(October 1939)

Quality Comics, 1939 Series
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Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
68
Indicia frequency:
Monthly
Indicia Publisher:
Comic Favorites, Inc.
Editing:
Ed Cronin
Format:
Standard Golden Age U.S.; Full Color; Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior; Saddle-Stitched; Was On-Going Series

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Clock; Mickey Finn / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Ed Cronin
Inks:
Ed Cronin
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Mickey Finn

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Joe Palooka / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Ham Fisher
Pencils:
Ham Fisher
Inks:
Ham Fisher
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Indexer Notes

strip reprints


[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Off the Record / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Ed Reed
Pencils:
Ed Reed
Inks:
Ed Reed
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
John Devlin
Inks:
John Devlin
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
humor
Characters:
Lala Palooza

Indexer Notes

Strip reprints. Writer credit revised from Joe Devlin to ? by Craig Delich 2013-4-6. Devlin did not write this strip according to the Who's Who. Artist correction from Joe (who did not exist) to John Devlin also made by Craig Delich.


[The Hedrin Gold Mine Mystery: Part 1] (Table of Contents)

Charlie Chan / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Alfred Andriola
Pencils:
Alfred Andriola
Inks:
Alfred Andriola
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
detective-mystery
Characters:
Charlie Chan

Indexer Notes

strip reprints


Reforming a Reformer (Table of Contents)

Bungle Family / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
H. J. Tuthill
Pencils:
H. J. Tuthill
Inks:
H. J. Tuthill
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

[The Coming of Captain Fortune] (Table of Contents)

Captain Fortune / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Vernon Henkel
Pencils:
Vernon Henkel
Inks:
Vernon Henkel
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
historical
Characters:
Captain Fortune [Tyrone Fortune] (first appearance); Michael Severish (first appearance; villain)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Toddy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
George Marcoux
Pencils:
George Marcoux
Inks:
George Marcoux
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Mortimer Mum / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:
Sakren
Pencils:
Sakren
Inks:
Sakren
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Rube Goldberg's Side Show / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Rube Goldberg
Pencils:
Rube Goldberg
Inks:
Rube Goldberg
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
humor

Indexer Notes

strip reprints


[The Parker Gang] (Table of Contents)

The Clock / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
George E. Brenner (signed)
Pencils:
George E. Brenner (signed)
Inks:
George E. Brenner (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Inspector Kane; Morton (villain, introduction); The Parker Gang (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis:
Inspector Kane confides to Brian that he prefers having the Clock stepping in on his cases, such as the one with the Parker Gang, because his undercover men were too well known to the mobsters.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Dixie Dugan / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
J. P. McEvoy
Pencils:
J. H. Striebel
Inks:
J. H. Striebel
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Indexer Notes

strip reprints


[A Death In Wagonwheel] (Table of Contents)

Rance Keane / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
William A. Smith
Pencils:
William A. Smith
Inks:
William A. Smith
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Characters:
Rance Keane; Clyde Doan (first appearance; death); Ab Flint (first appearance; villain)

[Episode 25] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Ed Wheelan
Pencils:
Ed Wheelan
Inks:
Ed Wheelan
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Ned Brant / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Bob Zuppke
Pencils:
R. W. Depew
Inks:
R. W. Depew
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
sports

Indexer Notes

strip reprints


[Episode 25] (Table of Contents)

Slim and Tubby / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
John J. Welch
Pencils:
John J. Welch
Inks:
John J. Welch
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

The Rules of the Game (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
A. L. Allen
Letters:
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Jane Arden / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Monte Barrett
Pencils:
Russell E. Ross
Inks:
Russell E. Ross
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
drama
Keywords:
soap opera

Indexer Notes

strip reprints


[Gold and Greed] (Table of Contents)

Reynolds of the Mounted / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Art Pinajian
Pencils:
Art Pinajian
Inks:
Art Pinajian
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
western-frontier
Characters:
Wade (first appearnce; villain); Red Cloud (first appearance; villain)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

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

Content Information

Genre:
humor

Indexer Notes

strip reprints


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Clock; Mickey Finn
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Joe Palooka
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Off the Record
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Lala Palooza
  5. 4. [The Hedrin Gold Mine Mystery: Part 1]
    Charlie Chan
  6. 5. Reforming a Reformer
    Bungle Family
  7. 6. [The Coming of Captain Fortune]
    Captain Fortune
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Toddy
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Mortimer Mum
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Rube Goldberg's Side Show
  11. 10. [The Parker Gang]
    The Clock
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Dixie Dugan
  13. 12. [A Death In Wagonwheel]
    Rance Keane
  14. 13. [Episode 25]
    Big Top
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Ned Brant
  16. 15. [Episode 25]
    Slim and Tubby
  17. 16. The Rules of the Game
  18. 17. [no title indexed]
    Jane Arden
  19. 18. [Gold and Greed]
    Reynolds of the Mounted
  20. 19. [no title indexed]
    Mickey Finn
This issue was most recently modified by:
  • R. J. Roper
  • Craig Delich
  • Gary L. Watson
Issues in this series have been indexed by:
  • Bob Klein
  • Lou Mougin
  • Matthew Torrance