Feature Comics #38

(November 1940)

[The Deadly Toymaker] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

?

Pencils

John Celardo

Inks

John Celardo

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Kurt Killdor (first appearance; villain; death); Gimpy (first appearance; villain); other crooks (first appearance; villains)

Synopsis

Darrel Dane becomes a government detective.

[Mystery at the World's Fair] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

William A. Smith

Pencils

William A. Smith [as Will Arthur]

Inks

William A. Smith

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Rance Keane; Harvey Topping (first appearance); Frank Topping (first appearance; villain)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Mickey Finn / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Lank Leonard

Pencils

Lank Leonard

Inks

Lank Leonard

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Mickey - I just heard that your uncle Phil won a turkey at Clancy's!

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

The Band of Treason (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Harry Campbell

Pencils

Harry Campbell

Inks

Harry Campbell

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; spy

Characters

Captain Bruce Blackburn; Henry (villain, introduction); un-named "Band" members (villains, introduction for all)

[Queen of the Bat-Men] (Table of Contents: 5)

Samar / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Maurice Gutwirth

Inks

Maurice Gutwirth

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

jungle

Characters

Samar; The Bat-Men (first appearance; villains; all die); Queen Nevar (first appearance; villain; death)

[Action in Guatemala] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Clark Williams

Inks

Clark Williams

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

aviation

Characters

Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

?

Pencils

John Devlin

Inks

John Devlin

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Pardon me, aren't you Vincent Palooza who used to go to school with me?

Genre

humor

Characters

Lala Palooza

[Mission to the Spirit World] (Table of Contents: 8)

Zero, Ghost Detective / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Toni Blum

Pencils

Charles Sultan ?

Inks

Charles Sultan ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Zero; Mr. Tobias Finch (introduction); Mrs. Tobias Finch (introduction); Sylvia Finch (introduction); Madam Aura (a medium, introduction)

Synopsis

Zero's fellow mystic, Madam Aura, sends him into the spirit world after a young woman, where he uses his "ring of the moon" to affect the spirits under moonlight.

Indexer Notes

Script credit suggegsted by the Who's Who.

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

John Devlin

Inks

John Devlin

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Sure, Butch -- you can have the day off!

Genre

humor

[Origin of the Ace of Space] (Table of Contents: 10)

Ace of Space / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

H. Weston Taylor (signed)

Pencils

Harry Campbell (signed)

Inks

Harry Campbell (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

The Ace of Space [Ace Egan] (introduction, origin); Jennings (Egan's butler, introduction); an alien (introduction, death); The Slogons (villains, introduction, all die)

Synopsis

Ace encounters a red and yellow alien spaceship while piloting his private plane, and is able to communicate with the being inside, who warns of an impending invasion by the Slogans. Before the creature dies, he bequeaths a power belt to Ace, which gives him great powers and which he uses to defeat the alien invasion force.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit confirmed by Jim Amash in the Quality Companion (Nopvember, 2011).

[The Hunting Trip] (Table of Contents: 11)

Homer Doodle and Son / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Arthur Beeman

Pencils

Arthur Beeman

Inks

Arthur Beeman

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Mr. Homer Doodle (first appearance); Mrs. Homer Doodle (first appearance); Bud Doodle (first appearance)

The Curse of Quetzal (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

Robert M. Hyatt?

Pencils

? (illustrations)

Inks

? (illustrations)

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Characters

Perry Scott

[Trouble on the Rubber Plantation] (Table of Contents: 13)

Dusty Dane / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Vernon Henkel

Pencils

Vernon Henkel

Inks

Vernon Henkel

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Dusty Dane; Wolf Hennick (first appearance; villain; death); the Mouse (first appearance; villain; death); Patricia Morley (first appearance)

[The Game with Stamford] (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script

Paul Gustavson

Pencils

Paul Gustavson

Inks

Paul Gustavson

Colors

?

Letters

Paul Gustavson

Genre

adventure; children; spy

Characters

Rusty Ryan; Chuck (introduction)

Indexer Notes

All Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

The Mighty Mite versus Muscletoe (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Script

Gill Fox

Pencils

Gill Fox

Inks

Gill Fox

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Poison Ivy; Muscletoe (first appearance; villain); The Great Colosso (first appearance; a superhero)

[The Sinister Lighthouse] (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Script

Art Pinajian

Pencils

Art Pinajian

Inks

Art Pinajian

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Sgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMP; Waxey Ginzo (first appearance; villain; death); Tito (first appearance; villain; death)