Feature Comics #90

(August 1945)

The Whispering Corpse (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script

Joe Millard

Pencils

Dan Zolnerowich

Inks

Dan Zolnerowich ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Martha Roberts; Dr. Roberts; Whispering Sam

Synopsis

Doll Man turns grave-digger to defeat the Whispering Corpse.

Indexer Notes

Tilting figures with long upper body and awkward way of standing and walking, some wild eyes, and also broad shoulders and narrow head on stretched neck are all pointing to Zolneriwich. He is credited on both pencils and ink on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, but inking may vary.

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

Blimpy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Al Stahl (signed)

Pencils

Al Stahl (signed)

Inks

Al Stahl (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

So! That's the way you spend your life...

Genre

humor

Characters

Blimpy

Song of Sorcery (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Synopsis

A music manuscript is found on a dead man and Swing and his band play it over, and are nearly killed by a fanatic.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Bernard Dibble

Pencils

Bernard Dibble

Inks

Bernard Dibble

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Berserk spinster slays sponging brother with shovel!

Genre

humor

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

Perky / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Sid Lazarus

Pencils

Sid Lazarus

Inks

Sid Lazarus

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Perkypestius Goofykidia...

Genre

fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Perky

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Lank Leonard (signed)

Pencils

Lank Leonard (signed)

Inks

Lank Leonard (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is one day that you should really regret...

Genre

humor

Characters

Mickey Finn

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

Road to Empire (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

?

Letters

typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Why, you poor deserted little child!

Genre

humor

Characters

Poison Ivy

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Quackenbush ?

Inks

Bill Quackenbush ?; Irving Tirman ?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Oooh, Captain Shaw!

Genre

aviation

Characters

Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]

Synopsis

Spin Shaw's "Wildcat" fighter plane is shot down over the Pacific.

Indexer Notes

Short figures and some narrow heads point to Quakenbush, but some jaws behind the ear point to Tirman.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

Bernard Dibble

Pencils

Bernard Dibble

Inks

Bernard Dibble

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The fun in that fireman act is too forced!

Genre

humor

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

Rusty Ryan And The Boyville Brigadiers / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Quackenbush

Inks

Bill Quackenbush

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Pieces of eight--nine--ten--you're out!

Genre

adventure; children; spy

Characters

Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Pierpont Lee; Alababa]; Queen of Peral Island; Bonnie (villain, pirate lady)

Synopsis

Rusty Ryan joins the South Sea Pirates.

Indexer Notes

Some short figures, and special hands, lines inside the ears and narrow heads in sideview point to Quackenbush, who has several signed stories in this feature, #83.