Feature Comics #69

(July 1943)

Fate Dealt the Cards (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bob Fujitani ?

Inks:

Rudy Palais ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Doll Man [Darrel Dane]

["So your Uncle Phil joined the Auxiliary Police, eh, Mickey?"] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

["Yippee!"] (Table of Contents: 3)

Blimpy, the Bungling Buddha / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script:

Sy Reit

Pencils:

Al Stahl (signed)

Inks:

Al Stahl (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Blimpy [aka Rufus Rastas Sassafrass O'Brain]; the Japanese (villains)

Indexer Notes

Writer revision from Stahl to Reit by Craig Delich 2014-1-16, per the Who's Who.

["Poison's dentist has to pull a tooth..."] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script:

Gill Fox

Pencils:

Gill Fox

Inks:

Gill Fox

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Poison Ivy

["Fightingest' Gals in the History of Comic Books!"] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script:

Frank Borth [as Frank M. Borth] (signed)

Pencils:

Frank Borth [as Frank M. Borth] (signed)

Inks:

Frank Borth [as Frank M. Borth] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Spider Widow [Dianne Grayton]; The Raven [Tony Grey]; Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Joe [aka Jo-Jo] (villain); The Boss (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

The Raven has invited Sandra to meet with Dianne Grayson and believes that they can help Sandra with all the problems she has been encountering with attempts being made to get inside information from her father. But the two ladies bicker from the very start, but succeed in being taken to The Boss by one of his henchmen, only to lose him in the end.

Reprints:

• in Roy Thomas Presents Classic Phantom Lady Softee (PS, 2013 series) #1 (2013)
• in Roy Thomas Presents Classic Phantom Lady (PS, 2013 series) #1 (February 2013)

Indexer Notes

Title and Phantom Lady appearance added per Error Report #2556, from Darci. Story continues in Police Comics #20 (July 1943).

The Who's Who verifies that Borth not only created this feature, but also wrote and drew all the stories.

["So good of you to put my name up for your club..."] (Table of Contents: 6)

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. The Who's Who does not indicate a writing credit for Dibble on this strip.

["Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands..."] (Table of Contents: 7)

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]; Madame Chiang Kai-Shek; Gen. Chiang Kai-Shek

The Friars of Finance (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script:

Toni Blum

Pencils:

Witmer Williams [as Clark Williams] (signed)

Inks:

Witmer Williams [as Clark Williams] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Zero

Indexer Notes

The Who's Who verifies that Williams drew this feature from 1942-43.

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

["Besides leading a band..."] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script:

Phil Martin

Pencils:

Phil Martin

Inks:

Phil Martin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor; detective-mystery

Characters:

Swing Sisson

The Haunted House (Table of Contents: 10)

Doll Man / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

superhero

["Ah! Inferior Man!!"] (Table of Contents: 11)

Inferior Man / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Al Stahl

Pencils:

Al Stahl

Inks:

Al Stahl

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor; superhero

Characters:

Inferior Man [Courtney Fudd]

["Suppose I try a bigger lollypop, Boss?"] (Table of Contents: 12)

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.

["Tsniff!...Tsniff!...My poor little airplane..."] (Table of Contents: 13)

Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script:

Paul Gustavson

Pencils:

Paul Gustavson

Inks:

Paul Gustavson

Colors:

?

Letters:

Paul Gustavson

Genre:

adventure; children; spy

Characters:

Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Pierpont Lee; Alababa; Smiley Scott; Ed; Whitey; Scotty; Moi Yutong]

Keywords:

Boyville

Indexer Notes

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