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Issue: Feature Comics #57 Public Domain
Publication Date: June 1942
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Issues: #57 of 124 Issues (125 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Favorites Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/24/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (15 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Gill Fox
Disclose Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 2.
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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); Spin Shaw (inset); Mickey Finn (inset); Samar (inset)
First Line: Never mind the next adagio step, Lala...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Japanese Doll Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as William Erwin Maxwell] (credited)
Penciller(s): Reed Crandall
Inker(s): Reed Crandall
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Doll Man
Character(s): Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; a Japanese "Doll Man" (villain, introduction, death); Agent N (villain, introduction, death); Dr. Hoto (villain, introduction); the Japanese (villains)
Synopsis: The Japanese force their own scientist, Dr. Hoto, to reproduce the Doll Man's shrinking serum, and, after several failures, he succeeds in shrinking a wrestler, whose strength was increased, but mind was destroyed. Doll Man tricks his foe into a cannon, shooting him to the sharks!
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Pages: 11
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bernard Dibble
Inker(s): Bernard Dibble
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Big Top
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Ghost of Al Margotti

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Toni Blum
Penciller(s): Al Bryant
Inker(s): Al Bryant
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Zero, Ghost Detective
Character(s): Zero; Julie (introduction); Xavier Jones (chemist, introduction); Al Margotti (villain, a ghost, introduction, death)
Synopsis: Zero meets a chemist who has invented a "ghost disintegrator".
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
Disclose Notes: Toni Blum is the only person identified by the Who's Who as the writer for this feature from 1940-43.
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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 Origin of the Spider Widow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Borth (signed)
Penciller(s): Frank Borth (signed)
Inker(s): Frank Borth (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Spider Widow
Character(s): The Spider Widow [Dianne Grayton] (introduction, origin); Bob Ableson (friend of Dianne's, introduction); Jake Lardo (villain, introduction); Lardo's gang (villains, introduction for all); Hetzernoff (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: A pair of mobsters visit Dianne's home, needing some gasoline for their getaway car. Dianne then donned an old green rubber mask, gathered some of her gardener's pet spiders, and hid inside the crook's trunk. When they arrived at the criminal's lair, she first learned that Lardo was sympathetic to Hitler, then scared his men with black widow spiders, over-coming all of them for the Police to round up.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: The Who's Who indicates Borth as not only creator of this strip, but the writer and artist as well.
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The Eastern Gangster Invasion

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Alex Koda [as Alexander Koda] (signed)
Inker(s): Alex Koda [as Alexander Koda] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Fargo Kid
Character(s): The Fargo Kid [Tim Turner]
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Signed in the last panel.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bernard Dibble
Inker(s): Bernard Dibble
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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Mike Yemon's Protection Racket

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Phil Martin
Penciller(s): Phil Martin
Inker(s): Phil Martin
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, mystery
Feature(s): Swing Sisson
Character(s): Swing Sisson; Mike Yemon and his gang (first appearance; villains)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Self-Stranglers

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: 1
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Samar Vs. the Gorilla

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Max Elkan
Inker(s): Max Elkan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Feature(s): Samar
Character(s): Samar; Otto (villain); another spy (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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The Black Dragon Society

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 and the Boyville Brigadiers
Character(s): Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Smiley Scott; Ed; Whitey; Scotty; Moi Yutong (introduction)]; The Black Dragon Society [a Moi Yutong impostor; others unnamed] (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: Rusty and the Boyville Brigadiers decide to challenge the Black Dragon Society, and, to this end, accept a young Chinese woman, Moi Yutong, into their ranks. Soon after, she was kidnapped in front of their eyes, and it took some gunplay and rough stuff to rescue her.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.
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Bloom's Death

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Perry Scott
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Arthur Beeman
Inker(s): Arthur Beeman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Homer Doodle and Son
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Art Pinajian
Inker(s): Art Pinajian
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Richards of the Mounties
First Line: Into the Giant Redwood Forest of the Northwest...
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Pages: 5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Witmer Williams [as Clark Williams] (signed)
Inker(s): Witmer Williams [as Clark Williams] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Spin Shaw
Character(s): Spin Shaw
First Line: Nothing in the Blue Sky or the Open Sea...
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Pages: 6

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