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Issue: Feature Comics #72 Public Domain
Publication Date: October 1943
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Issues: #72 of 124 Issues (125 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Comic Favorites, Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/25/1943
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Gilbert Fox (editor); E. M. Arnold (general manager)
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. 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
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Alex Kotzky
Inker(s): Alex Kotzky
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Doll Man
Character(s): Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Rusty Ryan (inset); Mickey Finn (inset); Swing Sisson (inset); Lala Palooza (inset)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Crime Goes to College

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Kotzky
Inker(s): John Cassone
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Doll Man
Character(s): Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Prof. Whittlesey (first appearance, villain); Gats Grogan (first appearance, villain); Bruiser Bellows (first appearance, villain); unnamed crook (first appearance, villain)
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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
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: strip reprints
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A Week in the Life

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: 1
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The Headhunter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Borth
Penciller(s): Rudy Palais
Inker(s): Rudy Palais
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Spider Widow
Character(s): The Spider Widow [Dianne Grayson]; Alice (introduction); Emory (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: Dianne's friends, Alice and Emory, are killed by headhunters in the jungles of South America. But the true villain nearly kills Dianne and then leaps out a window to his death.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: This is the only Spider Widow story not drawn by Borth. Drafted into the military service, this last story was assigned to Palais.

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The Mental Attitude

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Stahl
Penciller(s): Al Stahl
Inker(s): Al Stahl
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Feature(s): Inferior Man
Character(s): Inferior Man [Courtney Fudd]; The Mental Attitude (villain, introduction); The Mental Attitude's wife (villain?; introduction)
Synopsis: The Inferior Man faces a sort of hypnotist who orders people to kill themselves right in front of Courtney (and who doesn't seem to have a problem with it).
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Last appearance
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The Invisibility Formula

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tex Henson
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; Dr. J. P. McNulty; Terry (introduction); un-named Japanese spies (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: Swing has a difficult time dealing with the infamous Dr. McNulty, who has invented an invisibility serum.
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Miscellaneous
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): Lala Palooza
Character(s): Lala Palooza
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 3
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Letter to Stalin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Powell
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]; Maj. Maria Soblesky (introduction); the Japanese (villains)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Hand of Rutatutakhmen

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; Prof. Wilcox (introduction); Rutatutakhmen (villain, a mummy, introduction)
Synopsis: Zero defeats the possessed mummy of the Egyptian pharaoh, Rutatutakhmen.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Last appearance.

Script credit suggested by the Who's Who
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You Win by Losing

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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[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
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Blimpy Goes to the Devil (Almost!)

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sy Reit
Penciller(s): Al Stahl
Inker(s): Al Stahl
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Blimpy
Character(s): Blimpy [Rufus Rastas Sassafrass O'Brain]; Blimpy's Devil (introduction); Blimpy's Angel (introduction); the Devil (villain, a facsimile thereof)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Miss Siren

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 and the Boyville Brigadiers
Character(s): Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Alababa; Pierpont Lee]; Louola (introduction); Louola's father (introduction); Miss Siren (villain, introduction); Gorbo (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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