Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1942-05-22
Editing: Gill Fox (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Feature Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series) #58 Edit Cover
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Doll Man / cover / 1 page

Script:
?
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?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Mickey Finn (inset); Samar (inset); Lala Palooza (inset); Spin Shaw (inset); Zero (inset); Poison Ivy (inset); Reynolds of the Mounted (inset); Swing Sisson (inset); Rusty Ryan (inset); Big Top (inset); Fargo Kid (inset)

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Gill Fox in an interview by Jim Amash in Alter-Ego #12 (January, 2002).

Fox's color guides were found with the original art.

Issue Data

Indexer 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.

[no title indexed]
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Police Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page

[The Dishonorables]
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Doll Man / comic story / 11 pages

Script:
? [as Wm. Erwin Maxwell] (credited)
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Professor Roberts; Martha Roberts; the Dishonorables (villains)
Synopsis:
Martha and her father succumb to a disease that instills fear into the American people, which is a plot by a group of Americans who had been dishonorably discharged from the armed services.

Indexer Notes

The Doll Man stories always carried the by-line of William Erwin Maxwell and did not refer to Reed Crandall in this case.

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Big Top / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
?
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?
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?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:There, there, Edna...
Characters:
Edna

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Samar / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
Rafael Astarita (credited as John Charles)
Inks:
Rafael Astarita (credited as John Charles)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:jungle; adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:His powerful body a bulwark against the tide of treachery...
Characters:
Samar

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Reynolds of the Mounted / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
?
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:western-frontier; adventure; detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What is the new skyrocket plane???
Characters:
Sgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMP

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Nippie -- He's Often Wrong / comic story / 0.8 page

Script:
?
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?
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?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Don't try to lasso Big Bessie, Nippie!
Reprints (0)
  • Looks like a Sunday page reprint.

Indexer Notes

Nippie -- He's Often Wrong is a top-piece to Mickey Finn Sunday-page reprints.

[no title indexed]
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Mickey Finn / comic story / 3.2 pages

Script:
?
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Your uncle Phil thinks he rates a pass...
Reprints (0)
  • from strips.

[The Fargo Kid watches an Indian tribal rite...]
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Fargo Kid / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
?
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?
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?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:western-frontier
Characters:
The Fargo Kid [Tim Turner]

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Lala Palooza / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
?
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Dear Mr. Palooza, I saw your advertisement...
Characters:
Lala Palooza

[Swing is leading his band...]
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Swing Sisson / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
?
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; detective-mystery; adventure
Characters:
Swing Sisson

Poison Ivy Dying in City Hospital
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Poison Ivy / comic story / 1 page

Script:
?
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?
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?
  • Genre:humor

[A long lingering moan reverberates...]
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Zero, Ghost Detective / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery; fantasy-supernatural
Characters:
Zero; Sally (niece of Zero); a killer ghost (villain)
Synopsis:
Zero is able to save the sorority of his niece Sally from the clutches of a killer ghost.

Indexer Notes

Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.

[The Black Dragon - Once Again!]
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Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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?
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  • Genre:adventure; children; spy
Characters:
Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Smiley Scott; Ed; Whitey; Scotty; Moi Yutong]; Colonel Ames (Brigadier's commander, death); The Black Dragon Society [an imposter Moi Yutong; others unnamed] (villains)
Synopsis:
The Black Dragon return to mine San Francisco Bay, and killed the Brigadier's commander in the process.

Indexer Notes

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

Black Market
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Perry Scott / text story / 2 pages

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

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Homer Doodle and Son / comic story / 1 page

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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Guess what today is, Junior?

[no title indexed]
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The Spider Widow / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:All set, Diane?
Characters:
The Spider Widow [Dianne Grayton](wealthy debutante); Bob Ableson; Madam Largossi (villain); Jo-Jo (villain); Tohoto (villain);
Synopsis:
Spider Widow uses her spiders to suss out an evil Japanese collaborator, Madam Largossi, and bring her and her gang to justice.
Reprints (3)

Indexer Notes

Credits suggested by the Who's Who.

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Spin Shaw / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
?
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:aviation; adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:A concentration of Jap vessels...
Characters:
Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    Doll Man
  2. ["Now's my chance!"]
    Police Comics
  3. [The Dishonorables]
    Doll Man
  4. ["There, there, Edna..."]
    Big Top
  5. ["His powerful body a bulwark against the tide of treachery..."]
    Samar
  6. ["What is the new skyrocket plane???"]
    Reynolds of the Mounted
  7. ["Don't try to lasso Big Bessie, Nippie!"]
    Nippie -- He's Often Wrong
  8. ["Your uncle Phil thinks he rates a pass..."]
    Mickey Finn
  9. [The Fargo Kid watches an Indian tribal rite...]
    Fargo Kid
  10. ["Dear Mr. Palooza, I saw your advertisement..."]
    Lala Palooza
  11. [Swing is leading his band...]
    Swing Sisson
  12. Poison Ivy Dying in City Hospital
    Poison Ivy
  13. [A long lingering moan reverberates...]
    Zero, Ghost Detective
  14. [The Black Dragon - Once Again!]
    Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers
  15. Black Market
    Perry Scott
  16. ["Guess what today is, Junior?"]
    Homer Doodle and Son
  17. ["All set, Diane?"]
    The Spider Widow
  18. ["A concentration of Jap vessels..."]
    Spin Shaw
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