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Issue: Feature Comics #33 Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1940
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Issues: #33 of 124 Issues (125 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Comic Favorites, Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/26/1940
Volume: 1
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ed Cronin
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date and a volume number found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 460350. Volume number not listed in the indicia.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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; Vincent; The Doll Man [Darrel Dane] (inset); Mickey Finn (inset); Captain Future [Tyrone Future] (inset); Spin Shaw (inset)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Back from the Dead

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Eisner [as William Erwin Maxwell] (signed)
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]; Professor Roberts; Molly Shean (introduction); Tim Shean (introduction); Gat Granet (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Darrel soon discovers that he no longer needs his special pill in order to shrink in size. Instead, he invents another pill that makes his body rigid and his heartbeat imperceptible.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Rance's New York Adventure

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

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Campbell
Penciller(s): Harry Campbell
Inker(s): Harry Campbell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, espionage
Feature(s): Capt. Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy
Character(s): Captain Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy; Tanya Slavska (villain, introduction); Josef (villain, introduction); Karel (villain, introduction, death)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.
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Mona, Queen of the Apes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as John Charles]
Penciller(s): Robert Hayward Webb; Ann Brewster
Inker(s): Ann Brewster
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Samar
Character(s): Samar; Mona (first appearance; villain; death)
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Pages: 5
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Join the Army

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: 2
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Navy Planes in Mass Flight to Philippines

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] (first appearance); Princess Lahania (first appearance; villain); The Cherubus (first appearance; villain)
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Pages: 6
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The Well Dressed Man

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
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Lady Pirate

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]; a lady pirate (villain, introduction, death); Brak (villain, introduction, death)
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Pages: 4
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The Solving of the World's Greatest Counterfeit Case

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Stan Asch
Inker(s): Stan Asch
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): The Voice
Character(s): The Voice [Mr. Elixir]; A counterfeiting gang (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: The Voice brazenly takes control of a bank's speaker system to send an alert as the Voice, leading to the rescue of the bank's kidnapped president.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Stan Aschmeier created the Voice, but the Who's Who does not credit him with writing the feature.
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The Mystery of the Bloody Sword

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Toni Blum
Penciller(s): Dan Zolnerowich
Inker(s): Dan Zolnerowich
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Zero, Ghost Detective
Character(s): Zero; Major Fawcett (introduction); Miss Fawcett (introduction); Mr. Fawcett (introduction, death); Ghosts of African slaves (villains, introduction for all, all die)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.
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The Dead Return

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert M. Hyatt
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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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The Reforming of Mr. Grudge

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
Character(s): Rusty Ryan; Ed (introduction); Whitey (introduction); Mr. Grudge (villain, introduction, reforms)
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Ed and Whitey are two boys of Boyville.

All Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
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The Great Shotzo

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
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Pages: 2
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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: Ma, Mr. Jensen said he'd fix our parlor floor up fine for $10
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: strip reprints
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Murder in the Beaver Mine

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): Slade (first appearance; villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5

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