Feature Comics
#98
(May 1946)
Quality Comics,
1939 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Favorites Inc.
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- Gwen Hansen
Madame Diablo
Doll Man / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Midge [Martha Roberts]; Professor Roberts; Madame Diablo (villain, introduction, death); Sidat (villain, introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- Darrel and Martha encounter a victim whose face is strangely twisted by Madam Diablo. Martha pursues the villainess while Darrel finds the object of her crimes, the Sacred Eye of Ras-Aryat.
- Keywords
- Sacred Eye of Ras-Aryat
Indexer Notes
Story title taken from the cover.
Originally credited "Al Bryant ?", but leaning figures with long upper body and awkward way of standing and walking, as on rubber legs, 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 seems to vary.
[Good Mood]
Blimpy / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Blimpy; Dinklehup (first appearance; villain); Dinklehup's partner (first appearance; villain)
[Horror House]
Perky / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Sid Lazarus (signed)
- Pencils
- Sid Lazarus (signed)
- Inks
- Sid Lazarus (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Perky; Frank (first appearance); Count Jerkula (first appearance); a werewolf (first appearance)
[no title indexed]
Lala Palooza / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Still no luck with your new girl friend?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Lala Palooza; Vincent Palooza
- Synopsis
- Lala advises Vincent to play "hard to get" with his new girlfriend. He does. It doesn't help.
[no title indexed]
Lala Palooza / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Bernard Dibble (signed as Dib)
- Pencils
- Bernard Dibble (signed as Dib)
- Inks
- Bernard Dibble (signed as Dib)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Lala says I should read more good books!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Vincent Palooza
- Synopsis
- Vince reads a book about leprechauns and is spooked by a mechanical toy.
[no title indexed]
Lala Palooza / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Takin' all them clothes to be pressed, Eddie?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Vincent Palooza; Eddie; Lala Palooza
- Synopsis
- Lala is angry after Vince pawns their furniture and buys a pool table.
Melody in Murder Flat
Swing Sisson / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; detective-mystery; adventure
- Characters
- Swing Sisson; Bonnie Baxter; Toby Tucker; James Alden (first appearance; villain; death)
- Synopsis
- A pianist is shot and killed with a poisoned dart while playing on the stage.
Indexer Notes
Tomsey is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and some faces in sideview have similarities with his signed Jackie Law stories in Clue Comics, and also his Kid Click in US Camera Comics, so could be by him. The inking has some resemblence to the many Manhunter and Jester stories in Police Comics, by unknown.
[no title indexed]
Mickey Finn / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Lank Leonard (signed)
- Pencils
- Lank Leonard (signed)
- Inks
- Lank Leonard (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gee, Sunday again!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mickey Finn; Philip Finn; Florrie Finn
Indexer Notes
strip reprints
[Zootibar, the Forbidden City]
Spin Shaw / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- aviation; adventure
- Characters
- Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Gen. Rozu (first appearance; villain)
- Synopsis
- Zootibar is a forbidden city with a headquarters for a suicide sabotage racket.
Indexer Notes
So similar art to the previous in this feature that it could be Quackenbush, even with some figures with longer legs than usual. He is credited on pencils and ink on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. Uncertain inking when compared with his signed stories.
[no title indexed]
Big Top / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Butch, unless every single soul in this small town attends our show, we won't make expenses!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Butch; Boss Jeff Bangs
- Synopsis
- Boss Bangs tells Butch to drum up interest in the circus.
[no title indexed]
Big Top / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Before I fire you, I'll give you one more chance...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Boss Jeff Bangs; Butch
- Synopsis
- Boss Bangs critiques Butch's clown act.
[Boco Largo]
Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- adventure; children; spy
- Characters
- Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Alababa; Pierpont Lee]; Gov. Castillo (introduction); Miss Castillo (introduction); Panzo Panchito (villain, introduction)
Indexer Notes
Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Doll Man meets the Prophetess of Peril, Madam Diablo"]
Doll Man -
1.
Madame Diablo
Doll Man -
2.
[Good Mood]
Blimpy -
3.
[Horror House]
Perky -
4.
["Still no luck with your new girl friend?"]
Lala Palooza -
5.
["Lala says I should read more good books!"]
Lala Palooza -
6.
["Takin' all them clothes to be pressed, Eddie?"]
Lala Palooza -
7.
Melody in Murder Flat
Swing Sisson -
8.
["Gee, Sunday again!"]
Mickey Finn -
9.
Gun of the Ghost
Perry Scott -
10.
[The Parking Space]
Poison Ivy -
11.
[Zootibar, the Forbidden City]
Spin Shaw -
12.
["Butch, unless every single soul in this small town attends our show, we won't make expenses!"]
Big Top -
13.
["Before I fire you, I'll give you one more chance..."]
Big Top -
14.
[Boco Largo]
Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Joey Beretta
- Peter Croome
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Michael Hoskin
- Clint Maxwell
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
- David Wilt
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