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Issue: Doll Man #9 Public Domain
Publication Date: January 1946
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Issues: #9 of 47 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagQuality Comics
Brand: Quality Comic GroupView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Comic Favorites Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/24/1946
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Gill Fox
Disclose Notes: On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, 1946-1947, page 113, registration number B37061.
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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
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Al Bryant
Inker(s): Al Bryant
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Doll Man
Character(s): Doll Man [Darrel Dane]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Dress Suit Murders

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan Zolnerowich
Inker(s): Dan Zolnerowich ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Doll Man
Character(s): Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Martha Roberts; The Dress Suit (villain, introduction, a robot); Jasper Sordin (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Martha encounters the robotic Dress Suit.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
Disclose Notes: Originally credited to Al Bryant, who has shorter figures with more rounded faces than this. It look more like Zolnerowich's figures with a long torso and special way of walking and running. He is credited on both pencils and ink, but the inking is a bit different from his signed stories.
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It

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dan Zolnerowich
Inker(s): Dan Zolnerowich ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Doll Man
Character(s): Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Dr. Verne (villain, introduction); It (villain, introduction, a death)
Synopsis: In the western desert, the evil Dr. Verne creates a monster using a gibbon's brain and other tissues, resulting in a paleolithic-looking beast called It, which follows the doctor's commands. Doll Man corners the beast and destroys it in a furnace.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Originally credited to Al Bryant, who has shorter figures with more rounded faces than this. It look more like Zolnerowich's figures with long torso and special way of walking and running. Zolne is credited on both pencils and ink, but the inking is a bit different from his signed stories.
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The Screen Test

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adult, humorous
Character(s): Torchy Todd; Donald Moleman (first appearance)
First Line: Torchy finds and loses enough jobs to solve all unemployment problems for the next hundred years....
Synopsis: Torchy's working as a waitress, but then she's "discovered" and given a screen test for star Donald Moleman's next movie.
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Pages: 5
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Harry Sahle
Penciller(s): Harry Sahle
Inker(s): Harry Sahle
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, teen
Feature(s): Candy
Character(s): Candy O'Connor; Tim O'Connor (father)
First Line: It's still raining!
Synopsis: Candy will build her own tennis court.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: three strips
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The Living Mummy

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Mrs. Mott; Prof. Diggs; Steve Loomis
Synopsis: Mrs. Mott's house is haunted.
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

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; Grandpa
First Line: C'mon, Poison!
Synopsis: Poison wins a tug-o'-war.
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Pages: 1
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The Mantis

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bill Ward
Inker(s): Bill Ward
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Doll Man
Character(s): Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Dacey Gavin; Mantis (first appearance; villain); Dude (first appearance; villain; death); Bullseye (first appearance; villain; death); Packy (first appearance; villain; death); another hood (first appearance; villain; death)
Synopsis: Mr. Mantis has killed his stooges who served him and now he thinks they have returned to haunt him.
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Pages: 14
Disclose Notes: Leaning figures with long necks and torsos, and shuffling way of walking point to Zolnerowich, but the thin face of Mr. Mantis looks like Ward.

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