Doll Man #8

(Spring 1946)

The Corpse of the Doll Man (Table of Contents: 1)

Doll Man / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Millard

Pencils

Dan Zolnerowich ?

Inks

Bob Fujitani ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Dr. Vargo (villain, introduction, death); Slick Scanlon (villain, introduction); Doper (villain, introduction); other miniature people (villains, introduction for all, all die)

Synopsis

Dr. Vargo selects criminals for his experiments to reduce humans to tiny beings and keeps them on a small island. Doll Man finds himself dumped onto that island, where Vargo is forced to flee from these savage beings, who blow up the castle, killing all concerned.

Indexer Notes

Al Bryant has shorter figures with more rounded faces than this. It look more like Zolnerowich's figures with long torso and special way of walking and running. The inking looks more like Fuji with the narrower female faces with gaping mouth than Bryant, page 4 and 5. The grinning faces of the villains with marked smiling cheeks look like Fuji too. Uncertain credits.

The Man With the Terrible Eyes (Table of Contents: 2)

Doll Man / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Dan Zolnerowich

Inks

Dan Zolnerowich ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Archer Cravath (first appearance; villain; death); Grogan (police officer); Dr. Roberts; Dr. Welsey

Synopsis

Archer spent most of his life searching for the Hypnotism of Death and now he uses it to kill.

Indexer Notes

Originally credited to Al Bryant, but the pencil work is by Zolne with his very peculiar drawling way of walking, page 2 and 3. Like in many of his Black X stories. He is credited on both pencils and ink, but inking is a bit different from his signed stories using much more thin penlines.

[Introducing Torchy] (Table of Contents: 3)

Torchy / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Ward ?

Pencils

Bill Ward

Inks

Bill Ward

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Out of one job and into another!

Genre

humor; adventure

Characters

Torchy Todd (first appearance); Mayor

Synopsis

Torchy sockes the face of the Mayor's son and gets in the papers and a new job as secretary.

Keywords

adult

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

Candy / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Harry Sahle

Pencils

Harry Sahle

Inks

Harry Sahle

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Look, Tim, Candy...

Genre

teen; humor

Characters

Candy O'Connor; Tim O'Connor (father); Ted (boyfriend)

Synopsis

Candy reads a book on correct posture, finds a valuable marker stone and attends the Shooktown Jitter Jump.

Indexer Notes

three strips

The Eyes of Eric (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Characters

Eric Logan; Kwong (philosopher)

Synopsis

Eric was an adventurer among the islands of the South Seas.

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

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

Oho! .. An exposed kid!

Genre

humor

Characters

Poison Ivy; Kidnappers

Synopsis

Two men try to kidnap Poison Ivy.

[The Will of Enos Gotch] (Table of Contents: 7)

Doll Man / comic story / 14 pages (report information)

Script

Joe Millard

Pencils

Dan Zolnerowich

Inks

Dan Zolnerowich ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Louie Jerris (first appearance; villain); Eggy (first appearance; villain); Avis Gotch (first appearance; villain)

Synopsis

A fortune hidden in an antique secretary furniture.

Indexer Notes

Originally credited "Bill Ward?". Page 2 and 8 has a figure leaning forward from the hips and with stretched neck like Zolne. The butler entering the room on page 5 moves his legs in a shuffling way, and the bent knees of Darrel on page 12 are all signs of Zolne. He is credited on both pencils and ink, but inking a bit different from his signed story in Fight Comics #15.