Feature Comics
#50
(November 1941)
Quality Comics,
1939 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1941-09-24
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Favorites, Inc.
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- Ed Cronin
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 4.
[no title indexed]
Doll Man / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Starring America's comic sensation
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Lala Palooza (inset); Samar (inset); Mickey Finn (inset); Spin Shaw (inset)
Indexer Notes
The Jim Vadeboncoeur Jr. index card attached to online scanned version suggests Gill Fox as the cover artist.
[The Final Act of Mr. Grimm]
Doll Man / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Grimm (first appearance; death); The Nazis (villains)
[no title indexed]
Big Top / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hello, young fella - what're you hanging around for?
- Genre
- humor
[The Curse of the Death Devil]
Samar / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Samar; Benton (first appearance); An agent of the Homburg Rubber Company (first appearance; villain; death)
[The Gibson Street Ghoul]
Zero, Ghost Detective / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Zero; un-named ghost (introduction); John Stewart (introduction, death); Betty Stewart (introduction); The Gibson Street Ghoul [Moss] (villain, introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- Zero is summoned by the law to take on the Gibson Street Ghoul, a mysterious ghost bent on vengeanace.
Indexer Notes
Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.
[To Save a Convoy]
Dusty Dane / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Dusty Dane (last appearance); a first mate (first appearance; villain); the Nazis (villains)
Indexer Notes
Final appearance of feature.
[Acid and Extortion]
Swing Sisson / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; detective-mystery; adventure
- Characters
- Swing Sisson; Gilda Kay (first appearance); An extortion gang (first appearance; villain)
[no title indexed]
Lala Palooza / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh boy! The ponies did right by little Vincent today...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Lala Palooza
[The Escape of Romer]
Reynolds of the Mounted / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier; adventure; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Sgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMP; Romer (first appearance; villain; death)
Clue of the Matches
Captain Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- adventure; spy
- Characters
- Capt. Bruce Blackburn; Z-2 and other spies (first appearance; villains)
[Legree, the Dope Smuggler]
Fargo Kid [Quality] / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- The Fargo Kid [Tim Turner]; Mr. Legree (first appearance; villain); Mrs. Legree (first appearance; villain); Pedro (first appearance; villain)
[no title indexed]
Mickey Finn / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- So your uncle Phil went to the races today, eh Mickey?
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
strip reprints
[The Explosive Pencils]
Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- adventure; children; spy
- Characters
- Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Smiley Scott; Ed; Whitey; Scotty]; Hans (villain, introduction, death); Number Two (villain, introduction, death); Number Three (villain, introduction)
Indexer Notes
All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
[no title indexed]
Homer Doodle and Son / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Mother and I are going now, Junior
- Genre
- humor
[Chaos in Cuba]
Spin Shaw / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- aviation; adventure
- Characters
- Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Gomez (first appearance; villain); Nazis (villains)
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Starring America's comic sensation"]
Doll Man -
1.
[The Final Act of Mr. Grimm]
Doll Man -
2.
["Hello, young fella - what're you hanging around for?"]
Big Top -
3.
[The Curse of the Death Devil]
Samar -
4.
[The Gibson Street Ghoul]
Zero, Ghost Detective -
5.
[To Save a Convoy]
Dusty Dane -
6.
[Acid and Extortion]
Swing Sisson -
7.
["Oh boy! The ponies did right by little Vincent today..."]
Lala Palooza -
8.
[The Escape of Romer]
Reynolds of the Mounted -
9.
Clue of the Matches
Captain Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy -
10.
[Legree, the Dope Smuggler]
Fargo Kid [Quality] -
11.
Treasure of the Khymers
Perry Scott -
12.
["So your uncle Phil went to the races today, eh Mickey?"]
Mickey Finn -
13.
[The Explosive Pencils]
Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers -
14.
["Mother and I are going now, Junior"]
Homer Doodle and Son -
15.
[Castor Oil]
Poison Ivy [Quality] -
16.
[Chaos in Cuba]
Spin Shaw
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