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Issue: Feature Comics #64 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1943
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Issues: #64 of 124 Issues (125 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Comic Favorites, Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/25/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (13 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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Disclose Format
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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The Case of the Unlucky Quarter

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Al Bryant (signed)
Inker(s): Al Bryant (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Doll Man
Character(s): Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Lala Palooza (inset); Rusty Ryan (inset); Mickey Finn (inset); Spin Shaw (inset)
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Pages: 1
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The Unlucky Quarter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Woolfolk ?
Penciller(s): Rudy Palais
Inker(s): Rudy Palais
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Doll Man
Character(s): Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; "Once More" Charlie (first appearance); Midnight Joe (first appearance, villain, death); Louie (first appearance, villain, death); Prof. Belittle (first appearance, villain, death); Slick Simmons (first appearance, villain, death); Peg (first appearance, villain, death)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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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: Gosh ma - you mean to say Uncle Phil is going from house to house trying to sell this gadget?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: strip reprints
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Death to Irving Gershwin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Phil Martin (signed)
Penciller(s): Phil Martin (signed)
Inker(s): Phil Martin (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Swing Sisson
Character(s): Swing Sisson; Irving Gershwin (first appearance, a song writer); Von Brunt (first appearance, villain); his Nazis (first appearance, villains)
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Pages: 6
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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
First Line: I'm practicin' some funny falls for next season, boss!
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Previous stories in Feature Comics prior to this one indicate Dibble had already been drawing this feature, taking over for John Devlin in 1943.
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The Human Fly

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gill Fox (signed)
Penciller(s): Gill Fox (signed)
Inker(s): Gill Fox (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Poison Ivy
Character(s): Poison Ivy
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Death Emerald

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Toni Blum
Penciller(s): Witmer Williams
Inker(s): Witmer Williams
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Zero, Ghost Detective
Character(s): Zero; Vern Hobson (introduction); Ann Hobson (villain, introduction); Death (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Another swipe from Saint-Saens's "Danse Macabre".

Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.
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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): Lala Palooza
Character(s): Lala Palooza
First Line: Boy! What a costume I rented.
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Pages: 2
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The Traitorous Actor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Borth (signed)
Penciller(s): Frank Borth (signed)
Inker(s): Frank Borth (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Spider Widow and the Raven
Character(s): The Spider Widow [Dianne Grayson]; The Raven [Tony Grey]; Lee (introduction); Matt (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Dianne takes up acting as a hobby and begins appearing in summer theatre productions outside New York. She discovers that one of her fellow actors is a spy, and the Raven steps in to help her nab him.
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Pages: 5
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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: Gee whiz - I sure wish I had a nice dog like that!
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Pages: 1
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Kismet El Aschid

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Rex Smith] (signed)
Penciller(s): Bob Powell
Inker(s): Bob Powell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Feature(s): Spin Shaw
Character(s): Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Kismet El Aschid (villain, introduction); the Nazis (villains)
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Pages: 5
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Death from the Skies

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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Pages: 2
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Origin of the Bungling Buddha

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sy Reit
Penciller(s): Sy Reit
Inker(s): Sy Reit
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Blimpy
Character(s): Blimpy [aka Rufus Rastas Sassafrass O'Brain] (introduction, origin); Tabby Tyler (introduction); Inspector Sherlock Foo (introduction)
Synopsis: Blimpy, an ancient Oriental Buddha statue brought to life when young Tabby Tyler spoke the magic words: "Oggle doggie woggle ibbidy bibbidy sibbidy sab, dictionary down the ferry, out goes ipso facto with the floy-floy!" covers his blue skin with coal dust and tries to pass for an African-American.
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Pages: 7
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How To Be a Super Salesman

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]; Wilbert T. Thump (introduction); Kurt Luger (introduction, death); Alfred Krantz (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

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