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Issue: Feature Comics #39 Public Domain
Publication Date: December 1940
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Issues: #39 of 124 Issues (125 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Favorites, Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/25/1940
Volume:
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 CAD
$0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ed Cronin
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 4.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was on-going series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Devlin
Inker(s): John Devlin
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Lala Palooza
Character(s): Lala Palooza; Vincent; The Doll Man [Darrel Dane] (inset); Rance Keane (inset); Spin Shaw (inset); Samar (inset)
First Line: But Vincent-burglars couldn't have been here--I locked the door!
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Pages: 1
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The Puritan Village

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as William Erwin Maxwell]
Penciller(s): John Celardo
Inker(s): John Celardo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Doll Man
Character(s): Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Dr. Roberts; A Group of Puritans (first appearance); A gang of crooks (first appearance; villains)
Synopsis: While chasing a gang of thieves, Darrel enters a cave which opens into a world where Puritans still live.
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Pages: 9
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The Eye

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William A. Smith [as Will Arthur]
Penciller(s): William A. Smith [as Will Arthur]
Inker(s): William A. Smith
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Rance Keane
Character(s): Rance Keane; Harvey Topping; Candida Kane (first appearance; The Eye [Sol Lang] (first appearance; villain)
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Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lank Leonard
Penciller(s): Lank Leonard
Inker(s): Lank Leonard
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mickey Finn
First Line: So your Uncle Phil is seeing the World's Fair today, eh Mickey?
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: strip reprints
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The Blockade Runner

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Vernon Henkel
Penciller(s): Vernon Henkel
Inker(s): Vernon Henkel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dusty Dane
Character(s): Dusty Dane; Gen. Yin (first appearance); Capt. John Galt (first appearance; villain)
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Pages: 4
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The Valley of Giants

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Maurice Gutwirth
Inker(s): Maurice Gutwirth
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Samar
Character(s): Samar; Pat West (first appearance); Buck (first appearance); a giant ape (first appearance)
Synopsis: Female photographer Pat West and her driver, Buck are in search of said valley, when Samar literally drops in and prevents the clueless pair from driving into an impending pit. After failing to talk the feisty lass out of her foray into the hidden valley of the title (and its many terrors), Samar conveniently joins up as her guide.
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Pages: 5
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Mine Field Mission

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Rex Smith]
Penciller(s): Witmer Williams
Inker(s): Witmer Williams
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Feature(s): Spin Shaw
Character(s): Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Peanuts (first appearance)
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Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Devlin
Inker(s): John Devlin
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Lala Palooza
Character(s): Lala Palooza
First Line: Hm -- a drop of rain --
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In Eyewash, Arizona

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gill Fox
Penciller(s): Gill Fox
Inker(s): Gill Fox
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Poison Ivy
Character(s): Poison Ivy
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Pages: 2
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The Haunted Night Club

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Toni Blum
Penciller(s): Charles Sultan ?
Inker(s): Charles Sultan ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Zero, Ghost Detective
Character(s): Zero; Manners (a ghost, introduction); un-named ghosts (introduction for all); Tommy Manners (villain, introduction, death)
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.
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The Demon of Destruction

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Campbell
Penciller(s): Harry Campbell
Inker(s): Harry Campbell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, espionage
Feature(s): Capt. Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy
Character(s): The Destroying Demon [Captain Bruce Blackwell] (origin, introduction); Otto Schmidt (villain, introduction); Zorn (villain, introduction); Adder (villain, introduction); un-named members of the "Band" (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: Inspired by a boy who attempted to emulate a comic book and called himself Colossal Guy, Blackburn decides to adopted a costumed identity himself that would aid him in his attempt to crush the so-called "Un-American Band".
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Disclose Notes: Art credits from Jim Amash, in the Quality Companion (TwoMorrows, 2011 series) #1.

The Demon's uniform was red and yellow with a horned hood and short cape. He perfected a trick using a rubber cable to drop from above. He also refers to himself as "The Destroying Devil," but his enemies call him a "Destroying Demon". Wears costume through issue #40.
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The Human Bullet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Devlin
Inker(s): John Devlin
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Big Top
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Pages: 2
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Gloves of Death

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert M. Hyatt
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Perry Scott
Character(s): Perry Scott
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Pages: 2
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The Ski Rescue Mission

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Gustavson
Penciller(s): Paul Gustavson
Inker(s): Paul Gustavson
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Paul Gustavson
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens, espionage
Feature(s): Rusty Ryan
Character(s): Rusty Ryan
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
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The Phony Foreign Committee

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): H. Weston Taylor (signed)
Penciller(s): Harry Campbell
Inker(s): Harry Campbell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Ace of Space
Character(s): The Ace of Space [Ace Egan]; Jennings (Ace's butler); Borris (villain, introduction); un-named spies (villains, introduction)
Synopsis: Ace's telepathic abilities alert him to a plot by European dictators to impersonate United States lawmakers.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Writer credit confirmed by Jim Amash in the Quality Companion (November, 2011).
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Witchcraft in Red Rock

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Art Pinajian
Penciller(s): Art Pinajian
Inker(s): Art Pinajian
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Reynolds of the Mounted
Character(s): Sgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMP; Mrs. Crane (first appearance); Simon Grabble (first appearance; villain)
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Pages: 5

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