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Issue: Doll Man #1

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Publication Date: January 1941

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Issues: #1 of 47 Issues

Title:

Variant: unnamed

Rating:

Publisher: Flag

Quality Comics

Brand: Quality Comic Group

Indicia Publisher: Comic Favorites Inc.

On Sale Date: 08/15/1941

Volume: 1

Pages: 68

ISBN: none

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $0.10 USD

Indicia Frequency:

Content Items: 14 (8 stories, 1 cover)

Editor(s): Ed Cronin

Notes: The Doll Man Quarterly is the indicia title. No issue number on the cover. E. M. Arnold (Everett M. "Busy" Arnold) listed as general manager. E.S. Murthey, advertising representative, New York, New York. Advertising western representative, F. E. M. Cole & Company, Chicago, Illinois.

On sale date from the publication date reported to the U.S. Copyright Office found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1941, New Series, Volume 36, Number 4. Class B periodical. Copyright registration number B 526324. Volume number not in comic, but reported to Copyright Office as well.

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Format

Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: Color

Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.

Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior

Binding: Saddle-stitched

Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series

Format Notes:

Reprinted In9

9 Content Items

reprinted 9 times as/in other Issues.

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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.

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Cover, Front

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Content Items (14 total)

[untitled]

Illustration on Cover, Front

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): John Cassone ?

Inker(s): John Cassone ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Doll Man

Character(s): Doll Man [Darrel Dane]

First Line: The Phantom Dualist

Reprinting

In Issue:

Flashback #9 published January 1974

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

[untitled]

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? (ad copy)

Penciller(s): ? (photo)

Inker(s): ? (photo)

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

First Line: Boys for the first time a few dollars makes you proprietor...

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Inside front cover. Ad by the Peck Brothers for a printing press.

Phantom Swordsman

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): John Cassone ?

Inker(s): John Cassone ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Doll Man

Character(s): Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; The Phantom Duelist [Steve Morton] (first appearance, villain, death); Dr. Roberts; Rocky Perrone; Reynolds

Reprinting

In Issue:

Flashback #9 published January 1974

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 10

Gags

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Gill Fox

Penciller(s): Gill Fox (signed)

Inker(s): Gill Fox (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): Poison Ivy

Character(s): Poison Ivy

First Line: I tried to avoid hitting that steel traffic stanchion and...

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Flashback #9 published January 1974

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

The Vulture

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): John Cassone ?

Inker(s): John Cassone ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Doll Man

Character(s): Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; The Vulture [Aylmer] (first appearance); Dr. Roberts; Martha Roberts; Salta

Reprinting

In Issue:

Flashback #9 published January 1974

Reprint Notes:

Miscellaneous

Pages: 13

[untitled]

Cartoon on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Tony Di Preta (signed)

Penciller(s): Tony Di Preta (signed)

Inker(s): Tony Di Preta (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: humorous

Feature(s): The Laugh Parade

Character(s): Hansen

First Line: If the city doesn't stop cutting expenses on our patrol cars...

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Origin of Justin Wright

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (signed)

Penciller(s): George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (signed)

Inker(s): George Brenner [as Wayne Reid] (signed)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Just 'N' Right

Character(s): Just 'N' Right [Justin Wright] (introduction, lumberjack, origin); Cronin; Fox; DiPreta; two un-named mobsters (villains, introduction for both)

First Line: A telegram brings Justin Wright from a lumber camp where...

Synopsis: Justin receives a telegram summoning him to the offices of Cronin, Fox and DiPreta, where Cronin informed Wright, because it was his 26th birthday, he stood to inherit his parents' fortune. At his boyhood hiome, while going through some of his parents' possessions, he discovered a red scarf that belonged to his mother. From that moment on, he wore that scarf and a blue suit, vowing to avenge his parents' murder as Just 'N' Right, rounding up two mobsters responsible.

Reprinting

In Issue:

Flashback #9 published January 1974

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 6

Notes: Only appearance. Cronin, Fox and DiPreta were Quality Comics' staff employees at the time. At the end of the story, the hero left a trademark note for the Police bearing his signal: the scales of justice.

The Framing of Joe Davis

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Tony Di Preta ?

Inker(s): Tony Di Preta ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Doll Man

Character(s): Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Joe Davis (first appearance); Ms. Davis (first appearance, Joe's sister); Slats and his gang (first appearance, villains); Capt. O'Toole; Schultz

First Line: Across New York's East Side sweeps a wave of brutal...

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In Issue:

Flashback #9 published January 1974

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 10

Notes: Previously credited to John Cassone.

Black Gold

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): John Cassone ?

Inker(s): John Cassone ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Doll Man

Character(s): Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Dr. Rosdick (first appearance, villain); Prof. Weezel (first appearance, villain); Dr. Roberts; Martha Roberts

First Line: The amazing Doll Man, in reality Darrel Dane, chemist directs his...

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In Issue:

Flashback #9 published January 1974

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 10

Red Light of Doom

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): Robert M. Hyatt

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Doll Man

Character(s): Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Martha Roberts; Dr. Roberts; Nichol

First Line: Darrel Dane let the phone ring four times.

Reprinting

In Issue:

Flashback #9 published January 1974

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 2

How to Fool Your Friend

Activity on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Feature(s): Comic Quiz for Kids

Character(s): Willie Wumple; Little Dottie

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

The Black Gondolier

Story on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ?

Penciller(s): Rudy Palais ?

Inker(s): Rudy Palais ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): ?

Subject Matter

Genres: superhero

Feature(s): Doll Man

Character(s): Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; The Black Gondolier (first appearance, villain, death); Martha Roberts

First Line: From the fog-shrouded haunts of the waterfront...

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In Issue:

Flashback #9 published January 1974

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 10

[untitled]

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? (ad copy)

Penciller(s): ?

Inker(s): ?

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Character(s): Orphan Annie

First Line: Orphan Annie says - "Boys and girls! - take your choice of these swell..."

Reprinting

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Inside back cover. Ad for various mail order items including aviator goggles, a catapult plane, a dog whistle, and a periscope.

[untitled]

Advertisement on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Writer(s): ? (ad copy)

Penciller(s): ?; ? (photo)

Inker(s): ?; ? (photo)

Colorist(s): ?

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

Character(s): Frank Leahy (photo)

First Line: Boy! The Bike Keds I am wearing were built for fast starts

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Miscellaneous

Pages: 1

Notes: Back cover. Ad for shoes by Keds.