Feature Comics
#73
(November 1943)
Quality Comics,
1939 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1943-09-24
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Favorites Inc.
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- Gilbert Fox (editor); E. M. Arnold (general manager)
Issue Notes
1st 60-page issue
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 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.
[no title indexed]
Lala Palooza / cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If you hadn't lost our meat ration coupons, Vincent, we wouldn't have to...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Lala Palooza; Vincent; The Doll Man [Darrel Dane] (inset); Rusty Ryan (inset); Blimpy [aka Rufus Rastas Sassafrass O'Brain] (inset); Mickey Finn (inset)
The Crooks Who Hated Crime
Doll Man / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Warden Gray (first appearance, villain); The Unholy Three [Harry "The Fox" Saunders; Duke Devali; Al "the Boss" Cammara] (first appearance, villains); Commissioner Edwards (first appearance)
[no title indexed]
Mickey Finn / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Isn't this the night that you're supposed to go to the auxiliary police school, Uncle Phil?
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
strip reprints
[no title indexed]
Big Top / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Please, boss!
- Genre
- humor
[Loons on the Moon]
Professor Noodle / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Prof. Noodle, Morguen (first appearance); Prof. Crey Zee (first appearance); Archie (first appearance); Prof. Candle (first appearance)
[no title indexed]
Lala Palooza / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For some reason that silly widow McJones likes me!
- Genre
- humor
The Tunnel of Love
Blimpy / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Blimpy [Rufus Rastas Sassafrass O'Brain]; Stoop (villain, introduction); other saboteurs (villains, introduction for all)
Indexer Notes
Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.
Vanity, Thy Name Is Woman
Swing Sisson / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; detective-mystery; adventure
- Characters
- Swing Sisson; Tommy Roderick (first appearance); Whitey Rafferty (first appearance, villain): Lolita (first appearance, villain)
[To Russia with Love]
Spin Shaw / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- aviation; adventure
- Characters
- Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Maj. Maria Soblesky; The Japanese (villains)
[The Tattoo Artist]
Poison Ivy / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Poison Ivy; Dr. I. Discolor (first appearance)
[The Cave of Spies]
Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- adventure; children; spy
- Characters
- Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Alababa; Pierpont Lee]; The Japanese (villains)
Indexer Notes
All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
["If you hadn't lost our meat ration coupons, Vincent, we wouldn't have to..."]
Lala Palooza -
1.
The Crooks Who Hated Crime
Doll Man -
2.
["Isn't this the night that you're supposed to go to the auxiliary police school, Uncle Phil?"]
Mickey Finn -
3.
["Please, boss!"]
Big Top -
4.
[Loons on the Moon]
Professor Noodle -
5.
["For some reason that silly widow McJones likes me!"]
Lala Palooza -
6.
The Tunnel of Love
Blimpy -
7.
Vanity, Thy Name Is Woman
Swing Sisson -
8.
The Phantom Ship
Perry Scott -
9.
[To Russia with Love]
Spin Shaw -
10.
[The Tattoo Artist]
Poison Ivy -
11.
[The Cave of Spies]
Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers
This issue was modified by, among others
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Del Gruber
- Michael Hoskin
- Clint Maxwell
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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