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Issue: Feature Comics #58 Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1942
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Issues: #58 of 124 Issues (125 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Comic Favorites, Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/22/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (16 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Gill Fox
Disclose 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.
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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
Format Notes:  
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Gill Fox
Inker(s): Gill Fox
Colorist(s): Gill Fox
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Doll Man
Character(s): The Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Mickey Finn (inset); Samar (inset); Lala Palooza (inset); Spin Shaw (inset); Zero (inset); Poison Ivy (inset); Reynolds of the Mounted (inset); Swing Sisson (inset); Rusty Ryan (inset); Big Top (inset); Fargo Kid (inset)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art credits verified by Gill Fox in an interviewin Alter-Ego #12 (January, 2002). Fox's color guides were found with the original art.
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gill Fox [as G. F.] (signed)
Penciller(s): Gill Fox [as G. F.] (signed)
Inker(s): Gill Fox [as G. F.] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Police Comics
First Line: Now's my chance!
Synopsis: A prisoner breaks out of jail so he can buy an issue of Police Comics.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Advertisement in comics format.
On inside front cover.
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The Dishonorables

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Wm. Erwin Maxwell] (credited)
Penciller(s): Reed Crandall
Inker(s): Reed Crandall
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Doll Man
Character(s): Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Professor Roberts; Martha Roberts; the Dishonorables (villains)
Synopsis: Martha and her father succumb to a disease that instills fear into the American people, which is a plot by a group of Americans who had been dishonorably discharged from the armed services.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: The Doll Man stories always carried the by-line of William Erwin Maxwell and did not refer to Reed Crandall in this case.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bernard Dibble
Inker(s): Bernard Dibble
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Big Top
Character(s): Edna
First Line: There, there, Edna...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Rafael Astarita [as John Charles]
Inker(s): Rafael Astarita [as John Charles]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Samar
Character(s): Samar
First Line: His powerful body a bulwark against the tide of treachery...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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
First Line: What is the new skyrocket plane???
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Lank Leonard
Inker(s): Lank Leonard
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Nippie
First Line: Don't try to lasso Big Bessie, Nippie!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: Looks like a Sunday page reprint.
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.8
Disclose Notes: Nippie is a top-piece to Mickey Finn Sunday-page reprints.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Lank Leonard
Inker(s): Lank Leonard
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mickey Finn
First Line: Your uncle Phil thinks he rates a pass...
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Reprint Notes: from strips.
Miscellaneous
Pages: 3.2
Disclose Notes: Nippie is a top-piece to Mickey Finn Sunday-page reprints.
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The Fargo Kid watches an Indian tribal rite...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): The Fargo Kid
Character(s): The Fargo Kid [Tim Turner]
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bernard Dibble [as B. Dibble] (signed)
Inker(s): Bernard Dibble [as B. Dibble] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Lala Palooza
Character(s): Lala Palooza
First Line: Dear Mr. Palooza, I saw your advertisement...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Swing is leading his band...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Phil Martin
Inker(s): Phil Martin
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Swing Sisson
Character(s): Swing Sisson
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Poison Ivy Dying in City Hospital

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Gill Fox
Inker(s): Gill Fox
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Poison Ivy
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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A long lingering moan reverberates...

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; Sally (niece of Zero); a killer ghost (villain)
Synopsis: Zero is able to save the sorority of his niece Sally from the clutches of a killer ghost.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.
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The Black Dragon - Once again!

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; Moi Yutong]; Colonel Ames (Brigadier's commander, death); The Black Dragon Society [an imposter Moi Yutong; others unnamed] (villains)
Synopsis: The Black Dragon return to mine San Francisco Bay, and killed the Brigadier's commander in the process.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
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Black Market

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Perry Scott
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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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
Feature(s): Homer Doodle and Son
First Line: Guess what today is, Junior?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Borth [as Frank M. Borth] (signed)
Penciller(s): Frank Borth [as Frank M. Borth] (signed)
Inker(s): Frank Borth [as Frank M. Borth] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Spider Widow
Character(s): The Spider Widow [Dianne Grayton](wealthy debutante); Bob Ableson; Madam Largossi (villain); Jo-Jo (villain); Tohoto (villain);
First Line: All set, Diane?
Synopsis: Spider Widow uses her spiders to suss out an evil Japanese collaborator, Madam Largossi, and bring her and her gang to justice.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagDivas, Dames & Daredevils #[nn] published January 2013
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes: in Men of Mystery (AC, 1999 series) #113 (2019) in black and white
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Credits suggested by the Who's Who.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Witmer Williams [as Rex Smith] (signed)
Inker(s): Witmer Williams [as Rex Smith] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Feature(s): Spin Shaw
Character(s): Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]
First Line: A concentration of Jap vessels...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5

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