Feature Comics #42

(March 1941)

[The Treasure of the Black Albatross] (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]; Jane (first appearance); Jane's father (first appearance; death); Captain Rocco (first appearance; villain)

[The Treasure Hunt: Part 3] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

William A. Smith

Pencils

William A. Smith

Inks

William A. Smith

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Rance Keane; Harvey Topping; Simon (first appearance; death); Amyas (first appearance; death)

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

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

Script

?

Pencils

John Devlin

Inks

John Devlin

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Where to, Butch?

Genre

humor

Introducing USA (Table of Contents: 4)

USA, the Spirit of Old Glory / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Maurice Gutwirth (signed)

Inks

Maurice Gutwirth (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

USA (introduction, origin); Betsy Ross (flashback); Franklin D. Roosevelt; Otto Fluger (villain, introduction, death); Fluger's un-named spies (villains, introduction for all, all die); Adolf Hitler (villain)

Synopsis

As a young girl in 1777 and around to witness Besty Ross creating the new American flag. She carried some threads of that flag in her locket, and, afterwards, grew very ill and passed away, being buried with that locket. In 1941, the locket was unearthed and when opened, USA was born. With her magic flag and torch of liberty, she showed European loyalists the errors of their ways.

Indexer Notes

USA was created by Maurice Gutwirth and was Quality's second lady heroine. She was clearly inspired by the early American icon called Miss Columbia, and predated Wonder Woman by about six months.

[Zero's Future Incarnation] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Toni Blum

Pencils

Witmer Williams ?

Inks

Witmer Williams ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Zero; Dr. Potsam (introduction); Lanya (introduction); Loro (villain, introduction); Mogur (villain, introduction); un-named Martians (villains, introduction for all)

Indexer Notes

Script credit suggeseted by the Who's Who.

[The Time Machine] (Table of Contents: 6)

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 Slaver of Bleak Isle] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Vernon Henkel

Pencils

Vernon Henkel

Inks

Vernon Henkel

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Dusty Dane; Ahmeer (first appearance; a dancing girl); Abdul Kalat (first appearance; villain); Singh (first appearance; villain)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

?

Pencils

John Devlin

Inks

John Devlin

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

On your way home, Vincent, stop and get me a bottle of vanilla!

Genre

humor

Characters

Lala Palooza

Ghosts Don't Use Guns (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Capt. Bruce Blackburn; The Prussorians (first appearance; villains)

[The Raid on Bulobo] (Table of Contents: 10)

Samar / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Nick Cardy?

Inks

Nick Cardy?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

jungle

Characters

Samar; Jeho (first appearance); The Nazis (villains)

[Origin of Reynolds of the Mounted] (Table of Contents: 11)

Reynolds of the Mounted / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Art Pinajian

Pencils

Art Pinajian

Inks

Art Pinajian

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

western-frontier

Characters

Sgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMP (origin in flashback); I: The Old Timer (first apperaance); Tom Reynolds (first appearance; flashback; death; Reynolds's brother); Pinky Reynolds (first appearance; Reynold's brother); Jeff Bandro (first appearance; villain; flashback)

Epic in Bronze (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

Robert M. Hyatt (signed)

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Characters

Perry Scott

[The Sled] (Table of Contents: 13)

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

Script

Arthur Beeman

Pencils

Arthur Beeman

Inks

Arthur Beeman

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

[Trapping the Trappers] (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; Moose (villain, a hunter); Joe (villain, a hunter, villain)

Indexer Notes

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

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

I ain't seen your uncle Phil for a week, Mickey, is he sick?

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

[Bar Sinister] (Table of Contents: 16)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Clark Williams

Inks

Clark Williams

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

aviation

Characters

Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; A gang of spies (first appearance; villains)