Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1943-01-22
Editing: Gill Fox (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Feature Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series) #66 Edit Cover
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

Doll Man / cover / 1 page

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?
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?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The Doll Man rings the bell again in this issue!
Characters:
Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Lala Palooza (inset); Blimpy (inset); Mickey Finn (inset); Rusty Ryan (inset)

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.

The Adventure with the Corpse
(Table of Contents: 1)

Doll Man / comic story / 13 pages

Script:
? [as William Erwin Maxwell] (signed)
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?
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?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; The Corpse [Slick Murdock] (villain, introduction, death?)
Synopsis:
Doll Man faces the insideous Corpse, a man who had gone to the electric chair in 1939, and who could instill rigor mortis in living people. Doll Man succeeds in forcing his foe's car off a cliff... but did the villain live through it?

[Blimpy Falls in Love]
(Table of Contents: 2)

Blimpy / comic story / 7 pages

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?
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?
  • Genre:humor
Characters:
Blimpy [Rufus Tastas Sassafrass O'Brain]; Tabby Tyler; Diamond Eyes (introduction, a statue); Ruby Stone (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:
Blimpy falls in love with a lady statue that he stole from her sculptor and which was brought to life by Tabby.

Case of the Missing Twins
(Table of Contents: 3)

Zero, Ghost Detective / comic story / 5 pages

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?
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?
  • Genre:detective-mystery; fantasy-supernatural
Characters:
Zero; Lana Ugar (a ghost, introduction); Lois Ugar (introduction); Hugo Barno (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:
Zero helps Lois Ugar, who is sweet on the detective, summon up her deceased twin sister.

Indexer Notes

Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.

[Skyjacked in Mexico]
(Table of Contents: 4)

Swing Sisson / comic story / 6 pages

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?
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?
  • Genre:humor; detective-mystery; adventure
Characters:
Swing Sisson; J. R. McNulty (first appearance); Franz Von Worle (first appearance; villain)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 5)

Lala Palooza / comic story / 2 pages

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?
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?
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?
  • Genre:humor
Characters:
Lala Palooza

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 6)

Mickey Finn / comic story / 4 pages

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?
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?
  • Genre:humor

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

[Big Bill Ebling]
(Table of Contents: 7)

Poison Ivy / comic story / 1 page

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?
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?
  • Genre:humor
Characters:
Poison Ivy; Big Bill Ebling (first appearance; villain)

The Spider Widow Meets the Spider Man!
(Table of Contents: 8)

Spider Widow and the Raven / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
Frank Borth (signed as Borth)
Pencils:
Frank Borth (signed as Borth)
Inks:
Frank Borth (signed as Borth)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Spider Widow [Dianne Grayson]; The Raven [Tony Grey]; John Keller (Dianne's Uncle); The Spider Man (villain, a Nazi saboteur, introduction); Herman (villain, mechanical spider)
Synopsis:
The duo must face the Spider Man, who has been terrorizing a factory owned by Dianne's uncle through use of a giant mechanical spider named Herman.
Reprints (2)

Moon, Stars, and Stuff
(Table of Contents: 9)

Inferior Man / comic story / 2 pages

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?
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?
  • Genre:humor; superhero
Characters:
Inferior Man [Courtney Fudd]; Sparks (villain, a Martian, introduction)
Synopsis:
A freak show begins when Inferior Man meets a Martian who had lost his way to Venus. However, Sparks rubs Inferior Man the wrong way and was made to be Fudd's slave, being brought down by a lightning rod.

Heroes Aren't Born
(Table of Contents: 10)

Perry Scott / text story / 1.75 pages

Script:
Robert M. Hyatt
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:adventure
Characters:
Perry Scott

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 11)

Big Top / comic story / 2 pages

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?
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?
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?
  • Genre:humor

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 12)

Snappy / comic story / 1 page

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?
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?
  • Genre:humor; children
Characters:
Snappy

Indexer Notes

Last appearance of Snappy, which used to be a regular feature in Crack Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 Series).

[Wonder Gal]
(Table of Contents: 13)

Spin Shaw / comic story / 5 pages

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?
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?
  • Genre:aviation; adventure
Characters:
Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Marsha Boles (introduction); the Japanese (villain)

[Alababa and the Five Thieves]
(Table of Contents: 14)

Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers / comic story / 9 pages

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?
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  • Genre:adventure; children; spy
Characters:
Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Alababa; Pierpoint Lee; Smiley Scott; Ed; Whitey; Scotty; Moi Yutong]; Alababa's wife (introduction); Prince Kirasan (introduction); Joe (villain, introduction); four un-named thieves (villains, introduction for all)

Indexer Notes

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

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["The Doll Man rings the bell again in this issue!"]
    Doll Man
  2. The Adventure with the Corpse
    Doll Man
  3. [Blimpy Falls in Love]
    Blimpy
  4. Case of the Missing Twins
    Zero, Ghost Detective
  5. [Skyjacked in Mexico]
    Swing Sisson
  6. [no title indexed]
    Lala Palooza
  7. [no title indexed]
    Mickey Finn
  8. [Big Bill Ebling]
    Poison Ivy
  9. The Spider Widow Meets the Spider Man!
    Spider Widow and the Raven
  10. Moon, Stars, and Stuff
    Inferior Man
  11. Heroes Aren't Born
    Perry Scott
  12. [no title indexed]
    Big Top
  13. [no title indexed]
    Snappy
  14. [Wonder Gal]
    Spin Shaw
  15. [Alababa and the Five Thieves]
    Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers
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