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Issue: Feature Comics #78 Public Domain
Publication Date: May 1944
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Issues: #78 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: 03/29/1944
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (14 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Gwen Hansen
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1944, New Series, Vol. 39, 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
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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): The Doll Man
Character(s): Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Lala Palooza (inset); Blimpy [Rufus Rastas Sassafrass O'Brain] (inset); Rusty Ryan (inset); Swing Sisson (inset); Mickey Finn (inset); Poison Ivy (inset); Perky (inset); Spin Shaw (inset)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Fear

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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]; John Raymond (first appearance); Martha Braun Raymond (first appearance); The Knife (first appearance, villain, death); Mike Sarto (first appearance, villain, death)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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Swing Sisson on the Swing Shift

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Vernon Henkel (signed)
Penciller(s): Vernon Henkel (signed)
Inker(s): Vernon Henkel (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Swing Sisson
Character(s): Swing Sisson; Bonnie Baxter; Toby; Max (first appearance, villain)
Synopsis: Sagotage in the bomber factory, and a good aluminum man dead.
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Pages: 6
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Action at the Auction

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Tony DiPreta (signed)
Inker(s): Tony DiPreta (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Blimpy
Character(s): Blimpy [Rufus Rastas Sassafrass O'Brien]; Bob Baker (introduction); Gloria Gay (introduction); Van Filcher (villain, introduction); Gunner (villain, introduction); Max (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 7
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bernard Dibble
Penciller(s): Bernard Dibble
Inker(s): Bernard Dibble
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Lala Palooza
Character(s): Vincent Palooza; Widow Pipwillie
First Line: Confidentially, Vincent, if you were the last man on earth...
Synopsis: Turned down by the Widow Pipwillie, Vincent plans to post her photo in his room to inspire him, but gets distracted by some pin-up magazines.
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bernard Dibble
Penciller(s): Bernard Dibble
Inker(s): Bernard Dibble
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Lala Palooza
Character(s): Lala Palooza; Vincent Palooza; doctor
First Line: As if Vincent wasn't enough trouble already...
Synopsis: Vincent contracts kleptomania.
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bernard Dibble
Penciller(s): Bernard Dibble
Inker(s): Bernard Dibble
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Lala Palooza
Character(s): Vincent Palooza; Mlle. Fifi
First Line: I hear that Mlle. Fifi, the famous skater, practices on the pond here every afternoon!
Synopsis: A figure skater won't agree to let Vincent take her photo so he can sell it. When he snaps an unflattering candid of her, she's forced to pay him.
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1000 Miles an Hour

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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San Francisco Mission

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Irving Tirman ?
Inker(s): Irving Tirman ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: aviation
Feature(s): Spin Shaw
Character(s): Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Commander Newson (first appearance); The Japanese (villains)
Synopsis: Spin and his squadron capture a Japanese carrier.
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Heads in 3/4 backview with the jawbone going back behind the ear is peculiar. This can be found in his credited "Mike Gibbs Guerilla" story in Adventure Comics #88, and also in his Lt. Hercules stories in Green Lama Comics. Very few here, so uncertain.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lank Leonard (signed)
Penciller(s): Lank Leonard (signed)
Inker(s): Lank Leonard (signed)
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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The Dum-Dum Murders

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; Kuglat the Deerslayer
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Pages: 2
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The Home of the Winds

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sid Lazarus
Penciller(s): Sid Lazarus
Inker(s): Sid Lazarus
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Perky
Character(s): Perky; Mrs. Wind (first appearance); East Wind (first appearance); North Wind (first appearance); South Wind (first appearance); West Wind (first appearance)
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bernard Dibble
Penciller(s): Bernard Dibble
Inker(s): Bernard Dibble
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Big Top
Character(s): Butch; Boss Jeff Bangs
First Line: Them young apes crave love just like people, boss...
Synopsis: Butch is assigned to babysit a young circus ape.
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bernard Dibble
Penciller(s): Bernard Dibble
Inker(s): Bernard Dibble
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Big Top
Character(s): Butch; Boss Jeff Bangs
First Line: Butch, that new act of yours is a wow!
Synopsis: Boss Bangs promises not to sock, slam, toss things or boot Butch in the pants when he's angry. He didn't promise not to butt Butch, though.
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Captured by the Japanese Underground

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mort Leav
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, childrens, espionage
Feature(s): Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers
Character(s): Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Pierpont Lee; Alababa]; Mauki (villain, introduction); Kajanka (villain, introduction); unnamed girl (villain, introduction); other Japanese spies (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: Rusty is to be taken prisoner and presented as a slave to the Japanese emperor.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Art is by Mort Leav, with his large hands, lively figures and a special crouching way of running, with thighs lifted high.

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