Feature Comics #29

(February 1940)

[The Metropolis Museum Mystery] (Table of Contents)

Doll Man / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner [as William Erwin Maxwell] (signed)

Pencils:

Will Eisner; Lou Fine

Inks:

Lou Fine

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Sidney Ambrose (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

Darrel succeeds in developing Professor Roberts formula into pill form.

Indexer Notes

Oddity: in the story, Doll Man's name alternately appears as two words and one word. In addition, on one page, Doll Man is shown both wearing his full costume, and only shorts (as he appeared in issue #27) in another panel.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Off the Record / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed Reed

Pencils:

Ed Reed

Inks:

Ed Reed

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

[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)

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Lala Palooza / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Devlin

Inks:

John Devlin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Lala Palooza

Indexer Notes

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 Devlin" (presumably a typo for "John Devlin") to John Devlin also made by Craig Delich.

[The Kidnapping of Donna Grant: Part 2] (Table of Contents)

Charlie Chan / comic story / 4 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

[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)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

John Devlin

Inks:

John Devlin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

Writer credit revised from "Joe Devlin" (presumably a typo for "John Devlin") to ? by Craig Delich 2013-4-11. The Who's Who does not indicate that John Devlin wrote this strip. Artist revision from Joe Devlin to John Devlin, also by Craig Delich.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Dixie Dugan / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

J. P. McEvoy

Pencils:

J. H. Striebel

Inks:

J. H. Striebel

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

[The Shooting of Ted Holt] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

George Brenner

Pencils:

George Brenner

Inks:

George Brenner

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Ted Holt (first appearance; death); The Reaper (first appearance; villain)

[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

[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

[The Flying Death] (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:

Chief Big Eagle (first appearance; villain)

Resolved (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:

?

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

[The Crownsville Train Wreck] (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; Gus Dropper (first appearance; villain)

Whispering Walls (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

A. L. Allen

Letters:

typeset

[Black Flint] (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]; Black Flint (first appearance; villain; death)

[Episode 29] (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 Crop-Killing Planes] (Table of Contents)

Spin Shaw / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Powell

Pencils:

Bob Powell [as Rex Smith] (signed)

Inks:

Bob Powell [as Rex Smith] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

aviation

Characters:

Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw] (introduction)

[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