(October 1939)

Quality Comics, 1939 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
68
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Comic Favorites Inc.
Editing
Ed Cronin (editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Clock; Mickey Finn / cover / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Ed Cronin
Inks
Ed Cronin
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Michael, this is one robbery I'll solve before that smart Clock gets here!
Genre
humor; superhero
Characters
The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Mickey Finn

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Joe Palooka / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Ham Fisher
Pencils
Ham Fisher
Inks
Ham Fisher
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
sports

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

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

Off the Record / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Ed Reed
Pencils
Ed Reed
Inks
Ed Reed
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

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

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

Script
?
Pencils
John Devlin
Inks
John Devlin
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor
Characters
Lala Palooza

[The Hedrin Gold Mine Mystery: Part 1] (Table of Contents: 4)

Charlie Chan / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script
Alfred Andriola
Pencils
Alfred Andriola
Inks
Alfred Andriola
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
detective-mystery
Characters
Charlie Chan

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

Reforming a Reformer (Table of Contents: 5)

The Bungle Family / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
H. J. Tuthill
Pencils
H. J. Tuthill
Inks
H. J. Tuthill
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; domestic

[The Coming of Captain Fortune] (Table of Contents: 6)

Captain Fortune / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Vern Henkel
Pencils
Vern Henkel
Inks
Vern Henkel
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
historical; adventure
Characters
Captain Fortune [Tyrone Fortune] (first appearance); Michael Severish (first appearance; villain)

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

Toddy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
George Marcoux
Pencils
George Marcoux
Inks
George Marcoux
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children

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

Mortimer Mum / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bill Sakren
Pencils
Bill Sakren
Inks
Bill Sakren
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

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

Rube Goldberg's Side Show / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Rube Goldberg
Pencils
Rube Goldberg
Inks
Rube Goldberg
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

[The Parker Gang] (Table of Contents: 10)

The Clock / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
George Brenner (signed as Geo E. Brenner)
Pencils
George Brenner (signed as Geo E. Brenner)
Inks
George Brenner (signed as Geo E. Brenner)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Inspector Kane; Morton (villain, introduction); The Parker Gang (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis
Inspector Kane confides to Brian that he prefers having the Clock stepping in on his cases, such as the one with the Parker Gang, because his undercover men were too well known to the mobsters.

About Exactly What Happened on that Historic Merkle Play (Table of Contents: 11)

They're Still Talking / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
sports; non-fiction
Characters
Fred Merkle
Synopsis
The 1908 Cubs/Giants series and Merkle's mistake.
Keywords
baseball

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

Dixie Dugan / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
J. P. McEvoy
Pencils
John Striebel
Inks
John Striebel
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

[A Death in Wagonwheel] (Table of Contents: 13)

Rance Keane / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Smith
Pencils
Bill Smith
Inks
Bill Smith
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier; adventure
Characters
Rance Keane; Clyde Doan (first appearance; death); Ab Flint (first appearance; villain)

[Episode 25] (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script
Ed Wheelan
Pencils
Ed Wheelan
Inks
Ed Wheelan
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Ned Brant / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Zuppke
Pencils
Walt Depew
Inks
Walt Depew
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
sports

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

[Episode 25] (Table of Contents: 16)

Slim and Tubby / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
John Welch
Pencils
John Welch
Inks
John Welch
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
adventure; aviation; western-frontier

The Rules of the Game (Table of Contents: 17)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Toni Blum (credited as A. L. Allen)
Pencils
? (illustration)
Inks
? (illustration)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Jane Arden / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Monte Barrett
Pencils
Russell Ross
Inks
Russell Ross
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
drama; adventure
Keywords
soap opera

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

[Gold and Greed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Reynolds of the Mounted / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Art Pinajian
Pencils
Art Pinajian
Inks
Art Pinajian
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier; adventure; detective-mystery
Characters
Wade (first appearnce; villain); Red Cloud (first appearance; villain)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

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

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

Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. ["Michael, this is one robbery I'll solve before that smart Clock gets here!"]
    The Clock; Mickey Finn
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
    Joe Palooka
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Off the Record
  4. 3. [no title indexed]
    Lala Palooza
  5. 4. [The Hedrin Gold Mine Mystery: Part 1]
    Charlie Chan
  6. 5. Reforming a Reformer
    The Bungle Family
  7. 6. [The Coming of Captain Fortune]
    Captain Fortune
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Toddy
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Mortimer Mum
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
    Rube Goldberg's Side Show
  11. 10. [The Parker Gang]
    The Clock
  12. 11. About Exactly What Happened on that Historic Merkle Play
    They're Still Talking
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Dixie Dugan
  14. 13. [A Death in Wagonwheel]
    Rance Keane
  15. 14. [Episode 25]
    Big Top
  16. 15. [no title indexed]
    Ned Brant
  17. 16. [Episode 25]
    Slim and Tubby
  18. 17. The Rules of the Game
  19. 18. [no title indexed]
    Jane Arden
  20. 19. [Gold and Greed]
    Reynolds of the Mounted
  21. 20. [no title indexed]
    Mickey Finn
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Peter Croome
  • Craig Delich
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Del Gruber
  • Michael Hoskin
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Tony R. Rose
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Gary L. Watson (R.I.P.)