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Issue: Feature Comics #39 Public Domain
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Indicia Publisher: Comic Favorites Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/25/1940
Volume:
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 CAD
$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. 4.
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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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Cover, Front
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Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
?
John Devlin
John Devlin
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Lala Palooza
Lala Palooza; Vincent; The Doll Man [Darrel Dane] (inset); Rance Keane (inset); Spin Shaw (inset); Samar (inset)
But Vincent-burglars couldn't have been here--I locked the door!
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Miscellaneous
1
The Puritan Village

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as William Erwin Maxwell]
John Celardo
John Celardo
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Doll Man
Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Dr. Roberts; A Group of Puritans (first appearance); A gang of crooks (first appearance; villains)
While chasing a gang of thieves, Darrel enters a cave which opens into a world where Puritans still live.
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Miscellaneous
9
The Eye

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
William A. Smith [as Will Arthur]
William A. Smith [as Will Arthur]
William A. Smith
?
?
Subject Matter
western
Rance Keane
Rance Keane; Harvey Topping; Candida Kane (first appearance; The Eye [Sol Lang] (first appearance; villain)
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Miscellaneous
4
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Lank Leonard
Lank Leonard
Lank Leonard
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Mickey Finn
So your Uncle Phil is seeing the World's Fair today, eh Mickey?
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Miscellaneous
4
strip reprints
The Blockade Runner

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Vernon Henkel
Vernon Henkel
Vernon Henkel
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Dusty Dane
Dusty Dane; Gen. Yin (first appearance); Capt. John Galt (first appearance; villain)
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Miscellaneous
4
The Valley of Giants

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Maurice Gutwirth
Maurice Gutwirth
?
?
Subject Matter
jungle
Samar
Samar; Pat West (first appearance); Buck (first appearance); a giant ape (first appearance)
Female photographer Pat West and her driver, Buck are in search of said valley, when Samar literally drops in and prevents the clueless pair from driving into an impending pit. After failing to talk the feisty lass out of her foray into the hidden valley of the title (and its many terrors), Samar conveniently joins up as her guide.
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Miscellaneous
5
Mine Field Mission

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
? [as Rex Smith]
Witmer Williams
Witmer Williams
?
?
Subject Matter
aviation
Spin Shaw
Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Peanuts (first appearance)
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Miscellaneous
5
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
John Devlin
John Devlin
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Lala Palooza
Lala Palooza
Hm -- a drop of rain --
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Miscellaneous
2
In Eyewash, Arizona

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gill Fox
Gill Fox
Gill Fox
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Poison Ivy
Poison Ivy
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Miscellaneous
2
The Haunted Night Club

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Toni Blum
Charles Sultan ?
Charles Sultan ?
?
?
Subject Matter
mystery
Zero, Ghost Detective
Zero; Manners (a ghost, introduction); un-named ghosts (introduction for all); Tommy Manners (villain, introduction, death)
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Miscellaneous
5
Script credit suggested by the Who's Who.
The Demon of Destruction

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harry Campbell
Harry Campbell
Harry Campbell
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, espionage
Capt. Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy
The Destroying Demon [Captain Bruce Blackwell] (origin, introduction); Otto Schmidt (villain, introduction); Zorn (villain, introduction); Adder (villain, introduction); un-named members of the "Band" (villains, introduction for all)
Inspired by a boy who attempted to emulate a comic book and called himself Colossal Guy, Blackburn decides to adopted a costumed identity himself that would aid him in his attempt to crush the so-called "Un-American Band".
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Miscellaneous
5
Art credits from Jim Amash, in the Quality Companion (TwoMorrows, 2011 series) #1.

The Demon's uniform was red and yellow with a horned hood and short cape. He perfected a trick using a rubber cable to drop from above. He also refers to himself as "The Destroying Devil," but his enemies call him a "Destroying Demon". Wears costume through issue #40.
The Human Bullet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
John Devlin
John Devlin
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Big Top
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Miscellaneous
2
Gloves of Death

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Robert M. Hyatt
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
adventure
Perry Scott
Perry Scott
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Miscellaneous
2
The Ski Rescue Mission

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Paul Gustavson
Paul Gustavson
Paul Gustavson
?
Paul Gustavson
Subject Matter
adventure, childrens, espionage
Rusty Ryan
Rusty Ryan
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Miscellaneous
4
All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
The Phony Foreign Committee

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
H. Weston Taylor (signed)
Harry Campbell
Harry Campbell
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Ace of Space
The Ace of Space [Ace Egan]; Jennings (Ace's butler); Borris (villain, introduction); un-named spies (villains, introduction)
Ace's telepathic abilities alert him to a plot by European dictators to impersonate United States lawmakers.
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Miscellaneous
5
Writer credit confirmed by Jim Amash in the Quality Companion (November, 2011).
Witchcraft in Red Rock

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Art Pinajian
Art Pinajian
Art Pinajian
?
?
Subject Matter
western
Reynolds of the Mounted
Sgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMP; Mrs. Crane (first appearance); Simon Grabble (first appearance; villain)
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Miscellaneous
5

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