Doll Man #40
(June 1952)

Quality Comics, 1941 Series
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Price
0.10 USD
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
bi-monthly
On-sale Date
1952-02-29
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Comic Favorites Inc.
Brand
A Quality Comic Publication
Editing
Al Grenet (editor)

Issue Notes

On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1952, page 74, registration number B344732.

Giants of Crime! (Table of Contents)

Doll Man / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Reed Crandall (see notes)
Inks
Chuck Cuidera (see notes)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Doll Girl [Martha Roberts]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pencil and ink credits were confirmed by the consensus of the members of The Reed Crandall Appreciation Page on Facebook (28 July 2021). Inks credit were originally given to Reed Crandall.

The Ghastly Giant of Crime (Table of Contents: 1)

Doll Man / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Woolfolk (see notes)
Pencils
Al Grenet ?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Doll Girl [Martha Roberts]; Sarconi (villain, introduction, death); Sarconi's gang (villains, introduction, all die)
Synopsis
Darrel discovers a growth vitamin that is stolen by gangster Sarconi, who then uses it on his gang so that they can commit thefts.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn.

[Limburger in the Locker] (Table of Contents: 2)

Torchy / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Gill Fox ?
Pencils
Gill Fox
Inks
Gill Fox
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; adventure
Characters
Torchy Todd; Limburger Louie (villain, introduction)

The Mysterious Mr. Magnet (Table of Contents: 3)

Doll Man / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Woolfolk (see notes)
Pencils
Al Grenet ?
Inks
Al Grenet ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Doll Girl [Martha Roberts]; Mr. Magnet (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn.

The Death Act (Table of Contents: 4)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

Genre
adventure

The Bleeding Statue (Table of Contents: 5)

Doll Man / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Bill Woolfolk (see notes)
Pencils
Al Grenet ?
Inks
Al Grenet ?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
superhero
Characters
Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Doll Girl [Martha Roberts]; Eben Slade (introduction, death); Mrs. Anders (introduction); Gregory (villain, introduction); Marian (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Martin O'Hearn.

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. Giants of Crime!
    Doll Man
  2. 1. The Ghastly Giant of Crime
    Doll Man
  3. 2. [Limburger in the Locker]
    Torchy
  4. 3. The Mysterious Mr. Magnet
    Doll Man
  5. 4. The Death Act
  6. 5. The Bleeding Statue
    Doll Man
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Ray Bottorff Jr
  • Shad Z. Daly
  • Craig Delich
  • Bill Devine
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Kirk House
  • Bob Hughes
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Lou Mougin (R.I.P.)
  • Jim Van Dore