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| Doll man fights a literal "empty suit", tackles a creature from the prehistoric past, and tracks down a criminal who covers his tracks by killing his hired guns. I think Doll Man is my favorite obscure Golden Age hero. |
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| Publication | Summer 1946 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Quarterly |
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| Featuring | Doll Man |
| Credits | Pencils: Al Bryant | Inks: Al Bryant |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane] |
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| Comic Story | The Dress Suit Murders (12 pages) |
| Synopsis | Martha encounters the robotic Dress Suit. |
| Featuring | Doll Man |
| Credits | Pencils: Dan Zolnerowich | Inks: Dan Zolnerowich? |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Martha Roberts; The Dress Suit (villain, introduction, a robot); Jasper Sordin (villain, introduction) |
| 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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| Comic Story | It (11 pages) |
| 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. |
| Featuring | Doll Man |
| Credits | Pencils: Dan Zolnerowich | Inks: Dan Zolnerowich? |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Dr. Verne (villain, introduction); It (villain, introduction, a death) |
| 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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| Comic Story | The Screen Test (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Torchy's working as a waitress, but then she's "discovered" and given a screen test for star Donald Moleman's next movie. |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Torchy Todd; Donald Moleman (first appearance) |
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| Synopsis | Candy will build her own tennis court. |
| Featuring | Candy |
| Credits | Script: Harry Sahle | Pencils: Harry Sahle | Inks: Harry Sahle |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Candy O'Connor; Tim O'Connor (father) |
| Notes | three strips |
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| Text Story | The Living Mummy (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mrs. Mott's house is haunted. |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Horror-suspense | Characters: Mrs. Mott; Prof. Diggs; Steve Loomis |
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| Synopsis | Poison wins a tug-o'-war. |
| Featuring | Poison Ivy |
| Credits | Script: Gill Fox | Pencils: Gill Fox | Inks: Gill Fox |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Poison Ivy; Grandpa |
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| Comic Story | The Mantis (14 pages) |
| Synopsis | Mr. Mantis has killed his stooges who served him and now he thinks they have returned to haunt him. |
| Featuring | Doll Man |
| Credits | Pencils: Bill Ward | Inks: Bill Ward |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: 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) |
| 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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