Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1941-12-24
Editing: Ed Cronin (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Feature Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series) #53 Edit Cover
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Lala Palooza / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:They couldn't squeeze me in a tank, Lala - so they...
Characters:
Lala Palooza; Vincent; The Doll Man [Darrel Dane] (inset); Samar (inset); Mickey Finn (inset); Spin Shaw (inset); Swing Sisson (inset); Poison Ivy (inset); Bruce Blackburn (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, 1942, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 2.

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Doll Man / comic story / 11 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Martha, daughter of the famous scientist Dr. Roberts, never suspects that their friend...
Characters:
Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Martha Roberts

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Big Top / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oop! Dere goes me wrench!

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Zero, Ghost Detective / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:detective-mystery; fantasy-supernatural
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Another belligerent ghost is finally thwarted in its weird meanderings...
Characters:
Zero

Indexer Notes

Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.

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Samar / comic story / 5 pages

Script:
John Charles (signed)
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  • Genre:jungle; adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:For the life of a little child, Samar risks all the horrors of primitive...
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Samar

Indexer 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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Mickey Finn / comic story / 4 pages

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Has your Uncle Phil started any trouble lately, Mickey?

Indexer Notes

strip reprints

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Fargo Kid / comic story / 4 pages

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  • Genre:western-frontier
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:South of the border the Fargo Kid, in reality Tim Turner, finds new excitement...
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The Fargo Kid [Tim Turner]
Reprints (1)

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Lala Palooza / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Caddy, mister?
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Lala Palooza

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Swing Sisson / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:humor; detective-mystery; adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Another smashing adventure of Swing Sisson, that thrill-a-minute orchestra leader...
Characters:
Swing Sisson; Toby Tucker (sax player); Bonnie Baxter (vocalist)

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Reynolds of the Mounted / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:western-frontier; adventure; detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What is the mission of the strangers who come to the far desolate Arctic...
Characters:
Jim Reynolds (RCMP Sergeant)

Skies Afire
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Captain Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; spy
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Capt. Bruce Blackburn

The Bravest Coward
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Perry Scott / text story / 2 pages

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typeset

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Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; children; spy
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Rusty and the Brigadiers are touring the country with expenses paid.
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.

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Homer Doodle and Son / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:None of my friends have any money...

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Poison Ivy / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:But, Poison, your service to your country as a crimefighter...
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Poison Ivy

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Spin Shaw / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:aviation; adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:No mission is too tough for Spin Shaw, daredevil ace of the U.S. Naval Air Corps, but...
Characters:
Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["They couldn't squeeze me in a tank, Lala - so they..."]
    Lala Palooza
  2. ["Martha, daughter of the famous scientist Dr. Roberts, never suspects that their friend..."]
    Doll Man
  3. ["Oop! Dere goes me wrench!"]
    Big Top
  4. ["Another belligerent ghost is finally thwarted in its weird meanderings..."]
    Zero, Ghost Detective
  5. ["For the life of a little child, Samar risks all the horrors of primitive..."]
    Samar
  6. ["Has your Uncle Phil started any trouble lately, Mickey?"]
    Mickey Finn
  7. ["South of the border the Fargo Kid, in reality Tim Turner, finds new excitement..."]
    Fargo Kid
  8. ["Caddy, mister?"]
    Lala Palooza
  9. ["Another smashing adventure of Swing Sisson, that thrill-a-minute orchestra leader..."]
    Swing Sisson
  10. ["What is the mission of the strangers who come to the far desolate Arctic..."]
    Reynolds of the Mounted
  11. Skies Afire
    Captain Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy
  12. The Bravest Coward
    Perry Scott
  13. ["Rusty and the Brigadiers are touring the country with expenses paid."]
    Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers
  14. ["None of my friends have any money..."]
    Homer Doodle and Son
  15. ["But, Poison, your service to your country as a crimefighter..."]
    Poison Ivy
  16. ["No mission is too tough for Spin Shaw, daredevil ace of the U.S. Naval Air Corps, but..."]
    Spin Shaw
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