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Issue: Feature Comics #34 Public Domain
Publication Date: July 1940
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Issues: #34 of 124 Issues (125 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Comic Favorites, Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/24/1940
Volume: none
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: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.
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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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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Ed Cronin ?
Inker(s): Ed Cronin ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Doll Man
Character(s): The Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Lala Palooza (inset); Spin Shaw (inset); Rance Keane (inset); Captain Fortune [Tyrone Fortune] (inset); Zero (inset); Poison Ivy (inset); Samar (inset); Rusty Ryan (inset); Reynolds of the Mounted (inset); Big Top (inset); Mickey Finn (inset)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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El Diablo Blanco

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as William Erwin Maxwell] (signed)
Penciller(s): Lou Fine
Inker(s): Lou Fine
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Doll Man
Character(s): Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Professor Roberts; Martha Roberts; El Diablo Blanco (horse descended from Montezuma's own horse); Wampum (an Indian, introduction, Professor Robert's friend) Cortez (introduction, flashback); Montezuma (introduction, flashback); Tod Gunther (introduction); Quincy Gregg (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: Doll Man hides himself behind El Diablo Blanco to give the impression that the steed can talk, an act which helps Wampum save his land. The horse is then tamed by Doll Man and used to pursue his enemy right off a cliff.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Sacrifice at Tafu

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]; an Aztec queen (introduction); a high priest (introduction); a giant (villain, introduction, death)
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Pages: 4
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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
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Ghost of the Coolnook Church

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Toni Blum [as Noel Fowler] (signed)
Penciller(s): Dan Zolnerowich
Inker(s): Dan Zolnerowich
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Zero, Ghost Detective
Character(s): Zero; Rev. Atwell (introduction); Jean Atwell (introduction); Buno (introduction); a ghost (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.
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The Wildman of Wolf's Head Bay

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): Tom Paxton (first appearance; villain); The "Wildman" (first appearance); Marie DuBois (first appearance); Madam DuBois (first appearance); Jean (first appearance)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Arctic Survival Mission

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]; Muggsy (first appearance); Mr. Carter (first appearance); Dorothy Carter (first appearance)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Super Chap

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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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Superman satire.
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The Shakespeare Snatch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William A. Smith
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; Lola Pritchard; Prof. Thespis (first appearance)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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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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The One-Man Brooklyn Dodgers

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
Synopsis: Poison Ivy plays on behalf of the Brooklyn Dodgers -- and beats the New York Yankees 268 to nothing.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Black Mask

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]; The Black Mask (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: The Voice begins fielding requests for help and installs a special one-way mirror to use when he interviews his clients, speaking to them from the mirror. One of the requests leads the Voice to engage the mysterious Black Mask in battle.
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Miscellaneous
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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Flaming River

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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The Hearing Eye

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): Capt. Bruce Blackburn; Carlos (villain, introduction); Josef (villain, introduction); two un-named spies (villains, introduction for both)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.
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Mystery in the Mine Shaft

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; Rocky (villain, introduction); Hank (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: All Gustavson credits from Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
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The Panther Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): John Celardo ? [as John Charles]
Inker(s): John Celardo ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Samar
Character(s): Samar; Nolon (first appearance); Lan (first appearance); The Panther Men (first appearance; villains); Nako (first appearance; villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5

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