Feature Comics
#58
(July 1942)
Quality Comics,
1939 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1942-05-22
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Favorites Inc.
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- Gill Fox
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 2.
[no title indexed]
Doll Man / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Mickey Finn (inset); Samar (inset); Lala Palooza (inset); Spin Shaw (inset); Zero (inset); Poison Ivy (inset); Reynolds of the Mounted (inset); Swing Sisson (inset); Rusty Ryan (inset); Big Top (inset); Fargo Kid (inset)
Indexer Notes
Art credits verified by Gill Fox in an interview by Jim Amash in Alter-Ego #12 (January, 2002).
Fox's color guides were found with the original art.
[no title indexed]
Police Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Script
- Gill Fox [as G. F.] (signed)
- Pencils
- Gill Fox [as G. F.] (signed)
- Inks
- Gill Fox [as G. F.] (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now's my chance!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A prisoner breaks out of jail so he can buy an issue of Police Comics.
Indexer Notes
Advertisement in comics format.
On inside front cover.
[The Dishonorables]
Doll Man / comic story / 11 pages
- Script
- ? [as Wm. Erwin Maxwell] (credited)
- Pencils
- Reed Crandall
- Inks
- Reed Crandall
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Professor Roberts; Martha Roberts; the Dishonorables (villains)
- Synopsis
- Martha and her father succumb to a disease that instills fear into the American people, which is a plot by a group of Americans who had been dishonorably discharged from the armed services.
Indexer Notes
The Doll Man stories always carried the by-line of William Erwin Maxwell and did not refer to Reed Crandall in this case.
[no title indexed]
Big Top / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There, there, Edna...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Edna
[no title indexed]
Samar / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Rafael Astarita (credited as John Charles)
- Inks
- Rafael Astarita (credited as John Charles)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- His powerful body a bulwark against the tide of treachery...
- Genre
- jungle; adventure
- Characters
- Samar
[no title indexed]
Reynolds of the Mounted / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What is the new skyrocket plane???
- Genre
- western-frontier; adventure; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Sgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMP
[no title indexed]
Nippie -- He's Often Wrong / comic story / 0.8 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Don't try to lasso Big Bessie, Nippie!
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- Looks like a Sunday page reprint.
Indexer Notes
Nippie -- He's Often Wrong is a top-piece to Mickey Finn Sunday-page reprints.
[no title indexed]
Mickey Finn / comic story / 3.2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Your uncle Phil thinks he rates a pass...
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from strips.
[The Fargo Kid watches an Indian tribal rite...]
Fargo Kid / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- The Fargo Kid [Tim Turner]
[no title indexed]
Lala Palooza / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bernard Dibble (signed as B. Dibble)
- Inks
- Bernard Dibble (signed as B. Dibble)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Mr. Palooza, I saw your advertisement...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Lala Palooza
[Swing is leading his band...]
Swing Sisson / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; detective-mystery; adventure
- Characters
- Swing Sisson
[A long lingering moan reverberates...]
Zero, Ghost Detective / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Toni Blum (signed as Noel Fowler)
- Pencils
- Al Bryant ?
- Inks
- Al Bryant ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- detective-mystery; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Zero; Sally (niece of Zero); a killer ghost (villain)
- Synopsis
- Zero is able to save the sorority of his niece Sally from the clutches of a killer ghost.
Indexer Notes
Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.
[The Black Dragon - Once Again!]
Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Paul Gustavson (signed)
- Pencils
- Paul Gustavson (signed)
- Inks
- Paul Gustavson (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Paul Gustavson (signed)
- Genre
- adventure; children; spy
- Characters
- Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Smiley Scott; Ed; Whitey; Scotty; Moi Yutong]; Colonel Ames (Brigadier's commander, death); The Black Dragon Society [an imposter Moi Yutong; others unnamed] (villains)
- Synopsis
- The Black Dragon return to mine San Francisco Bay, and killed the Brigadier's commander in the process.
- Keywords
- Boyville
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
- Guess what today is, Junior?
- Genre
- humor
[no title indexed]
The Spider Widow / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Frank Borth (signed as Frank M. Borth)
- Pencils
- Frank Borth (signed as Frank M. Borth)
- Inks
- Frank Borth (signed as Frank M. Borth)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- All set, Diane?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Spider Widow [Dianne Grayton](wealthy debutante); Bob Ableson; Madam Largossi (villain); Jo-Jo (villain); Tohoto (villain);
- Synopsis
- Spider Widow uses her spiders to suss out an evil Japanese collaborator, Madam Largossi, and bring her and her gang to justice.
- Reprints
-
in Divas, Dames & Daredevils (Exterminating Angel Press, 2013 series) (2013) - in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #113 (2019) [black and white]
-
Indexer Notes
Credits suggested by the Who's Who.
[no title indexed]
Spin Shaw / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Witmer Williams (signed as Rex Smith)
- Inks
- Witmer Williams (signed as Rex Smith)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- A concentration of Jap vessels...
- Genre
- aviation; adventure
- Characters
- Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Doll Man -
1.
["Now's my chance!"]
Police Comics -
2.
[The Dishonorables]
Doll Man -
3.
["There, there, Edna..."]
Big Top -
4.
["His powerful body a bulwark against the tide of treachery..."]
Samar -
5.
["What is the new skyrocket plane???"]
Reynolds of the Mounted -
6.
["Don't try to lasso Big Bessie, Nippie!"]
Nippie -- He's Often Wrong -
7.
["Your uncle Phil thinks he rates a pass..."]
Mickey Finn -
8.
[The Fargo Kid watches an Indian tribal rite...]
Fargo Kid -
9.
["Dear Mr. Palooza, I saw your advertisement..."]
Lala Palooza -
10.
[Swing is leading his band...]
Swing Sisson -
11.
Poison Ivy Dying in City Hospital
Poison Ivy -
12.
[A long lingering moan reverberates...]
Zero, Ghost Detective -
13.
[The Black Dragon - Once Again!]
Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers -
14.
Black Market
Perry Scott -
15.
["Guess what today is, Junior?"]
Homer Doodle and Son -
16.
["All set, Diane?"]
The Spider Widow -
17.
["A concentration of Jap vessels..."]
Spin Shaw
This issue was modified by, among others
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Edgar Loftin
- Clint Maxwell
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Dan Stevenson
- Jim Van Dore
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