Feature Comics
#71
(September 1943)
Quality Comics,
1939 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1943-07-21
- 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. 4.
The Diary of Death
Doll Man / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Emil's father (introduction, death, flashback); Sykes (introduction); Frank Carrel (introduction); Emil (villain, introduction); John Carrel (villain, introduction, death)
[no title indexed]
Big Top / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You're fired!
- Genre
- humor
[The Underwater Airfield]
Spin Shaw / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- aviation; adventure
- Characters
- Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Kideki (villain, introduction, death); the Japanese (villains)
[The Werewolf]
Zero, Ghost Detective / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Zero; Dr. Turner (introduction); Lila (introduction, death); A ghost werewolf (villain, introduction, death); Jim (villain, a werewolf, introduction, death)
- Synopsis
- Zero uses the "ghost disintegrator" on the spirit of a werewolf.
- Keywords
- Ghost Disintegrator
Indexer Notes
Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.
Swing Sisson Murdered!!
Swing Sisson / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; detective-mystery; adventure
- Characters
- Swing Sisson; Thatchy Dawkins (first appearance, villain, death); Bert and other members of Yvonne's gang (first appearance?, villains)
[no title indexed]
Lala Palooza / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And it says here: "The man who builds a better mouse trap will find the world will beat a path to his door!"
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Lala Palooza
[Blimpy's Substitute]
Blimpy / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Blimpy [Rufus Rastas Sassafrass O'Brain]; Gill Fox (?); The Boss (villain, introduction); Balloon (villain, introduction)
Indexer Notes
Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.
Poison Oak
Poison Ivy / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Poison Ivy; Poison Oak (first appearance, villain)
Peace -- It's Wonderful!
The Spider Widow / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Spider Widow [Dianne Grayton]; The Raven [Tony Grey]; Phantom Lady [Sandra Knight]; Frankie (villain); group of un-named crooks (villains, introduction for all)
- Synopsis
- The Raven receives petitions asking him to settle the feud between Spider Woman and Phantom Lady. He invites both to an escape-proof cellar.
- Reprints
-
in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #20 ([March] 2000) - in Golden-Age Greats Spotlight (AC, 2003 series) #2 (2002)
-
in Roy Thomas Presents Classic Phantom Lady Softee (PS Artbooks, 2013 series) #1 (2013) - in Roy Thomas Presents Classic Phantom Lady (PS Artbooks, 2013 series) #1 (February 2013)
-
Indexer Notes
Story occurs between Police Comics #22 and 23.
[no title indexed]
Mickey Finn / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here comes Mr. Dooley, Uncle Phil...
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
strip reprints
[The God of Breeze]
Inferior Man / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; superhero
- Characters
- Inferior Man [Courtney Fudd]; Boreas (villain, god of breeze, introduction)
[The Magic Teapot]
Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- adventure; children; spy
- Characters
- Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Pierpont Lee; Alababa; Smiley Scott; Ed; Whitey; Scotty; Moi Yutong; Stumpy]; Jeenie (a genie, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Rusty and the Brigadiers wander through the South Pacific where Pierpont finds a magic lamp and wishes the group up a boat.
- Keywords
- Boyville
Indexer Notes
All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["I told you to fix that drain, Vincent."]
Lala Palooza -
1.
The Diary of Death
Doll Man -
2.
["You're fired!"]
Big Top -
3.
[The Underwater Airfield]
Spin Shaw -
4.
[The Werewolf]
Zero, Ghost Detective -
5.
Swing Sisson Murdered!!
Swing Sisson -
6.
["And it says here: "The man who builds a better mouse trap will find the world will beat a path to his door!""]
Lala Palooza -
7.
[Blimpy's Substitute]
Blimpy -
8.
Poison Oak
Poison Ivy -
9.
Peace -- It's Wonderful!
The Spider Widow -
10.
Fire from the Enemy
Perry Scott -
11.
["Here comes Mr. Dooley, Uncle Phil..."]
Mickey Finn -
12.
[The God of Breeze]
Inferior Man -
13.
[The Magic Teapot]
Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers
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- Michael Hoskin
- Clint Maxwell
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
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- Jim Van Dore
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