(August 1946)

Quality Comics, 1939 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
60
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Comic Favorites Inc.
Brand
Quality Comic Group
Editing
Gwen Hansen

The Land of Midget Men (Table of Contents)

Doll Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Al Bryant
Inks
Al Bryant
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Blimpy (inset); Perky (inset); Lala Palooza (inset); Rusty Ryan (inset)

[The Land of Midget Men] (Table of Contents: 1)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Max Elkan
Inks
Max Elkan
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; A tribe of miniature men (introduction, all die); Dr. Dorn (introduction); Gorney (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis
Doll Man discovers a race of naturally tiny people in Siratuba, a land valued for its platinum, and whose residents have been convinced by a man named Gorney to mine the metal. But Gorney's greed leads to an explosion which kills him and the small people.
Keywords
Siratuba

Indexer Notes

Title taken from the cover.

[Davy Jones's Locker] (Table of Contents: 2)

Perky / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Sid Lazarus
Pencils
Sid Lazarus
Inks
Sid Lazarus
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Perky; Davy Jones (first appearance)

[The Air Compressor] (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script
Paul Gustavson
Pencils
Paul Gustavson
Inks
Paul Gustavson
Colors
?
Letters
Paul Gustavson

Genre
humor
Characters
Poison Ivy

Indexer Notes

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

[Picklenose] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script
?
Pencils
Charlie Tomsey ?
Inks
Charlie Tomsey ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; detective-mystery; adventure
Characters
Swing Sisson; Picklenose [D. D. Dudlee] (first appearance; villain; death); Mike Gordo (first appearance; villain)

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

Lala Palooza / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bernard Dibble
Pencils
Bernard Dibble
Inks
Bernard Dibble
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hmm! The cleaning lady musta took this clock from the delivery man by mistake!
Genre
humor
Characters
Vincent Palooza; Lala Palooza; Barnegat
Synopsis
Vincent tries to do his neighbours a good turn but has bad luck.

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

Lala Palooza / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bernard Dibble
Pencils
Bernard Dibble
Inks
Bernard Dibble
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hmmm! A tea-whistling idea!
Genre
humor
Characters
Vincent Palooza; Lala Palooza
Synopsis
Vincent experiments with chemistry.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Lala Palooza / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bernard Dibble
Pencils
Bernard Dibble
Inks
Bernard Dibble
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
G'wan, ya big bum!
Genre
humor
Characters
Vincent Palooza
Synopsis
Vincent heckles a ballplayer.

Plumbers' Correspondence School (Table of Contents: 8)

Blimpy / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Al Stahl
Pencils
Al Stahl
Inks
Al Stahl
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Blimpy; Dickson (first appearance; villain); The Boss (first appearance; villain)

[Introducing Roscoe] (Table of Contents: 9)

Roscoe / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
William Pattengill ?
Inks
William Pattengill ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Roscoe (first appearance; a wolf; funny animal strip)

Indexer Notes

Art appears to be stylistically similar to the art in the Floogy the Fiji story from Crack Comics #36 (Winter 1944).

Adventure In La Paz (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)

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

Script
Lank Leonard
Pencils
Lank Leonard
Inks
Lank Leonard
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Where are you playing today, Uncle Phil...
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Big Top / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bernard Dibble
Pencils
Bernard Dibble
Inks
Bernard Dibble
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Oh, mi-gosh!
Genre
humor
Characters
Boss Jefferson Bangs; Butch
Synopsis
The Boss thinks Butch is leading a circus strike but the paper they're signing is just birthday greetings.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Big Top / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bernard Dibble
Pencils
Bernard Dibble
Inks
Bernard Dibble
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
C'mere, a minute, Butch!
Genre
humor
Characters
Butch; Boss Jefferson Bangs
Synopsis
The Boss claims he's an animal lover but when Butch gives his best pants to a large bird, the Boss isn't happy.

[The Foundry of Fury] (Table of Contents: 14)

Rusty Ryan / comic story / 7 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]; The Boss (villain)
Synopsis
The Brigadiers take a hike, so to speak, as Rusty, Alababa and Pierpont continue their plainclothes globe trotting.

Indexer Notes

The feature reverts from the title "Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers" to just "Rusty Ryan" again.

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

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. The Land of Midget Men
    Doll Man
  2. 1. [The Land of Midget Men]
    Doll Man
  3. 2. [Davy Jones's Locker]
    Perky
  4. 3. [The Air Compressor]
    Poison Ivy
  5. 4. [Picklenose]
    Swing Sisson
  6. 5. ["Hmm! The cleaning lady musta took this clock from the delivery man by mistake!"]
    Lala Palooza
  7. 6. ["Hmmm! A tea-whistling idea!"]
    Lala Palooza
  8. 7. ["G'wan, ya big bum!"]
    Lala Palooza
  9. 8. Plumbers' Correspondence School
    Blimpy
  10. 9. [Introducing Roscoe]
    Roscoe
  11. 10. Adventure In La Paz
    Perry Scott
  12. 11. ["Where are you playing today, Uncle Phil..."]
    Mickey Finn
  13. 12. ["Oh, mi-gosh!"]
    Big Top
  14. 13. ["C'mere, a minute, Butch!"]
    Big Top
  15. 14. [The Foundry of Fury]
    Rusty Ryan
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Daniel Martinez
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Jim Van Dore
  • David Wilt