Feature Comics #35

(August 1940)

[The Return of Wampum] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

? [as William Erwin Maxwell]

Pencils:

Lou Fine

Inks:

Lou Fine

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Dr. Roberts; Wampum; Old Fella; Briney (first appearance; villain); Sloop; The crew of the Black Gull (first appearance; villain)

[Hong Kong the Mandarin] (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

Characters:

Rance Keane; Lola Pritchard; Hong Kong (first appearance; villain; a character in Pee Wee's dream)

[Johnny Micewuller] (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

[Danse Macabe] (Table of Contents)

Zero / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Dan Zolnerowich

Inks:

Dan Zolnerowich

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Zero; A skeletal fiddler (first appearance)

Indexer Notes

This story obviously inspired by Saint-Saens's DANSE MACABRE

[The Disappearance of Tim Benson] (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

Characters:

Captain Crane (villain); Philip Kemp (first appearance; villain); Tim Benson (first appearance); Betty Benson (first appearance)

[Action On the Amazon] (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]; Maj. Hollis (first appearance); Antzec (first appearance; villain; death)

["Huh!- A little sissy-"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

John Devlin

Pencils:

John Devlin

Inks:

John Devlin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

[The Ghost Ship] (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:

period

Characters:

Captain Fortune [Tyrone Fortune] (last appearance); The Ghost Pirates (first appearance; villains; death)

[Murder In Apartment 2-B] (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

Characters:

The Voice [Mr. Elixir]; Mr. Hill (first appearance; villain)

["Sarge this nut says a gorilla swiped his hat an' coat!"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

John Devlin

Pencils:

John Devlin

Inks:

John Devlin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

[The Arson Plot] (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:

spy; adventure; children

Characters:

Rusty Ryan; A fire inspector (first appearance; villain); his crony (first appearance; villain)

The Killer (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Robert M. Hyatt

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

["Joe-I'm only getting twenty five miles to the gallon of liniment!"] (Table of Contents)

Have a Laugh / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed Reed

Pencils:

Ed Reed

Inks:

Ed Reed

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ed Reed

Content Information

Genre:

humor

The Foiled Assassination (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:

Capt. Bruce Blackburn; Frantz (first appearance; villain; death); Pratz (first appearance; villain; death); other spies (first appearance; villains; death); Karl Korn (first appearance; villain)

["Ya say your Uncle Phil went fishin' with Clancy and Mr. Houlihan"] (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:

sitcom

Reprints:

• from Mickey Finn daily

[Valley of the Cavemen] (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; Prof. Ford Cawthorne (first appearance); A tribe of cavemen (first appearance; all but one die)