Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1940-01-31
Editing: Ed Cronin (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Feature Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series) #30 Edit Cover
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Doll Man / cover / 1 page

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  • Genre:superhero
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Stop, thief!! You can't escape the Doll Man!
  • Keywords:jewelry; pearls
Characters:
Doll Man [Darrel Dane]
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Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, January-December 1940, Numbers 1-4. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 448105.

[no title indexed]
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Off the Record / cartoon / 0.67 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Oh Doctor- I always have to unwrap things

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Four gag cartoons

[The FBI Agent Killing]
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The Clock / comic story / 5 pages

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?
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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Carl Adolf Voss (first appearance; villain)

[no title indexed]
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Jane Arden; Lena Pry / comic story / 4 pages

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  • Genre:drama; humor; adventure
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Jane, I'm going to like this lake
  • Keywords:soap opera
Characters:
Jane Arden; Lena Pry

Indexer Notes

Sunday newspaper comic strip page reprints with Jane Arden on top half, along with Lena Pry strip on bottom left quarter and Jane Arden paper doll on bottom right quarter.
Last appearance in Feature Comics. Jane Arden (and Lena Pry) will move to Crack Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 Series) starting with issue #1.

[The Phoney Gold Shipment]
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Reynolds of the Mounted / comic story / 4 pages

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  • Genre:western-frontier; adventure; detective-mystery
Characters:
Lane (first appearance; villain); Jeff Dixon (first appearance; villain)

A Lively Day
(Table of Contents: 5)

The Bungle Family / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:humor; domestic

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Sunday newspaper comic strip page reprints with a one row strip titled Testimonials/Little Brother running along the top. Title for the Bungle Family strip on second page is "An Evening in Chemistry."

[no title indexed]
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Rube Goldberg's Side Show / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor

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Sunday newspaper comic strip page reprint.

[no title indexed]
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Off the Record / cartoon / 0.67 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Don't take drinkin' water outta th' well

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Four gag cartoons. Shares balance of page with two advertisements.

[Collision at Sea]
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Spin Shaw / comic story / 4 pages

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  • Genre:aviation; adventure
Characters:
Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Captain "Poison" Atkins (first appearance); Ann Atkins (first appearance)

[no title indexed]
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Ned Brant / comic story / 4 pages

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  • Genre:teen; sports
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Ned, our old rivals, the Commerce students

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strip reprints

[The Fate of the Dragon]
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Captain Fortune / comic story / 4 pages

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  • Genre:adventure
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Captain Fortune [Tyrone Fortune]

[no title indexed]
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Lala Palooza / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Vincent's Diary -- I didn't know that he was keeping one...
Characters:
Lala Palooza

[The Bomber Engine Robberies]
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Doll Man / comic story / 4 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; The Nazis (villains)

Indexer Notes

In the story, Doll Man is shown wearing a sleeveless shirt, but colored as if bare chested.

[no title indexed]
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Big Top / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hey Pop -- look -- there's a man throwing knives at a lady!

[The Bridge Blasters]
(Table of Contents: 14)

Rance Keane / comic story / 4 pages

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  • Genre:western-frontier; adventure
Characters:
Rance Keane; Seth Cheatham (first appearance; villain)

[no title indexed]
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Joe Palooka / comic story / 4 pages

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  • Genre:sports
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Now here is the man
Characters:
Joe Palooka; Max; Knobby

Indexer Notes

Sunday newspaper comic strip page reprints.

[no title indexed]
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"Good Deed" Dotty; Dixie Dugan / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Just give me ways and means

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Sunday newspaper comic strip page reprints with one row of "Good Deed" Dotty appearing on top.

Smoke Screen
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text story / 2 pages

Script:
Toni Blum (credited as A. L. Allen)
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typeset
  • Genre:adventure
Characters:
Walter
Synopsis:
Walter discovers smugglers flying guns across the Rio Grande into Mexico.

Indexer Notes

Text story with a small color illustration.

[no title indexed]
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Off the Record / cartoon / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Say- are ya sure we're takin' this money

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Five gag cartoons.

The World's First Vault over Fourteen Feet
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They're Still Talking / comic story / 1 page

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typeset
  • Genre:non-fiction; sports
Characters:
Sabin Carr
Synopsis:
Story of the first athlete to vault over fourteen feet.

[The Dr. Croft Ruby Mystery: Part 1]
(Table of Contents: 20)

Charlie Chan / comic story / 4 pages

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  • Genre:detective-mystery
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[no title indexed]
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Toddy / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Hmm- some pitcher-- the Square Shooter!

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Appears on top half of two pages, for a total of one page. Newspaper strip reprint.

[no title indexed]
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Mortimer Mum / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor

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Appears on bottom half of two pages, for a total of one page. Newspaper strip reprint. A pantomime strip with no dialog.

[Episode 31]
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Slim and Tubby / comic story / 2 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; western-frontier; aviation
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Gee, Benton- just when you need money most

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Sunday newspaper comic strip page reprint.

[no title indexed]
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Rube Goldberg's Side Show / comic story / 1 page

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  • Genre:humor

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Sunday newspaper comic strip page reprint.

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Mickey Finn; Nippie -- He's Often Wrong / comic story / 4 pages

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:C'mon, Nippie-- Pete won't come out now!

Indexer Notes

Sunday newspaper comic strip page reprints with a one row strip titled "Nippie -- He's Often Wrong" running along the top.

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. ["Stop, thief!! You can't escape the Doll Man!"]
    Doll Man
  2. ["Oh Doctor- I always have to unwrap things"]
    Off the Record
  3. [The FBI Agent Killing]
    The Clock
  4. ["Jane, I'm going to like this lake"]
    Jane Arden; Lena Pry
  5. [The Phoney Gold Shipment]
    Reynolds of the Mounted
  6. A Lively Day
    The Bungle Family
  7. [no title indexed]
    Rube Goldberg's Side Show
  8. ["Don't take drinkin' water outta th' well"]
    Off the Record
  9. [Collision at Sea]
    Spin Shaw
  10. ["Ned, our old rivals, the Commerce students"]
    Ned Brant
  11. [The Fate of the Dragon]
    Captain Fortune
  12. ["Vincent's Diary -- I didn't know that he was keeping one..."]
    Lala Palooza
  13. [The Bomber Engine Robberies]
    Doll Man
  14. ["Hey Pop -- look -- there's a man throwing knives at a lady!"]
    Big Top
  15. [The Bridge Blasters]
    Rance Keane
  16. ["Now here is the man"]
    Joe Palooka
  17. ["Just give me ways and means"]
    "Good Deed" Dotty; Dixie Dugan
  18. Smoke Screen
  19. ["Say- are ya sure we're takin' this money"]
    Off the Record
  20. The World's First Vault over Fourteen Feet
    They're Still Talking
  21. [The Dr. Croft Ruby Mystery: Part 1]
    Charlie Chan
  22. ["Hmm- some pitcher-- the Square Shooter!"]
    Toddy
  23. [no title indexed]
    Mortimer Mum
  24. [Episode 31]
    Slim and Tubby
  25. [no title indexed]
    Rube Goldberg's Side Show
  26. ["C'mon, Nippie-- Pete won't come out now!"]
    Mickey Finn; Nippie -- He's Often Wrong
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  • Bill Devine
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