Feature Comics
#81
(September 1944)
Quality Comics,
1939 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly, except December and June
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Favorites Inc.
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- Gwen Hansen
Doll Man Indicted for Murder!!
Doll Man / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doll Man; Martha Roberts; Martin Ullick (factory owner); Anderson (foreman); Ike; Jacko; Lefty
- Synopsis
- A dozen reputable witnesses saw Doll Man slaughter without mercy, or can there be two Doll Men?
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]
Big Top / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Our new attraction, Butch!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Butch; Jeff Bangs; Bumbo
- Synopsis
- Bangs has bought the biggest bear in the world.
[no title indexed]
Big Top / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Soon I can forget all about bein' a clown!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Butch; Jeff Bangs
- Synopsis
- At the beach, Butch meets a beautiful woman and claims to be the owner of the circus.
[no title indexed]
Nippie -- He's Often Wrong / comic story / 0.67 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How many do you think hit the bull's-eye, Nippie?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Nippie; Seymour; "Toothpick" Skelly
Indexer Notes
Topper strip from "Mickey Finn" Sunday pages, including December 13, 1942 (1st page) and November 29, 1942 (3rd page). Top 1/6 of each page.
Last appearance in Feature Comics. From this point forward, the Mickey Finn reprints in Feature Comics will be edited to remove the Nippie -- He's Often Wrong toppers.
[no title indexed]
Mickey Finn / comic story / 3.33 pages
- Script
- Lank Leonard (signed)
- Pencils
- Lank Leonard (signed)
- Inks
- Lank Leonard (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- So your uncle Phil and McNulty are on the warpath again, eh, Mickey?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mickey Finn; Tom; Uncle Phil; McNulty; Annie; Reginald Reetaik; Dr. Brown; Bill Baker; Houlihan
Indexer Notes
Sunday page reprints, including December 13, 1942 (1st page) and November 29, 1942 (3rd page). Top 1/6 of each page is "Nippie -- He's Often Wrong" strip.
[no title indexed]
Poison Ivy / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Let's go for a ride in the woods...
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Poison Ivy; Grandpa
- Synopsis
- Grandpa shows Poison Ivy his latest inventions.
[no title indexed]
Perky / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Sid Lazarus (signed)
- Pencils
- Sid Lazarus (signed)
- Inks
- Sid Lazarus (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dat kid from New York is sure gettin' in my hair!
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Perky; Shorty
- Synopsis
- Perky is captured by a giant who wants to eat him.
[no title indexed]
Lala Palooza / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Avast, there, wench!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Lala Palooza; Vincent; Mr. Smith; Hank; Elmer; Mary
Indexer Notes
Three one-page stories.
[no title indexed]
Spin Shaw / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For ten days Captain Spin Shaw, U.S.N., has waited...
- Genre
- aviation; adventure
- Characters
- Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Charlie; Madame Arboc; Agent X911; Ito; Suki; Siva
- Synopsis
- An agent who was to meet Spin Shaw is killed.
Indexer Notes
Some heads in 3/4 backview with streched neck and the jawbone going back behind the ear point to Tirman, as on page 4 and 5, but the short figures and some heads in sideview could be Quackenbush. Also the fist fight on page 4 points to him. He is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who for 1944-46.
[no title indexed]
Blimpy / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Tony DiPreta (signed)
- Inks
- Tony DiPreta (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Stand still, you goldarn jitterbug!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Blimpy [Rufus Rastas Sassafrass O'Brain]; Tabby; Carnation; Tyrone Power (in thought bubble); Max; Kisco; Professor Schmelz; Tony DiPreta; Doll Man [Darrel Dane]
- Synopsis
- Blimpy is in love and wants to lose weight.
Macumba
Perry Scott / text story / 2 pages
- Characters
- Perry Scott
- Synopsis
- In Brazil, Perry Scott is invited to an illegal Macumba dance.
[no title indexed]
Swing Sisson / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Vern Henkel (signed as Vernon Henkel)
- Pencils
- Vern Henkel (signed as Vernon Henkel)
- Inks
- Vern Henkel (signed as Vernon Henkel)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pirate-party-night at the Clover Club...
- Genre
- humor; detective-mystery; adventure
- Characters
- Swing Sisson; Bonnie Baxter; Toby; Mr. Barnes; Mr. Clay; Clancy
- Synopsis
- A couple of modern pirates crash Swing's pirate-party at the Clover Club.
[no title indexed]
Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bill Quackenbush (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Quackenbush (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ah's lookin' fo' trouble!
- Genre
- adventure; children; spy
- Characters
- Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Pierpont Lee; Alababa]; Devil King (villain)
- Synopsis
- A castaway from a shipwreck rules the small island like a tyrant.
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Table of Contents
-
0.
Wanted for Murder!
Doll Man -
1.
Doll Man Indicted for Murder!!
Doll Man -
2.
["Our new attraction, Butch!"]
Big Top -
3.
["Soon I can forget all about bein' a clown!"]
Big Top -
4.
["How many do you think hit the bull's-eye, Nippie?"]
Nippie -- He's Often Wrong -
5.
["So your uncle Phil and McNulty are on the warpath again, eh, Mickey?"]
Mickey Finn -
6.
["Let's go for a ride in the woods..."]
Poison Ivy -
7.
["Dat kid from New York is sure gettin' in my hair!"]
Perky -
8.
["Avast, there, wench!"]
Lala Palooza -
9.
["For ten days Captain Spin Shaw, U.S.N., has waited..."]
Spin Shaw -
10.
["Stand still, you goldarn jitterbug!"]
Blimpy -
11.
Macumba
Perry Scott -
12.
["Pirate-party-night at the Clover Club..."]
Swing Sisson -
13.
["Ah's lookin' fo' trouble!"]
Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Joey Beretta
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Clint Maxwell
- Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
- Tony R. Rose
- Jim Van Dore
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