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| Publication | April 1940 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Mickey Finn; The Clock [Brian O'Brien] (inset); The Doll Man [Darrel Dane] (inset); Lala Palooza (inset); Joe Palooka (inset); Big Top (inset); Reynolds of the Mounties (inset); Spin Shaw (inset); Captain Fortune (inset); Jane Arden (inset); Ned Bryant (inset); Rance Keane (inset) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | This is the inside-front cover, and is printed in two-tone reds only. |
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| Comic Story | The Death Room (4 pages) |
| Synopsis | Doll Man borrows a model plane owned by Tim Smith to use as his personal aircraft in going after Grimes, a hideous jewel thief. After capturing the felon, Doll Man returns the plane to Smith along with a $10 bill. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Tim Smith; Grimes (villain, jewel thief, introduction) |
| Notes | In the story, Doll Man is shown wearing a sleeveless shirt, but colored as if bare chested. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Content | Genre: Drama |
| Notes | Last appearance in Feature Comics. Jane Arden will move to Crack Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 Series) starting with issue #1. |
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| Comic Story | The Wicked Duke (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Historical | Characters: Captain Fortune [Tyrone Fortune]; Duke Edward of Kent (first appearance; villain) |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Notes | Last appearance in Feature Comics, and in a Quality publication. Joe Palooka reprints appear next in a comic book in Big Shot Comics (Columbia, 1940 series) #1 (May 1940). |
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| Comic Story | Cal Hennings's Rustlers (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier | Characters: Rance Keane |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Last appearance in Feature Comics, and in comic books in general.
The feature is on two half-pages, with Mortimer Mum. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Last appearance in Feature Comics, and in comic books in general.
The feature is on two half-pages, with Toddy. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
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| Comic Story | The Poison Gas Formula (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | While pursing thieves who had stolen a secret military poison gas formula, the Clock leaps from his airplane and lands on another below. The crooks use the gas on him, but he is unaffected, and he theorizes that his mask must have been wet and prevented the gas from penetrating. |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Police Captain Kane (cameo); Benny (airfield mechanic); Heizer (villain, introduction); foreign spy ring (villains, introduction for all) |
| Notes | Last appearance in Feature Comics. The Clock will move to Crack Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 Series) starting with issue #1. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Lala Palooza |
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| Comic Story | Jasper Orin, Gun Runner (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Jasper Orin (first appearance; villain) |
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| Comic Story | Episode 31 (2 pages) |
| Notes | Last appearance in Feature Comics, and in comic books in general. |
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| Content | Genre: Sports |
| Notes | Last appearance in Feature Comics. Ned Bryant will move to Crack Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 Series) starting with issue #1. |
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| Comic Story | The Dr. Croft Ruby Mystery: Part 2 (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Detective-mystery | Characters: Charlie Chan |
| Notes | Last appearance in Feature Comics and in a Quality publication. Charlie Chan comic strip reprints appear next in a comic book in Big Shot Comics (Columbia, 1940 Series) #1 (May 1940). |
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| Text Story | Magic on the Rink (2 pages) |
| Credits | Script: Robert E. Jones (signed) | Letters: typeset |
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| Comic Story | Open Season on Car Salesmen (2 pages) |
| Notes | Last appearance in Feature Comics and in a Quality publication. The Bungle Family reprints appear next in a comic book in Big Shot Comics (Columbia, 1940 Series) #1 (May 1940). |
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| Comic Story | The Escaped Convicts (4 pages) |
| Content | Genre: Western-frontier |
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| Comic Story | About Mike McTigue's Grand Display of Gameness (1 page) |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction; Sports |
| Notes | Last appearance in Feature Comics. They're Still Talking will move (along with Ned Brant) to Crack Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 Series) starting with issue #1. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Last appearance in Feature Comics. Rube Goldberg's Side Show will move to Crack Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 Series) starting with issue #1. |
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| Notes | The top tier of each page features "Good Deed" Dotty.
Last appearance in Feature Funnies and in a Quality publication. Dixie Dugan reprints appear next in a comic book in Big Shot Comics (Columbia, 1940 Series) #1 (May 1940). |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | Last appearance in Feature Comics. Off the Record will move to Crack Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 Series) starting with issue #1. |
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| Content | Genre: Humor |
| Notes | The top tier of each page is Nippie -- He's Often Wrong, also by Lank Leonard. |
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