Feature Comics #39

(December 1940)

[The Puritan Village] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

? [as William Erwin Maxwell]

Pencils

John Celardo

Inks

John Celardo

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Dr. Roberts; A Group of Puritans (first appearance); A gang of crooks (first appearance; villains)

Synopsis

While chasing a gang of thieves, Darrel enters a cave which opens into a world where Puritans still live.

[The Eye] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

William A. Smith [as Will Arthur]

Pencils

William A. Smith [as Will Arthur]

Inks

William A. Smith

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Rance Keane; Harvey Topping; Candida Kane (first appearance; The Eye [Sol Lang] (first appearance; villain)

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

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

So your Uncle Phil is seeing the World's Fair today, eh Mickey?

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

[The Blockade Runner] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Vernon Henkel

Pencils

Vernon Henkel

Inks

Vernon Henkel

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Dusty Dane; Gen. Yin (first appearance); Capt. John Galt (first appearance; villain)

[The Valley of Giants] (Table of Contents: 5)

Samar / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Maurice Gutwirth

Inks

Maurice Gutwirth

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

jungle

Characters

Samar; Pat West (first appearance); Buck (first appearance); a giant ape (first appearance)

[Mine Field Mission] (Table of Contents: 6)

Spin Shaw / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

? [as Rex Smith]

Pencils

Witmer Williams

Inks

Witmer Williams

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

aviation

Characters

Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Peanuts (first appearance)

[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

Hm -- a drop of rain --

Genre

humor

Characters

Lala Palooza

[In Eyewash, Arizona] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

Gill Fox

Pencils

Gill Fox

Inks

Gill Fox

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Poison Ivy

[The Haunted Night Club] (Table of Contents: 9)

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; Manners (a ghost, introduction); un-named ghosts (introduction for all); Tommy Manners (villain, introduction, death)

Indexer Notes

Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.

The Demon of Destruction (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

Harry Campbell

Pencils

Harry Campbell

Inks

Harry Campbell

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; spy

Characters

The Destroying Demon [Captain Bruce Blackwell] (origin, introduction); Otto Schmidt (villain, introduction); Zorn (villain, introduction); Adder (villain, introduction); un-named members of the "Band" (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis

Inspired by a boy who attempted to emulate a comic book and called himself Colossal Guy, Blackburn decides to adopted a costumed identity himself that would aid him in his attempt to crush the so-called "Un-American Band".

Indexer Notes

Art credits from Jim Amash, in the Quality Companion (TwoMorrows, 2011 series) #1.

The Demon's uniform was red and yellow with a horned hood and short cape. He perfected a trick using a rubber cable to drop from above. He also refers to himself as "The Destroying Devil," but his enemies call him a "Destroying Demon". Wears costume through issue #40.

The Human Bullet (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

?

Pencils

John Devlin

Inks

John Devlin

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Gloves of Death (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

Robert M. Hyatt

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Characters

Perry Scott

[The Ski Rescue Mission] (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Indexer Notes

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

[The Phony Foreign Committee] (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script

H. Weston Taylor (signed)

Pencils

Harry Campbell

Inks

Harry Campbell

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

The Ace of Space [Ace Egan]; Jennings (Ace's butler); Borris (villain, introduction); un-named spies (villains, introduction)

Synopsis

Ace's telepathic abilities alert him to a plot by European dictators to impersonate United States lawmakers.

Indexer Notes

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

[Witchcraft in Red Rock] (Table of Contents: 15)

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; Mrs. Crane (first appearance); Simon Grabble (first appearance; villain)