(August 1947)

Quality Comics, 1939 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
52
Indicia Frequency
Monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Comic Favorites, Inc.
Brand
Quality Comic Group
Editing
Gwen Hansen
Color
color
Dimensions
standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock
glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding
saddle-stitched
Publishing Format
was on-going series

[no title indexed] (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]; the Highwayman [John Drum]
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Doll Man Meets the Highwayman (Table of Contents: 1)

Doll Man / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Bryant
Inks
Al Bryant
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
superhero
Characters
Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Thomas Dane (introduction, Sheriff, Darrel's great-grandfather); Erik Drum (villain, a highwayman, death); The Highwayman [John Drum] (villain, introduction)
Synopsis
Sheriff Thomas Dane, the great-grandfather of Darrel Dane, had once caught a highwayman named Erik Drum. Erik then possessed his descendant, John Drum, who becomes the masked Highwayman that Doll Man must stop once and for all.

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

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
But, Lala, why can't I go to the big country club dance?
Genre
humor
Characters
Lala Palooza; Vincent Palooza
Synopsis
Vincent tries to find a date for a dance.

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

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
Just get a crowd around me, the man said...
Genre
humor
Characters
Vincent Palooza
Synopsis
Vince tries his hand at selling novelty wind-up firemen toys.

[Rodeo Show] (Table of Contents: 4)

Roscoe / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor
Characters
Roscoe

[A New Song By Stephen Foster] (Table of Contents: 5)

Swing Sisson / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor; detective-mystery
Characters
Swing Sisson

Welcome To Naughty Land (Table of Contents: 6)

Perky / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Sid Lazarus
Pencils
Sid Lazarus
Inks
Sid Lazarus
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Perky

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

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's Phil, Mickey?
Genre
humor

Indexer Notes

cont'd in BIG SHOT COMICS #81 (Columbia); strip reprints

Death In the Temple (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script
?
Letters
typeset
Genre
adventure
Characters
Perry Scott

[Muscle Boy Ripoutzky] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script
Gill Fox
Pencils
Gill Fox
Inks
Gill Fox
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor
Characters
Poison Ivy

[Escape From Behind Bars] (Table of Contents: 10)

Blimpy / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Al Stahl
Pencils
Al Stahl
Inks
Al Stahl
Colors
?
Letters
?
Genre
humor
Characters
Blimpy

[Cap'n Bragg the Pirate] (Table of Contents: 11)

Rusty Ryan / comic story / 5 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]

Indexer Notes

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

[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
Say, boss, ain't this the town we played last year with the very tough sheriff?
Genre
humor
Characters
Butch; Boss Jeff Bangs; constable
Synopsis
Jeff claims all of his sideshow advertising is accurate: "Man Eating Fish" is literally a man eating a fish.
Editing
Issue at my.comics.org
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Doll Man
  2. 1. Doll Man Meets the Highwayman
    Doll Man
  3. 2. ["But, Lala, why can't I go to the big country club dance?"]
    Lala Palooza
  4. 3. ["Just get a crowd around me, the man said..."]
    Lala Palooza
  5. 4. [Rodeo Show]
    Roscoe
  6. 5. [A New Song By Stephen Foster]
    Swing Sisson
  7. 6. Welcome To Naughty Land
    Perky
  8. 7. ["Where's Phil, Mickey?"]
    Mickey Finn
  9. 8. Death In the Temple
    Perry Scott
  10. 9. [Muscle Boy Ripoutzky]
    Poison Ivy
  11. 10. [Escape From Behind Bars]
    Blimpy
  12. 11. [Cap'n Bragg the Pirate]
    Rusty Ryan
  13. 12. ["Say, boss, ain't this the town we played last year with the very tough sheriff?"]
    Big Top
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