Feature Comics
#138
(September 1949)
Quality Comics,
1939 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1949
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Comic Favorites Inc.
- Brand
-
Quality Comic Group
- Editing
- Elaine Allen
in 
The Minstrel's Ballad of Mayhem
Doll Man / comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Professor Roberts; Martha Roberts; The Minstrel (villain)
- Synopsis
- Doll Man must over comes the thefts of valuable violins by a garish ghoul called the Minstrel.
Indexer Notes
The Minstrel has a totally different look, but is same villain as in Doll Man #23.
Writer's credit from Woolfolk's paybook, as reported in Martin OHearn's blog.
[no title indexed]
Big Top / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'll practice my tough speech to the boss once again!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Butch; Boss Jefferson Bangs
- Synopsis
- Butch is practicing a speech asking for a raise when Boss Bangs comes in. Butch gets so carried away that he punches his boss in the nose. Bangs gives him the raise.
Indexer Notes
Butch breaks the fourth wall in the final panel, saying "There's something all wrong with this page--it never happened this way before!"
[no title indexed]
Lala Palooza / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've looked every place else...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Vincent Palooza; Lala Palooza
- Synopsis
- Vince gets his arm stuck in a vase while searching for Lala's stash of money.
[no title indexed]
Lala Palooza / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Vincent! I hear a noise downstairs!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Lala Palooza; Vincent Palooza
- Synopsis
- Lala hears a noise in their house at night. Vince goes down and sees two burglars, but tells Lala it's just a cat. He goes back to sleep as the criminals loot the house.
Music Sets Them Free
Swing Sisson / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery; adventure
- Characters
- Swing Sisson; Bonnie Baxter; Toby; J. J. Gropp (first appearance; villain); Bud Bryce (first appearance); Mr. Pringle (first appearance)
Indexer Notes
Originally credited "John Rosenberger ?"
The art is similar to Kirkpatrick's work on several Sally O'Neil in National Comics and Hack O'Hara in Crack Comics. Many faces in sideview popping in from the sides, bony noses in frontview, very wide trouser legs, and also rather still standing figures. Inking uncertain, as she had much pencil work for Quality Comics.
Oh, You Beautiful Doll
Doll Man / text story / 1 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Doll Man [Darrel Dane]
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The Minstrel's Ballad of Mayhem!
Doll Man -
1.
The Minstrel's Ballad of Mayhem
Doll Man -
2.
["I'll practice my tough speech to the boss once again!"]
Big Top -
3.
[Bear Necessities]
Rims -
4.
["I've looked every place else..."]
Lala Palooza -
5.
["Vincent! I hear a noise downstairs!"]
Lala Palooza -
6.
Music Sets Them Free
Swing Sisson -
7.
Oh, You Beautiful Doll
Doll Man -
8.
[The Sacred Lion]
Officer Shenanigan
This issue was modified by, among others
- Steinar Ådland
- Craig Delich
- Gregory Fischer
- Bob Hughes
- Edgar Loftin
- Clint Maxwell
- Jim Stangas
- David Wilt
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