Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1941-10-24
Editing: Ed Cronin (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Feature Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series) #51 Edit Cover
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[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents)

Lala Palooza / cover / 1 page

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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:We'd have been hurt without this parachute, Lala!
Characters:
Lala Palooza; Vincent; The Doll Man [Darrel Dane] (inset); Mickey Finn (inset); Samar (inset); Swing Sisson (inset)

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, No. 4.

[The Evil of Lester DuBois]
(Table of Contents: 1)

Doll Man / comic story / 11 pages

Script:
? [as William Erwin Maxwell] (credited)
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Darrel Dane again takes the offensive as the tiny but powerful Doll Man...
  • Keywords:Dubois Powder Plant
Characters:
Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Dr. Roberts; Martha Roberts; Lester DuBois (villain, introduction); DuBois' gang (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis:
While working late at the DuBois Powder Plant, Dr. Roberts discovers that steel filings have been mixed with the powder grains, and that the steel could cause a spark to ignite the powder. Doll Man is called in to investigate this serious sabotaging of America's defense efforts.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 2)

Big Top / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
?
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:You're outta luck, Butch

[The Jungle Priest]
(Table of Contents: 3)

Samar / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
?
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:jungle; adventure
Characters:
Samar

[The Ghost of Noah Jordan]
(Table of Contents: 4)

Zero, Ghost Detective / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery; fantasy-supernatural
Characters:
Zero; Noah Jordan (villain, a ghost, introduction)

Indexer Notes

Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.

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

Mickey Finn / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:But Uncle Phil, if you're goin' to the ball game...

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

[The Missing Mail Plane]
(Table of Contents: 6)

Fargo Kid / comic story / 4 pages

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

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 7)

Lala Palooza / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
?
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Burglars
Characters:
Lala Palooza

[The War Orphans' Benefit]
(Table of Contents: 8)

Swing Sisson / comic story / 6 pages

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

[The Search for Blackbeard]
(Table of Contents: 9)

Reynolds of the Mounted / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
?
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:western-frontier; adventure; detective-mystery
Characters:
Sgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMP; Blackbeard (first appearance; villain)

Thwarted Assassins
(Table of Contents: 10)

Captain Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; spy
Characters:
Capt. Bruce Blackburn; Sonya (villain)

Fire of St. Elmo
(Table of Contents: 11)

Perry Scott / text story / 2 pages

Script:
Pencils:
? (illustration)
Inks:
? (illustration)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:adventure
Characters:
Perry Scott

[Mystery of the Freighter]
(Table of Contents: 12)

Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:adventure; children; spy
Characters:
Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Smiley Scott; Ed; Whitey; Scotty]

Indexer Notes

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

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 13)

Homer Doodle and Son / comic story / 1 page

Script:
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I agree with you, son!

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 14)

Poison Ivy / comic story / 1 page

Script:
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Poison Ivy has entered in the giant ski jump contest!
Characters:
Poison Ivy

[The Paducah Is Launched]
(Table of Contents: 15)

Spin Shaw / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
?
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:aviation; adventure
Characters:
Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["We'd have been hurt without this parachute, Lala!"]
    Lala Palooza
  2. [The Evil of Lester DuBois]
    Doll Man
  3. ["You're outta luck, Butch"]
    Big Top
  4. [The Jungle Priest]
    Samar
  5. [The Ghost of Noah Jordan]
    Zero, Ghost Detective
  6. ["But Uncle Phil, if you're goin' to the ball game..."]
    Mickey Finn
  7. [The Missing Mail Plane]
    Fargo Kid
  8. ["Burglars"]
    Lala Palooza
  9. [The War Orphans' Benefit]
    Swing Sisson
  10. [The Search for Blackbeard]
    Reynolds of the Mounted
  11. Thwarted Assassins
    Captain Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy
  12. Fire of St. Elmo
    Perry Scott
  13. [Mystery of the Freighter]
    Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers
  14. ["I agree with you, son!"]
    Homer Doodle and Son
  15. ["Poison Ivy has entered in the giant ski jump contest!"]
    Poison Ivy
  16. [The Paducah Is Launched]
    Spin Shaw
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