Feature Comics
#109
(April 1947)
Quality Comics,
1939 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- Monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Favorites Inc.
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- Gwen Hansen (credited as Gwen M. Hansen) (editor); Busy Arnold (credited as Everett M. Arnold) (business manager, publisher)
Brains, Inc.
Doll Man / comic story / 13 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Professor Roberts; Martha Roberts; Brains, Inc. [Number One (villain, introduction, death); Number Two (villain, introduction, death); Number Three (villain, introduction, death); Number Four [Dawkins] (villain, introduction)]
- Synopsis
- A man named Dawkins invites Darrel to join "Brains Incorporated", a front for organized crime. Darrel fights his way up the organization's chain-of-command, and summons Professor Roberts (who arrives with a truth serum) and Martha. After breaking up the crime ring as Doll Man, Darrel agonizes over the fact that he'd never told Martha his secret.
- Keywords
- Brains Incorporated
[no title indexed]
Lala Palooza / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'll act on your advice, Abigail!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Lala Palooza; Abigail; Vincent Palooza
- Synopsis
- Abigail suggest Lala be kinder to Vincent and perhaps that will "shame him out of his laziness."
[no title indexed]
Lala Palooza / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's wrong now?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Lala Palooza; Vincent Palooza
- Synopsis
- Vincent remembers (too late) that he set a booby trap for burglars. Lala is caught by it.
[no title indexed]
Lala Palooza / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wonder what's on the radio?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Vincent Palooza
- Synopsis
- Vincent is so distracted by a radio comedian's monologue on women drivers that he wrecks his car.
[House Remodeling]
Roscoe / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Roscoe
[The Gattrez Murder]
Swing Sisson / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; detective-mystery; adventure
- Characters
- Swing Sisson; Elon Gattrez (first appearance; villain; death); Lota LaRoyal (villain); Chuzz and his gang (first appearance; villains)
Sargasso Interlude
Perry Scott / text story / 1.75 pages
- Script
- Robert Hyatt ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Perry Scott; Capt. Hans Jenssen
Indexer Notes
No feature name.
[no title indexed]
statement of ownership / 0.25 page
- Script
- Busy Arnold (credited as Everett M. Arnold) (publisher)
- Letters
- typeset
[no title indexed]
Mickey Finn / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Aren't you going out tonight, Philip?
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
strip reprints
[Pierpont Falls In Love]
Rusty Ryan / comic story / 7 pages
- Genre
- adventure; children; spy
- Characters
- Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Alababa; Pierpont Lee]
Indexer Notes
All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
[no title indexed]
Big Top / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Bounces on his head, you say?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Boss Jeff Bangs; Butch; Rubber-Noggin McBumpity
- Synopsis
- Butch gets in an argument with a new circus performer.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Brain!
Doll Man -
1.
Brains, Inc.
Doll Man -
2.
Land of Make Believe
Perky -
3.
[The Television Star]
Blimpy -
4.
["I'll act on your advice, Abigail!"]
Lala Palooza -
5.
["What's wrong now?"]
Lala Palooza -
6.
["Wonder what's on the radio?"]
Lala Palooza -
7.
Atom Bomb Test Area
Poison Ivy -
8.
[House Remodeling]
Roscoe -
9.
[The Gattrez Murder]
Swing Sisson -
10.
Sargasso Interlude
Perry Scott -
11.
[no title indexed]
-
12.
["Aren't you going out tonight, Philip?"]
Mickey Finn -
13.
[Pierpont Falls In Love]
Rusty Ryan -
14.
["Bounces on his head, you say?"]
Big Top
This issue was modified by, among others
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Katy Hayhurst
- Michael Hoskin
- Clint Maxwell
- Jim Van Dore
- David Wilt
- Len Wolinsky
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