Feature Comics #63

(December 1942)

[The Troopship Terror] (Table of Contents: 1)

Doll Man / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Rudy Palais

Inks:

Rudy Palais

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Martha Roberts; Mischa (introduction); Boris (introduction); Col. Von Schtunke (villain, introduction); un-named Axis spies (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis:

In order to combat the enemy, Darrel teaches Martha how to fly an airplane.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bernard Dibble

Inks:

Bernard Dibble

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

Writer credit revised from Bernard Dibble to ? by Craig Delich 2013-4-6. Dibble did not write this strip according to the Who's Who.

[Deep In the Heart of Texas--Danger] (Table of Contents: 3)

Swing Sisson / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

Phil Martin (signed)

Pencils:

Phil Martin (signed)

Inks:

Phil Martin (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor; detective-mystery

Characters:

Swing Sisson; Nazi spies (villains)

Synopsis:

Swing & Co. go to Corpus Christi, Texas.

[Grandpa's Age Change] (Table of Contents: 4)

Poison Ivy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Gill Fox (signed)

Pencils:

Gill Fox (signed)

Inks:

Gill Fox (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Poison Ivy; Grandpa (first appearance; Poison Ivy's grandfather)

[The Girl On the Island] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script:

Bob Powell

Pencils:

Bob Powell

Inks:

Bob Powell

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

aviation

Characters:

Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Agent 206 (introduction); the Japanese (villains)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Mickey Finn / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

Lank Leonard

Pencils:

Lank Leonard

Inks:

Lank Leonard

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Lala Palooza / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bernard Dibble

Inks:

Bernard Dibble

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Lala Palooza

Indexer Notes

Writer credit revised from Bernard Dibble to ? by Craig Delich 2013-4-6. Dibble did not write this strip according to the Who's Who.

[The Mute Ghost] (Table of Contents: 8)

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; a ghost (introduction); Allen (introduction); Johnson (introduction)

Indexer Notes

Toni Blum is the only person identified by the Who's Who as the writer for this feature from 1940-43.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Homer Doodle and Son / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Arthur Beeman

Pencils:

Arthur Beeman

Inks:

Arthur Beeman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor

[The Menace of Morgue Hanson] (Table of Contents: 10)

Samar / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Charles Sultan

Inks:

Charles Sultan

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

jungle

Characters:

Samar (last appearance); George "Morgue" Hanson (first appearance; villain)

[The Ghost Town of the Mesa] (Table of Contents: 11)

Fargo Kid / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Alex Koda [as Alexander Koda] (signed)

Inks:

Alex Koda [as Alexander Koda] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Characters:

The Fargo Kid [Tim Turner] (last appearance)

Moro Magic (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script:

Robert M. Hyatt?

Letters:

typeset

Characters:

Perry Scott

[The Secret Japanese Radio Station] (Table of Contents: 13)

The Spider Widow and the Raven / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script:

Frank Borth [as Frank Mellors Borth] (signed)

Pencils:

Frank Borth [as Frank Mellors Borth] (signed)

Inks:

Frank Borth [as Frank Mellors Borth] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Spider Widow [Dianne Grayson]; The Raven [Tony Grey]; the Japanese (villains)

Synopsis:

While vacationing at their mountain retreat, the Widow and Raven must stop some Japanese saboteurs.

Indexer Notes

The Who's Who verifies Borth as not only creator of this strip, but the writer and artist as well.

[Miranda's Cafe] (Table of Contents: 14)

Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script:

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Pencils:

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Inks:

Paul Gustavson (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Paul Gustavson

Genre:

adventure; children; spy

Characters:

Rusty Ryan; The Boiyville Brigadiers [Smiley Scott; Ed; Whitey; Scotty; Moi Yutong]; Miranda (villain, introduction, death); Anaso (villain, introduction, death); other spies (villains, introduction for all, all die)

Indexer Notes

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