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Issue: Feature Comics #36 Public Domain
Publication Date: September 1940
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Issues: #36 of 124 Issues (125 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Favorites Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/24/1940
Volume:
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ed Cronin
Disclose Notes: On sale date given in the previous issue. The on-sale date from Feature Comics #35 matches the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was on-going series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Lalapalooza (inset); Spin Shaw (inset); Rance Keane (inset); Samar (inset); Mickey Finn (inset); Big Top (inset); Poison Ivy (inset); Zero (inset); Dusty Dane (inset); Reynolds of the Mounted (inset); Rusty Ryan (inset)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: In the Quality Companion from TwoMorrows, Jim Amash states that Gill Fox began doing Doll Man covers with Feature Comics #54, so his dubious credit removed and replaced with ? by Craig Delich.
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Python the Brain Thief

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Professor Roberts; Python (villain, introduction, death); Professor Kreeper (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: When the Police discover headless bodies along the river, The Doll Man must use all of his cunning and wits to prevent the Python from stealing his brain!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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The Anti-Cancer Serum

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Rance Keane; Lola Pritchard; Prof. English (first appearance; villain)
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Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: I'm goin' right in an' put th' bite on the boss-
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Pages: 2
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Captured by the Amazons

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Charles
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Samar; Lazana (first appearance; villain); Lazana's Amazons (first appearance; villains)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: John Charles, as used at Quality Comics, was a house name used for multiple writers. It is not the UK writer John Charles who started his career in the 1990s.
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The Narcotics Ring

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Red Baylor (first appearance; villain); Spike (first appearance; villain); Madge Carr (first appearance; villain); other members of a narcotics ring (first appearance; villain)
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Pages: 5
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The Mail Plane Spies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Character(s): Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Anne Antos (first appearance); V: Heinrich Muller (first appearance; villain; death); Greg Rucker (first appearance; villain; death); Joe (first appearance; villain; death); another pilot (first appearance; villain; death); Pedro (first appearance; villain); Pinky (first appearance; villain); Slim (first appearance; villain); Shorty (first appearance; villain)
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Lala Palooza
First Line: Okay then -- if 'm worthess you won't care what's gonna happen to me!
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Pages: 2
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The Twin Kidnappers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens, espionage
Character(s): Rusty Ryan; Roger (introduction); Smiley (Roger's father, introduction); two identical twins (villains, introduction for both)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
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Captives of Captain Frosk

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Dusty Dane (first appearance); Mike Cardigan (first appearance); Captain Frosk (first appearance; villain; death)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Ban on Chewing Gum

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Poison Ivy; McNasty and his gang (first appearanc;e villains)
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Pages: 2
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Murder Tunes In

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): The Voice [Mr. Elixir]; Tommy (bellhop); John Burke (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Stan Aschmeier created the Voice, but the Who's Who does not credit him with writing the feature.
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Spook Ship

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert M. Hyatt
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Perry Scott
Character(s): Perry Scott
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Pages: 2
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The Mystery Motor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, espionage
Character(s): Captain Bruce Blackburn; Weatherbee (first appearance)
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Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Poor Hubert-- He couldn't find anyone else to play catch with!
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Can your Uncle Phil really swim as good as he says he can, Mickey?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: strip reprints
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The Ghost's Vengeance

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Zero; Jim Darwell (introduction, flashback); Nell Farrel Darwell (introduction, flashback, death); Jane Darwell (introduction); Stephen Fiske (villain, a ghost, introduction, death)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.

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