Feature Comics
#39
(December 1940)
Quality Comics,
1939 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1940-10-25
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Favorites, Inc.
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- Ed Cronin (credited as Edward Cronin) (editor)
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 4.
[no title indexed]
Lala Palooza / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- But Vincent-burglars couldn't have been here--I locked the door!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Lala Palooza; Vincent; The Doll Man [Darrel Dane] (inset); Rance Keane (inset); Spin Shaw (inset); Samar (inset)
[The Puritan Village]
Doll Man / comic story / 9 pages
- 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]
Rance Keane / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Bill Smith (credited as Will Arthur)
- Pencils
- Bill Smith (credited as Will Arthur)
- Inks
- Bill Smith (credited as Will Arthur)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- western-frontier; adventure
- Characters
- Rance Keane; Harvey Topping; Candida Kane (first appearance; The Eye [Sol Lang] (first appearance; villain)
[no title indexed]
Mickey Finn / comic story / 4 pages
- 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]
Dusty Dane / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Dusty Dane; Gen. Yin (first appearance); Capt. John Galt (first appearance; villain)
[The Valley of Giants]
Samar / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Samar; Pat West (first appearance); Buck (first appearance); a giant ape (first appearance)
[Mine Field Mission]
Spin Shaw / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ? [as Rex Smith]
- Pencils
- Witmer Williams
- Inks
- Witmer Williams
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- aviation; adventure
- Characters
- Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Peanuts (first appearance)
[no title indexed]
Lala Palooza / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hm -- a drop of rain --
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Lala Palooza
[The Haunted Night Club]
Zero, Ghost Detective / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery; fantasy-supernatural
- 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
Captain Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy / comic story / 5 pages
- 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.
Gloves of Death
Perry Scott / text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Robert Hyatt (credited as Robert M. Hyatt)
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Perry Scott
[The Ski Rescue Mission]
Rusty Ryan / comic story / 4 pages
- 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]
Ace of Space / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Henry Taylor (signed as H. Weston Taylor)
- Pencils
- Harry Campbell
- Inks
- Harry Campbell
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; superhero
- 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]
Reynolds of the Mounted / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier; adventure; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Sgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMP; Mrs. Crane (first appearance); Simon Grabble (first appearance; villain)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["But Vincent-burglars couldn't have been here--I locked the door!"]
Lala Palooza -
1.
[The Puritan Village]
Doll Man -
2.
[The Eye]
Rance Keane -
3.
["So your Uncle Phil is seeing the World's Fair today, eh Mickey?"]
Mickey Finn -
4.
[The Blockade Runner]
Dusty Dane -
5.
[The Valley of Giants]
Samar -
6.
[Mine Field Mission]
Spin Shaw -
7.
["Hm -- a drop of rain --"]
Lala Palooza -
8.
[In Eyewash, Arizona]
Poison Ivy [Quality] -
9.
[The Haunted Night Club]
Zero, Ghost Detective -
10.
The Demon of Destruction
Captain Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy -
11.
The Human Bullet
Big Top -
12.
Gloves of Death
Perry Scott -
13.
[The Ski Rescue Mission]
Rusty Ryan -
14.
[The Phony Foreign Committee]
Ace of Space -
15.
[Witchcraft in Red Rock]
Reynolds of the Mounted
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