Feature Comics #72

(October 1943)

Crime Goes to College (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Alex Kotzky

Inks

John Cassone

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Prof. Whittlesey (first appearance; villain); Gats Grogan (first appearance; villain); Bruiser Bellows (first appearance; villain); unnamed crook (first appearance; villain)

[no title indexed] (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

[A Week in the Life] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Gill Fox

Pencils

Gill Fox

Inks

Gill Fox

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Poison Ivy

[The Headhunter] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Frank Borth

Pencils

Rudy Palais

Inks

Rudy Palais

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Spider Widow [Dianne Grayson]; Alice (introduction); Emory (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis

Dianne's friends, Alice and Emory, are killed by headhunters in the jungles of South America. But the true villain nearly kills Dianne and then leaps out a window to his death.

Indexer Notes

This is the only Spider Widow story not drawn by Borth. Drafted into the military service, this last story was assigned to Palais.

Last appearance.

[The Mental Attitude] (Table of Contents: 5)

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]; The Mental Attitude (villain, introduction); The Mental Attitude's wife (villain?; introduction)

Synopsis

The Inferior Man faces a sort of hypnotist who orders people to kill themselves right in front of Courtney (and who doesn't seem to have a problem with it).

Indexer Notes

Last appearance

[The Invisibility Formula] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Tex Henson

Pencils

Phil Martin

Inks

Phil Martin

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; detective-mystery

Characters

Swing Sisson; Dr. J. P. McNulty; Terry (introduction); un-named Japanese spies (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis

Swing has a difficult time dealing with the infamous Dr. McNulty, who has invented an invisibility serum.

[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

[Letter to Stalin] (Table of Contents: 8)

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]; Maj. Maria Soblesky (introduction); the Japanese (villains)

[The Hand of Rutatutakhmen] (Table of Contents: 9)

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; Prof. Wilcox (introduction); Rutatutakhmen (villain, a mummy, introduction)

Synopsis

Zero defeats the possessed mummy of the Egyptian pharaoh, Rutatutakhmen.

Indexer Notes

Last appearance.

Script credit suggested by the Who's Who

You Win by Losing (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

Robert M. Hyatt ?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Characters

Perry Scott

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Bernard Dibble

Inks

Bernard Dibble

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

[Blimpy Goes to the Devil (Almost!)] (Table of Contents: 12)

Blimpy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Sy Reit

Pencils

Al Stahl

Inks

Al Stahl

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Blimpy [Rufus Rastas Sassafrass O'Brain]; Blimpy's Devil (introduction); Blimpy's Angel (introduction); the Devil (villain, a facsimile thereof)

Indexer Notes

Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.

[Miss Siren] (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 [Alababa; Pierpont Lee]; Louola (introduction); Louola's father (introduction); Miss Siren (villain, introduction); Gorbo (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

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