Feature Comics
#41
(February 1941)
Quality Comics,
1939 Series
- Volume
- ?
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Favorites, Inc.
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- Ed Cronin
[no title indexed]
Lala Palooza / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- But Lala -- I didn't know the cats would be cold and need the fur!!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Lala Palooza; Vincent; The Doll Man [Darrel Dane] (inset); Rance Keane (inset); Samar (inset); Spin Shaw (inset)
[Doll Man Joins the Army]
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]; Franklin D. Roosevelt; The Nazis (villains)
- Synopsis
- Darrel Dane joins the Army, and is out an issue later with no explanation.
[The Treasure Hunt: Part 2]
Rance Keane / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier; adventure
- Characters
- Rance Keane; Harvey Topping; The Triolettes (first appearance); Mr. Dingley (first appearance); Mrs. Dingley (first appearance); Theodore the Great (first appearance)
Traitor's Telltale Light
Captain Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- adventure; spy
- Characters
- Capt. Bruce Blackburn; The Band (villains)
[The Captured Cubs]
Samar / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- John Charles
- Pencils
- Nick Cardy
- Inks
- Nick Cardy
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Samar; Ashley (first appearance; Ashley's partner (first appearance); Mike (villain; first appearance); two other crooks (first appearance; villains); The Wahilis (first appearance; villains)
Indexer Notes
John Charles, as used at Quality Comics, was a house name used for multiple writers. It is not the UK writer John Charles who started his career in the 1990s.
[Hockey Today!]
Poison Ivy [Quality] / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Poison Ivy; New York Strangers (first appearance; a hockey team); Toronto Tea Leafs (first appearance; a hockey team)
[War In Volcania]
Dusty Dane / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Dusty Dane; Patricia Morley; Prince Ku (first appearance); Balok (first appearance; villain; death)
[no title indexed]
Lala Palooza / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Just look at that suit!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Lala Palooza
[Sacrifice to Moloch]
Zero, Ghost Detective / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Toni Blum (signed as Noel Fowler)
- Pencils
- Charles Sultan ?
- Inks
- Charles Sultan ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Zero; Dr. Chadwick (introduction); Wanda Chadwick (introduction); un-named ghost (villain, introduction); a priest of Moloch (villain, introduction)
Indexer Notes
In this story, Zero performs an incantation by drawing a circular pattern -- or zero -- that transports him into the past and which also summons ghosts.
Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.
[The Ace in the Army]
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]; a gang of spies (villains, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Ace becomes a Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps and goes after a group of spies that have seized a new flying fortress, recovering the plane. However, an injury to the left arm, suffered by the Ace of Space during the skirmish, is noted by the base Major to Egan's left arm, and the hero's secret becomes known.
Indexer Notes
Last appearance. Writer credit confirmed by Jim Amash in the Quality Companion (November, 2011).
[Battle with the Giants]
Reynolds of the Mounted / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier; adventure; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Sgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMP
Indexer Notes
most of this story is Reynolds's dream
[The Boat Race Murders]
Rusty Ryan / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- adventure; children; spy
- Characters
- Rusty Ryan; Professor Terhune (villain, introduction, death)
Indexer Notes
All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
[no title indexed]
Homer Doodle and Son / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Arthur Beeman (signed)
- Pencils
- Arthur Beeman (signed)
- Inks
- Arthur Beeman (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Let's go soldiers!
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
Mickey Finn / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Is your Uncle Phil really mad at Houlihan?
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
strip reprints
[The Theft of the Plane Plans]
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]; A gang of spies (first appearance; villains); Gregory (first appearance; villain; death); Jim Drake (first appearance; villain; death)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["But Lala -- I didn't know the cats would be cold and need the fur!!"]
Lala Palooza -
1.
[Doll Man Joins the Army]
Doll Man -
2.
[The Treasure Hunt: Part 2]
Rance Keane -
3.
The Exalted High Caliph
Big Top -
4.
Traitor's Telltale Light
Captain Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy -
5.
[The Captured Cubs]
Samar -
6.
[Hockey Today!]
Poison Ivy [Quality] -
7.
[War In Volcania]
Dusty Dane -
8.
["Just look at that suit!"]
Lala Palooza -
9.
[Sacrifice to Moloch]
Zero, Ghost Detective -
10.
[The Ace in the Army]
Ace of Space -
11.
[Battle with the Giants]
Reynolds of the Mounted -
12.
The Black Raider
Perry Scott -
13.
[The Boat Race Murders]
Rusty Ryan -
14.
["Let's go soldiers!"]
Homer Doodle and Son -
15.
["Is your Uncle Phil really mad at Houlihan?"]
Mickey Finn -
16.
[The Theft of the Plane Plans]
Spin Shaw
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