem; Zeke
Synopsis
Perky visits the Fountain of Youth.

Strange Assassin (Table of Contents: 7)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
nature
Characters
Perry Scott
Synopsis
Perry Scott tells a story of a hummingbird, wasp and spider in the jungles of Bolivia.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

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
The bulb in this flashlight is full of dynamite!
Genre
humor
Characters
Poison Ivy

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
Irving Tirman
Inks
Irving Tirman
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
It is such men as Captain Spin Shaw...
Genre
aviation; war; adventure
Characters
Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Kayo Kirby
Synopsis
Spin is flying to free prisoners, American officers before the Japanese kill them.

Indexer Notes

Heads in 3/4 backview with streched neck and the jawbone going back behind the ear, even in side view, is peculiar. Also the long nose and chin are special. This can be found in his credited "Mike Gibbs Guerilla" story in Adventure Comics #88 and several credited Marksman stories with identical art in Smash Comics #53 and 54. The jawline behind the ear can be found in other stories in this feature too, but not so marked together with the long nose, chin and neck as here. This one is certain, the others not so.

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

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
You paint portraits?
Genre
humor

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
Bill Quackenbush
Inks
Bill Quackenbush
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The moral of this tale is...
Genre
adventure; spy
Characters
Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Alababa; Pierpont Lee]
Synopsis
A storm brings the ship with Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers to a secret colony of Japanese warlords.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Phantom Killer!
    Doll Man
  2. 1. The House of Horror!
    Doll Man
  3. 2. Big Breeze Factory
    Blimpy
  4. 3. The Trumpet Nobody Played!
    Swing Sisson
  5. 4. ["And among other things,"]
    Lala Palooza
  6. 5. ["If you haven't done your arithmetic,"]
    Mickey Finn
  7. 6. ["Get going, ya big lug!"]
    Perky
  8. 7. Strange Assassin
  9. 8. ["The bulb in this flashlight is full of dynamite!"]
    Poison Ivy
  10. 9. ["It is such men as Captain Spin Shaw..."]
    Spin Shaw
  11. 10. ["You paint portraits?"]
    Big Top
  12. 11. ["The moral of this tale is..."]
    Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steinar Ã…dland
  • Peter Croome
  • Craig Delich
  • Bill Devine
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Jim Van Dore