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Issue: Feature Comics #55 Public Domain
Publication Date: April 1942
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Issues: #55 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: 02/25/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Gilbert Fox
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 2.
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Lala Palooza; Vincent; The Doll Man [Darrel Dane] (inset); Spin Shaw (inset); Samar (inset); Mickey Finn (inset); The Doll Man (inset); Zero (inset); Poison Ivy (inset); Reynolds of the Mounted (inset); Big Top (inset); Swing Sisson (inset); Rusty Ryan (inset); Fargo Kid (inset)
First Line: But, Lala.. All I said was, "Who wears the pants in this family?"
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as William Erwin Maxwell] (credited)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Doll Man
Character(s): The Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Martha Roberts; Dr. Roberts; two unnamed Nazi painters (villains); the Nazis (villains, some die); Japanese servant of Dr. Roberts (villain)
First Line: While walking along the street...
Synopsis: Darrel and Martha are walking along the street when air raid sirens go off, and they take shelter in a subway tunnel. Two painters are also in there and Darrel notices something strange about them, so he turns into Doll Man and tracks them. Doll Man is puzzled that the Nazis are so accurate in their bomb runs until he sees the painters painting the tops of building (later bombed) with luminous paint.
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In Content Item: FlagGolden-Age Greats Spotlight #5 published June 2011
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: The name William Erwin Maxwell was found on most of the early Doll Man strips, but had no relation to artist Crandall.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: So that's why I'm not a success?
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Character(s): Samar
First Line: Fearless defender of jungle justice...
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Pages: 5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Zero; Dr. Winters; Hiram (farmer, death); Gloria (Hiram's daughter); John (villain, Hiram's stepson, death); Hiram's un-named housekeeper (villain)
First Line: Spirits and evil spectres hold no fear...
Synopsis: Zero is asked search the remains of a wealthy farmer in order to obtain a locket that contains the location of the farmer's hidden fortune, but stepson John wants to beat Zero to the punch. John is killed and Zero discovers that Hiram's body is missing from the vault.
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In Issue: FlagMen of Mystery Comics #91 published January 2013
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Pages: 5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Did you really send Uncle Owney...
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): The Fargo Kid [Tim Turner]
First Line: Fargo Kid rides through dense timber lands...
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Lala Palooza; Vincent
First Line: Vincent's diary!
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Character(s): Swing Sisson
First Line: Band leader Swing Sisson takes his orchestra on a South American goodwill tour...
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Poison Ivy
First Line: Poison, the army has obtained this Egyptian scroll...
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Character(s): Sgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMP
First Line: For centuries the Cree Indian tribe worshipped...
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Pages: 5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens, espionage
Character(s): Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Smiley Scott; Ed; Whitey; Scotty]
First Line: With America at war with Japan...
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
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The Flying Sampan

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Perry Scott
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: What's doing?
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, espionage
Character(s): Captain Bruce Blackburn; Sonya (villain)
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Pages: 5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Character(s): Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]
First Line: Through the perilous waters of the Pacific...
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Pages: 5

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