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Publication | September 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
Notes | In the Quality Companion from TwoMorrows, Jim Amash states that Gill Fox began doing Doll Man covers with Feature Comics #54, so his dubious credit removed and replaced with ? by Craig Delich. |
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Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Lalapalooza (inset); Spin Shaw (inset); Rance Keane (inset); Samar (inset); Mickey Finn (inset); Big Top (inset); Poison Ivy (inset); Zero (inset); Dusty Dane (inset); Reynolds of the Mounted (inset); Rusty Ryan (inset) |
Notes | In the Quality Companion from TwoMorrows, Jim Amash states that Gill Fox began doing Doll Man covers with Feature Comics #54, so his dubious credit removed and replaced with ? by Craig Delich. |
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Comic Story | Python the Brain Thief (9 pages) |
Synopsis | When the Police discover headless bodies along the river, The Doll Man must use all of his cunning and wits to prevent the Python from stealing his brain! |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Professor Roberts; Python (villain, introduction, death); Professor Kreeper (villain, introduction, death) |
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Comic Story | The Anti-Cancer Serum (4 pages) |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Rance Keane; Lola Pritchard; Prof. English (first appearance; villain) |
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Content | Genre: Humor |
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Comic Story | Captured by the Amazons (5 pages) |
Credits | Script: John Charles |
Content | Genre: Jungle | Characters: Samar; Lazana (first appearance; villain); Lazana's Amazons (first appearance; villains) |
Notes | John Charles, as used at Quality Comics, was a house name used for multiple writers. It is not the UK writer John Charles who started his career in the 1990s. |
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Comic Story | The Narcotics Ring (5 pages) |
Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Red Baylor (first appearance; villain); Spike (first appearance; villain); Madge Carr (first appearance; villain); other members of a narcotics ring (first appearance; villain) |
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Comic Story | The Mail Plane Spies (6 pages) |
Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Anne Antos (first appearance); V: Heinrich Muller (first appearance; villain; death); Greg Rucker (first appearance; villain; death); Joe (first appearance; villain; death); another pilot (first appearance; villain; death); Pedro (first appearance; villain); Pinky (first appearance; villain); Slim (first appearance; villain); Shorty (first appearance; villain) |
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Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Lala Palooza |
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Comic Story | The Twin Kidnappers (4 pages) |
Content | Genre: Adventure; Children; Spy | Characters: Rusty Ryan; Roger (introduction); Smiley (Roger's father, introduction); two identical twins (villains, introduction for both) |
Notes | All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
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Comic Story | Captives of Captain Frosk (4 pages) |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Dusty Dane (first appearance); Mike Cardigan (first appearance); Captain Frosk (first appearance; villain; death) |
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Comic Story | Ban on Chewing Gum (2 pages) |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Poison Ivy; McNasty and his gang (first appearanc;e villains) |
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Comic Story | Murder Tunes In (4 pages) |
Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: The Voice [Mr. Elixir]; Tommy (bellhop); John Burke (villain, introduction) |
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Text Story | Spook Ship (2 pages) |
Featuring | Perry Scott |
Credits | Script: Robert M. Hyatt | Letters: typeset |
Content | Genre: Adventure | Characters: Perry Scott |
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Comic Story | The Mystery Motor (5 pages) |
Content | Genre: Adventure; Spy | Characters: Captain Bruce Blackburn; Weatherbee (first appearance) |
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Content | Genre: Humor |
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Content | Genre: Humor |
Notes | strip reprints |
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Comic Story | The Ghost's Vengeance (5 pages) |
Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Zero; Jim Darwell (introduction, flashback); Nell Farrel Darwell (introduction, flashback, death); Jane Darwell (introduction); Stephen Fiske (villain, a ghost, introduction, death) |
Notes | Script credit suggested by the Who's Who. |
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