Feature Comics #33

(June 1940)

[Back From the Dead] (Table of Contents)

Doll Man / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Will Eisner [as William Erwin Maxwell] (signed)

Pencils:

Lou Fine

Inks:

Lou Fine

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Professor Roberts; Molly Shean (introduction); Tim Shean (introduction); Gat Granet (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

Darrel soon discovers that he no longer needs his special pill in order to shrink in size. Instead, he invents another pill that makes his body rigid and the heart imperceptible.

[Rance's New York Adventure] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

William A. Smith [as Will Arthur]

Pencils:

William A. Smith [as Will Arthur]

Inks:

William A. Smith

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Rance Keane; Harry the Hawk (first appearance; villain)

Spy Scent (Table of Contents)

Capt. Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harry Campbell

Pencils:

Harry Campbell

Inks:

Harry Campbell

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; spy

Characters:

Captain Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy; Tanya Slavska (villain, introduction); Josef (villain, introduction); Karel (villain, introduction, death)

Indexer Notes

The Who's Who states that Campbell was the writer of this feature from 1940-42 and Henry Weston Taylor was the artist, although evidences exists that Campbell did the art on some issues.

[Mona, Queen of the Apes] (Table of Contents)

Samar / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

? [as John Charles]

Pencils:

Robert Hayward Webb; Ann Brewster

Inks:

Ann Brewster

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

jungle

Characters:

Samar; Mona (first appearance; villain; death)

[Join the Army] (Table of Contents)

Poison Ivy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gill Fox

Pencils:

Gill Fox

Inks:

Gill Fox

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Poison Ivy

Navy Planes In Mass Flight To Philippines (Table of Contents)

Spin Shaw / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Powell

Pencils:

Bob Powell

Inks:

Bob Powell

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

aviation

Characters:

Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw] (first appearance); Princess Lahania (first appearance; villain); The Cherubus (first appearance; villain)

The Well Dressed Man (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 revision from John Devlin to ? by Craig Delich 2013-4-6. According to the Who's Who, Devlin did not write this strip.

[The Lady Pirate] (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]; a lady pirate (first appearance; villain; death); Brak (first appearance; villain; death)

The Solving of the World's Greatest Counterfeit Case (Table of Contents)

Voice / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Asch

Pencils:

Stan Asch

Inks:

Stan Asch

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

The Voice [Mr. Elixir]; A counterfeiting gang (first appearance; villains)

[The Mystery of the Bloody Sword] (Table of Contents)

Zero / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan Zolnerowich

Inks:

Dan Zolnerowich

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Zero; Major Fawcett (first appearance); Miss Fawcett (first appearance); Mr. Fawcett (first appearance; death); Ghosts of African slaves (first appearance; villains; death)

The Dead Return (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Robert M. Hyatt

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Perry Scott

[The Reforming of Mr. Grudge] (Table of Contents)

Rusty Ryan / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Gustavson

Pencils:

Paul Gustavson

Inks:

Paul Gustavson

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; children; spy

Characters:

Rusty Ryan; Mr. Grudge (first appearance); Ed (first appearance; Whitey (first appearance)

Indexer Notes

Ed and Whitey are two boys of Boyville.

The Great Shotzo (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 revision from John Devlin to ? by Craig Delich 2013-4-6. According to the Who's Who, Devlin never wrote this strip.

["Ma, Mr. Jensen said he'd fix our parlor floor up fine for $10"] (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

[Murder In the Beaver Mine] (Table of Contents)

Reynolds of the Mounted / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Art Pinajian

Pencils:

Art Pinajian

Inks:

Art Pinajian

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

western-frontier

Characters:

Slade (first appearance; villain)