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Issue: Feature Comics #47 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1941
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Issues: #47 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: 06/25/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (16 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, 1941, New Series, Vol. 36, 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); Samar (inset); Mickey Finn (inset); Spin Shaw (inset)
First Line: Lala, if ya can't get me help by twelve thirty, just forget it!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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School of Crime

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as William Erwin Maxwell] (credited)
Penciller(s): Fran Matera [as F. M.] (signed)
Inker(s): Fran Matera [as F. M.] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Doll Man
Character(s): Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; un-named librarian; Professor Coffin Nale (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: According to Lee Boyette in Alter Ego #90, Fran Matera sneaks his initials into panels on pages 5 and 7. According to Jim Amash, in the Quality Companion, and who had done an interview with Matera, he states this art is by Reed Crandall.
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The 100-Mile Water Race

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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Car-Wrecking Ghost

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Toni Blum [as Noel Fowler] (signed)
Penciller(s): Al Bryant
Inker(s): Al Bryant
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Zero, Ghost Detective
Character(s): Zero; Joe Rucks (villain, a ghost, introduction, death)
Synopsis: Zero uses a rather unique way of defeating the giant ghost of Joe Ricks: merely talking to him. By repeating the word "evil" ("live" spelled backwards, the one thing a ghost cannot do), Zero reduces the ghost in size, and, from there, Rucks continues to shrink with every word uttered.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.
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Diamonds and Dastards

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Max Elkan
Inker(s): Max Elkan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Samar
Character(s): Samar; Hugo (first appearance; villain; death); Hugo's partner (first appearance; villain; death)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Signed MDE in last panel as mentioned in Alter Ego #75.
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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: Look over in that lot, Mickey. It's a free-for-all!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: strip reprints
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Arthur Beeman
Penciller(s): Arthur Beeman
Inker(s): Arthur Beeman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Homer Doodle and Son
First Line: Don't you want to stay and play with your friends?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Phantom Fur Thieves

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Art Pinajian (signed)
Penciller(s): Art Pinajian (signed)
Inker(s): Art Pinajian (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Reynolds of the Mounted
Character(s): Sgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMP; Mr. Woods (first appearance); Johnny Woods (first appearance); Geller and the Night Riders (first appearance; villains)
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Pages: 5
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Flat Foot Floogie Wins

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
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Ribbons of Death

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Francis Campbell (signed)
Penciller(s): Harry Francis Campbell (signed)
Inker(s): Harry Francis Campbell (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, espionage
Feature(s): Capt. Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy
Character(s): Capt. Bruce Blackburn; Otto (first appearance; villain); Carl (first appearance; villain); Fritz (first appearance; villain); Sonya (villain)
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Pages: 5
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Factory Girls and Fifth Columnists

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Maurice Gutwirth (signed)
Inker(s): Maurice Gutwirth (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): USA, the Spirit of Old Glory
Character(s): USA; Mrs. Cragg (villain, introduction); un-named spies (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: USA, dressed in her full garb, goes to work alongside civilian women in a bomb factory, and manages to uncover a spy working there: her own supervisor, Mrs. Cragg!
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Pages: 5
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The American Freedom Club

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Paul Gustavson (signed)
Penciller(s): Paul Gustavson (signed)
Inker(s): Paul Gustavson (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Paul Gustavson
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens, espionage
Feature(s): Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers
Character(s): Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Smiley Scott; Ed; Whitey; Scotty]; Dutch (villain, spy, introduction); unnamed spy (villain, introduction)
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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 Death That Crawled

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert M. Hyatt
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Perry Scott
Character(s): Perry Scott
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Coming of the Fargo Kid

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Koda
Inker(s): Alex Koda
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fargo Kid
Character(s): The Fargo Kid [Tim Turner] (first appearance); A "town boss" (first appearance; villain)
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Pages: 4
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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): Big Top
First Line: The boss said I was to bring this important letter to him at his snooty club!
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Pages: 2
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The Nazis Come to South Pango

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Vernon Henkel (signed)
Penciller(s): Vernon Henkel (signed)
Inker(s): Vernon Henkel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dusty Dane
Character(s): Dusty Dane; Captain Hardt (first appearance; villain; death); other Nazis (first appearance; villains; all die)
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Pages: 4
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The Plans of Peril

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]; Herman (first appearance; villain); Von (first appearance; villain); other Nazis (first appearance; some die)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5

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