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Issue: Feature Comics #35 Public Domain
Publication Date: August 1940
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Issues: #35 of 124 Issues (125 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Comic Favorites, Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/26/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 17 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Edward Cronin; 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, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 3.
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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): 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); Rance Keane (inset); Captain Future [Tyrone Future] (inset); Spin Shaw (inset)
First Line: Lala! Go back up—I forgot to put the water in the pool!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Return of Wampum

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as William Erwin Maxwell]
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]; Dr. Roberts; Wampum; Old Fella; Briney (first appearance; villain); Sloop; The crew of the Black Gull (first appearance; villain)
First Line: Darrel Dane and Dr. Roberts take a spin through the city park.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Hong Kong the Mandarin

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): William A. Smith
Penciller(s): William A. Smith
Inker(s): William A. Smith
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Rance Keane
Character(s): Rance Keane; Lola Pritchard; Hong Kong (first appearance; villain; a character in Pee Wee's dream)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Johnny Micewuller

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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Danse Macabre

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
Character(s): Zero; A skeletal fiddler (introduction)
First Line: One moonlit night finds Zero walking through a lonely street...
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Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: This story was obviously inspired by Saint-Saens's "Danse Macabre".

Script credits suggested by the Who's Who.
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The Disappearance of Tim Benson

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): Captain Crane (villain); Philip Kemp (first appearance; villain); Tim Benson (first appearance); Betty Benson (first appearance)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Action On the Amazon

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. Hollis (first appearance); Antzec (first appearance; villain; death)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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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): Lala Palooza
Character(s): Lala Palooza
First Line: Huh!- A little sissy-
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Ghost Ship

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] (last appearance); The Ghost Pirates (first appearance; villains; death)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Murder in Apartment 2-B

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]; Tommy (bellhop, introduction); Mr. Hill (villain, introduction)
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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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[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: Sarge this nut says a gorilla swiped his hat an' coat!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Arson Plot

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; A fire inspector (villain, introduction); his crony (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
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The Killer

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Robert M. Hyatt
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, mystery
Feature(s): Perry Scott
Character(s): Stanley Hale (British detective)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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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): Have a Laugh
First Line: Joe—I'm only getting twenty five miles to the gallon of liniment!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Foiled Assassination

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; Frantz (villain, introduction, death); Pratz (villain, introduction, death); un-named spies (villains, introduction for all, all die); Karl Korn (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Art credits from Jim Amash, in the Quality Companion (TwoMorrows, 2011 series) #1.
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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: Ya say your Uncle Phil went fishin' with Clancy and Mr. Houlihan
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Reprint Notes: from Mickey Finn daily
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Valley of the Cavemen

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; Prof. Ford Cawthorne (first appearance); A tribe of cavemen (first appearance; all but one die)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5

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