(May 1947)

Quality Comics, 1939 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
60
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Comic Favorites Inc.
Brand
Quality Comic Group
Editing
Gwen Hansen

Issue Notes

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Doll Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Al Bryant
Inks
Al Bryant
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Can the Doll Man escape the claws of Fat Catt?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Fat Catt

The Man With Nine Lives (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
Bill Woolfolk
Pencils
Al Bryant
Inks
Al Bryant
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Martha Roberts; Professor Roberts; Fat Catt (villain, introduction)
Synopsis
When a mobster named Fat Catt targets Professor Roberts, Doll Man has to fight his way through Catt's pet cat to rescur him. However, Martha, very suspicious that Darrel was the Doll Man, scrutinizes Darrel and Doll Man's features, embolding her to remark to Darrel that he and Doll Man must be "awfully good friends".

[Be a Cop] (Table of Contents: 2)

Blimpy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Al Stahl
Pencils
Al Stahl
Inks
Al Stahl
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Blimpy

The Horn of Plenty (Table of Contents: 3)

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

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

Genre
humor; detective-mystery; adventure
Characters
Swing Sisson

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

Lala Palooza / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bernard Dibble
Pencils
Bernard Dibble
Inks
Bernard Dibble
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Lucky for me I found out what that plot of Carmen is about...
Genre
humor
Characters
Vincent Palooza; Lala Palooza
Synopsis
Vincent lies to Lala about attending the opera, unaware the opera house burned down the night before.

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

Lala Palooza / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bernard Dibble
Pencils
Bernard Dibble
Inks
Bernard Dibble
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
The way things ought to be! Definitely!
Genre
humor
Characters
Vincent Palooza; Lala Palooza
Synopsis
Inspired by a statue of "Primitive Man and Maid," Vincent tries to dominate Lala. He fails.

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

Lala Palooza / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bernard Dibble
Pencils
Bernard Dibble
Inks
Bernard Dibble
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
And don't get the idea that you're an expert sailor just because you've rigged up that tub of yours with an outboard motor!
Genre
humor
Characters
Vincent Palooza; Lala Palooza
Synopsis
Ignoring Lala's warnings, Vince sets off in his boat and has to be rescued by an ocean liner on its way to England.

[Land of Music] (Table of Contents: 7)

Perky / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Sid Lazarus
Pencils
Sid Lazarus
Inks
Sid Lazarus
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Perky

[Farmer Dell] (Table of Contents: 8)

Roscoe / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Roscoe

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

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
Oh, boy! I got a quarter for moving Mrs. Pinchpenny's piano...
Genre
humor
Characters
Poison Ivy

The Five Marvels (Table of Contents: 10)

Perry Scott / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure
Characters
Perry Scott

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

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
You know, Mickey - I never thought your Uncle Phil would last this long as sheriff...
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

[Suitcase of Cash] (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script
Paul Gustavson
Pencils
Paul Gustavson
Inks
Paul Gustavson
Colors
?
Letters
Paul Gustavson

Genre
adventure; children; spy
Characters
Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Alababa; Pierpont Lee]

Indexer Notes

All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Big Top / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bernard Dibble
Pencils
Bernard Dibble
Inks
Bernard Dibble
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Boss! Joe McGyppo, the old barker, says he picked up a great find for our circus...
Genre
humor
Characters
Boss Jeff Bangs; Butch
Synopsis
Boss Bangs pays $500 for a "rare tamias striatus" for his circus, only to discover this is a common striped chipmunk.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Lala Palooza / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bernard Dibble
Pencils
Bernard Dibble
Inks
Bernard Dibble
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
A crack shot with a bow and arrow...
Genre
humor
Characters
Boss Jeff Bangs; Butch
Synopsis
Butch serves as the unwilling target for a circus archer.

Indexer Notes

Same premise as the "Dewey Drip" story by Dibble in Police Comics (1941 series) #88 March 1949, except in the later story it was someone throwing a rock (as a baseball tryout) instead of shooting an arrow (as a circus audition).