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Issue: Feature Comics #30 Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1940
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Issues: #30 of 124 Issues (125 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Comic Favorites, Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/31/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 26 (22 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ed Cronin
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, January-December 1940, Numbers 1-4. Second class permit. Copyright number 448105.
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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
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Lou Fine
Inker(s): Lou Fine
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Doll Man
Character(s): Doll Man [Darrel Dane]
First Line: Stop, thief!! You can't escape the Doll Man!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Reed
Penciller(s): Ed Reed
Inker(s): Ed Reed
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ed Reed
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Off the Record
First Line: Oh Doctor- I always have to unwrap things
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Four gag cartoons
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The FBI Agent Killing

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Brenner
Penciller(s): George Brenner
Inker(s): George Brenner
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Clock
Character(s): The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Carl Adolf Voss (first appearance; villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Monte Barrett
Penciller(s): Russell E. Ross
Inker(s): Russell E. Ross
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Feature(s): Jane Arden; Lena Pry
Character(s): Jane Arden; Lena Pry
First Line: Jane, I'm going to like this lake
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Sunday newspaper comic strip page reprints with Jane Arden on top half, along with Lena Pry strip on bottom left quarter and Jane Arden paper doll on bottom right quarter.
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The Phoney Gold Shipment

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Art Pinajian
Penciller(s): Art Pinajian
Inker(s): Art Pinajian
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Reynolds of the Mounted
Character(s): Lane (first appearance; villain); Jeff Dixon (first appearance; villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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A Lively Day

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): H. J. Tuthill
Penciller(s): H. J. Tuthill
Inker(s): H. J. Tuthill
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Bungle Family
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Sunday newspaper comic strip page reprints with a one row strip titled Testimonials/Little Brother running along the top. Title for the Bungle Family strip on second page is "An Evening in Chemistry."
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Rube Goldberg
Penciller(s): Rube Goldberg
Inker(s): Rube Goldberg
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Rube Goldberg's Side Show
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Sunday newspaper comic strip page reprint.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Reed
Penciller(s): Ed Reed
Inker(s): Ed Reed
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ed Reed
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Off the Record
First Line: Don't take drinkin' water outta th' well
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Four gag cartoons. Shares balance of page with two advertisements.
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Collision at Sea

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]; Captain "Poison" Atkins (first appearance); Ann Atkins (first appearance)
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Zuppke
Penciller(s): R. W. Depew
Inker(s): R. W. Depew
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Ned Brant
First Line: Ned, our old rivals, the Commerce students
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: strip reprints
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The Fate of the DRAGON

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Vernon Henkel
Penciller(s): Vernon Henkel
Inker(s): Vernon Henkel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Feature(s): Captain Fortune
Character(s): Captain Fortune [Tyrone Fortune]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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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
First Line: Vincent's Diary -- I didn't know that he was keeping one...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Bomber Engine Robberies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Eisner [as William Erwin Maxwell] (signed)
Penciller(s): Will Eisner; Lou Fine
Inker(s): Lou Fine
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Doll Man
Character(s): Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; The Nazis (villains)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: In the story, Doll Man is shown wearing a sleeveless shirt, but colored as if bare chested.
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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: Hey Pop -- look -- there's a man throwing knives at a lady!
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Pages: 2
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The Bridge Blasters

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William A. Smith
Penciller(s): William A. Smith [as Will Arthur] (signed)
Inker(s): William A. Smith
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Rance Keane
Character(s): Rance Keane; Seth Cheatham (first appearance; villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ham Fisher
Penciller(s): Ham Fisher
Inker(s): Ham Fisher
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: sports
Feature(s): Joe Palooka
Character(s): Joe Palooka; Max; Knobby
First Line: Now here is the man
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Sunday newspaper comic strip page reprints.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): J. P. McEvoy
Penciller(s): J. H. Striebel
Inker(s): J. H. Striebel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Dixie Dugan; Good Deed Dotty
First Line: Just give me ways and means
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Sunday newspaper comic strip page reprints with one row of "Good Deed" Dotty appearing on top.
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Smoke Screen

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): A. L. Allen (credited)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Walter
Synopsis: Walter discovers smugglers flying guns across the Rio Grande into Mexico.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Text story with a small color illustration.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Reed
Penciller(s): Ed Reed
Inker(s): Ed Reed
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ed Reed
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Off The Record
First Line: Say- are ya sure we're takin' this money
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Five gag cartoons.
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The World's First Vault over Fourteen Feet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, sports
Feature(s): They're Still Talking
Character(s): Sabin Carr
Synopsis: Story of the first athlete to vault over fourteen feet.
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Pages: 1
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The Dr. Croft Ruby Mystery: Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alfred Andriola
Penciller(s): Alfred Andriola
Inker(s): Alfred Andriola
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Charlie Chan
Character(s): Charlie Chan
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Marcoux
Penciller(s): George Marcoux
Inker(s): George Marcoux
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Toddy
First Line: Hmm- some pitcher-- the Square Shooter!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Appears on top half of two pages, for a total of one page. Newspaper strip reprint.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Sakren
Penciller(s): Bill Sakren
Inker(s): Bill Sakren
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mortimer Mum
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Appears on bottom half of two pages, for a total of one page. Newspaper strip reprint. A pantomime strip with no dialog.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John J. Welch
Penciller(s): J. W. McGuire (signed)
Inker(s): J. W. McGuire (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, western
Feature(s): Slim and Tubby
First Line: Gee, Benton- just when you need money most
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Sunday newspaper comic strip page reprint.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Rube Goldberg
Penciller(s): Rube Goldberg
Inker(s): Rube Goldberg
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Rube Goldberg's Side Show
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Sunday newspaper comic strip page reprint.
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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; Nippie
First Line: C'mon, Nippie-- Pete won't come out now!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Sunday newspaper comic strip page reprints with a one row strip titled "Nippie" running along the top.

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