Feature Comics #75

(February 1944)

The Girl You Couldn't Trust (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]; Maude Van Austin (first appearance); Bill Van Austin (first appearance); Jeff Gordon (first appearance); Pacardo (first appearance; villain); Yutz and his gang (first appearance; villains)

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

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

Script

Bernard Dibble

Pencils

Bernard Dibble

Inks

Bernard Dibble

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Lank Leonard (signed)

Pencils

Lank Leonard (signed)

Inks

Lank Leonard (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Philip; Michael

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

Enemy That Is Neither Beast nor Man (Table of Contents: 4)

Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Mort Leav

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; children; spy

Characters

Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Alababa; Pierpont Lee]; The Missing Link (villain, introduction, death); Captain Devlin (villain, introduction, death)

Synopsis

Rusty saves two men from a castaway boat which is also carrying a caged, unknown beast.

Indexer Notes

Art is by Mort Leav, with his large hands, lively figures and a special crouching way of running, with thighs lifted high.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

Bernard Dibble

Pencils

Bernard Dibble

Inks

Bernard Dibble

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

[The Ghost of the Clover Club] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Vernon Henkel (signed)

Pencils

Vernon Henkel (signed)

Inks

Vernon Henkel (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor; detective-mystery

Characters

Swing Sisson; Bonnie Baxter; Toby; Mason (first appearance; Clover Club owner); Jack Torrence (first appearance; villain; a phony ghost (first appearance; villain)

Synopsis

A man shot and killed in the Clover Club swears he will return to have his vengeance.

[Introducing Perky] (Table of Contents: 7)

Perky / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Sid Lazarus

Pencils

Sid Lazarus

Inks

Sid Lazarus

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Perky (first appearance; origin); Prof. Zomby (first appearance); Prince Feefi (first appearance); Prince Fofum (first appearance); King Lug (first appearance)

The Story of a Ship (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

Robert M. Hyatt?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

Characters

Perry Scott

[War Souvenir] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

[Submarine Assignment] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Jack Keller ?

Inks

Jack Keller ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

aviation

Characters

Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Lt. Bill Perry (first appearance); The Japanese (villains)

Synopsis

Spin is sent to recover a secret sight from a downed plane.

Indexer Notes

Keller is credited on this feature for 1944, and this story is one he may have drawn. Some grinning faces and the hawk nosed captain point to him, but not certain.

The Case of the Museum Crooks (Table of Contents: 11)

Blimpy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Tony DiPreta (signed)

Inks

Tony DiPreta (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

humor

Characters

Blimpy [aka Rufus Rastas Sassafrass O'Brain]; Nervous Harry (villain, introduction)