Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1942-09-25
Editing: Gilbert Fox
Cover Thumbnail for Feature Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series) #62 Edit Cover
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Doll Man / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:A startling Doll Man story
Characters:
Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Lala Palooza (inset); Mickey Finn (inset); Swing Sisson (inset); Rusty Ryan (inset)

Indexer Notes

Cover credit by Peter Normanton in his article in Alter Ego (TwoMorrows Publications, 1999 series) #165 (September 2020).

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.

Behind the Head Lines
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Uncle Sam / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

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Doll Man / comic story / 11 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The pen is mightier than the sword in the hand of the Doll Man...
Characters:
Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Martha Roberts

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Big Top / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:humor

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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:Ghosts of the past come to life in this tale of a woman who was...
Characters:
Zero; Diana Markham (actress)

Indexer Notes

Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.

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Spider Widow and the Raven / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The Spider Widow and The Raven have won nation wide reknown because of their...
Characters:
The Spider Widow [Dianne Grayton]; The Raven [Tony Grey]

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Mickey Finn / comic story / 4 pages

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  • Genre:humor

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strip reprints

The Doomed Train
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Fargo Kid / comic story / 4 pages

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

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Lala Palooza / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:humor
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Lala Palooza

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Swing Sisson / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Phil Martin (signed)
Pencils:
Phil Martin (signed)
Inks:
Phil Martin (signed)
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  • Genre:humor; detective-mystery; adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The thrill-a-minute band leader of New York's smart Clover Club...
Characters:
Swing Sisson; Pete jaxon (owner of the Clover Club); Toby (band member); Bonnie (band member)

Swami Salami
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Poison Ivy / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Gill Fox (signed)
Pencils:
Gill Fox (signed)
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Gill Fox (signed)
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  • Genre:humor
Characters:
Poison Ivy

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Samar / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:jungle; adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Glittering, fabulous treasure! Shining gold, tainted with the blood...
Characters:
Samar

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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:It burns me up the way that jerk at the Navy Department said
Characters:
Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Smiley Scott; Ed; Whitey; Scotty; Moi Yutong]; the Nazis (villains)

Indexer Notes

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

The Snake Men
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Perry Scott / text story / 2 pages

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typeset
  • Genre:jungle

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Homer Doodle and Son / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor

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Reynolds of the Mounted / comic story / 5 pages

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Art Pinajian (signed)
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Art Pinajian (signed)
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  • Genre:adventure; western-frontier; detective-mystery
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:As the enemies of democracy try to bore from within, Sergeant Reynolds...
Characters:
RCMP Sgt. Jim Reynolds (last appearance); Flatfoot Charlie (his sidekick); nazis

Indexer Notes

Last appearance.

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Spin Shaw / comic story / 5 pages

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  • Genre:aviation; war; adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The roar of big guns! The crash of giant bombs...
Characters:
Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]
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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["A startling Doll Man story"]
    Doll Man
  2. Behind the Head Lines
    Uncle Sam
  3. ["The pen is mightier than the sword in the hand of the Doll Man..."]
    Doll Man
  4. [no title indexed]
    Big Top
  5. ["Ghosts of the past come to life in this tale of a woman who was..."]
    Zero, Ghost Detective
  6. ["The Spider Widow and The Raven have won nation wide reknown because of their..."]
    Spider Widow and the Raven
  7. [no title indexed]
    Mickey Finn
  8. The Doomed Train
    Fargo Kid
  9. [no title indexed]
    Lala Palooza
  10. ["The thrill-a-minute band leader of New York's smart Clover Club..."]
    Swing Sisson
  11. Swami Salami
    Poison Ivy
  12. ["Glittering, fabulous treasure! Shining gold, tainted with the blood..."]
    Samar
  13. ["It burns me up the way that jerk at the Navy Department said"]
    Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers
  14. The Snake Men
    Perry Scott
  15. [no title indexed]
    Homer Doodle and Son
  16. ["As the enemies of democracy try to bore from within, Sergeant Reynolds..."]
    Reynolds of the Mounted
  17. ["The roar of big guns! The crash of giant bombs..."]
    Spin Shaw
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