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| Doll Man versus:
Perkins' Pelican!
The Band of Crime!
The Mother Goose Gang!
And the law itself! |
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| Additional Information |
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| Publication | Autumn 1943 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: Quarterly |
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| Cover | Perkins' Pelican |
| Featuring | Doll Man |
| Credits | Pencils: Al Bryant | Inks: Al Bryant |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane] |
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| Comic Story | Perkins' Pelican (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | A pelican is trained as a pick pocket. |
| Featuring | Doll Man |
| Credits | Pencils: Mort Leav |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Perkins (first appearance; villain) |
| Notes | Originally credited to Al Bryant, but this is Leav with his large hands and many panels without backgrounds. He is credited on pencils on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
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| Synopsis | Mr. Palooza is writing a crime novel. |
| Featuring | Lala Palooza |
| Credits | Script: Bernard Dibble | Pencils: Bernard Dibble | Inks: Bernard Dibble |
| Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Lala Palooza; Mr. Palooza |
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| Comic Story | The Criminal Band (15 pages) |
| Synopsis | This was a different sort of criminal band. They played musical instruments with one hand and a six-gun with the other. |
| Featuring | Doll Man |
| Credits | Pencils: Fran Matera? | Inks: Fran Matera? |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Dirk Dalo and hig gang (first appearance; villains) |
| Notes | Originally credited to Al Bryant, but this is very similar to the credited Matera art in the previous issue. |
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| Synopsis | Facts of American history; short biography of Thomas Jefferson |
| Featuring | America--It's Worth Defending |
| Credits | Script: Feg Murray | Pencils: Feg Murray | Inks: Feg Murray |
| Content | Genre: Non-fiction | Characters: Sullivan brothers (five sailors); Thomas Jefferson |
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| Comic Story | A Blueprint for Banditry (10 pages) |
| Synopsis | Well-loved characters of childhood come alive in modern guise to commit their deeds of felony. |
| Featuring | Doll Man |
| Credits | Pencils: Mort Leav |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; The Mother Goose Gang [Humpty Dumpty (first appearance; death); Simple Simon (first appearance); Jack (first appearance); Jill (first appearance)] (villains) |
| Notes | Originally credited to Al Bryant, but this is Leav with his large hands and many panels without backgrounds. Also the faces and eyes give him away. |
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| Comic Story | The Magician's Laboratory (6 pages) |
| Synopsis | A magician drops down from the sky and Larry and Tessie get a magic wish bone for saving him. |
| Featuring | Kid From Hester Street |
| Credits | Script: Louis Ferstadt? | Pencils: Louis Ferstadt (signed) | Inks: Louis Ferstadt (signed) |
| Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Larry (first appearance); Tessie (first appearance) |
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| Text Story | The Green Death (2 pages) |
| Synopsis | A green plant grows and grips everything in it's way. |
| Featuring | Doll Man |
| Credits | Letters: typeset |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Villains: Mikitojo; Dr. Klutch |
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| Comic Story | The State versus the Doll Man! (9 pages) |
| Synopsis | Darrel Dane is charged with murder. |
| Featuring | Doll Man |
| Credits | Pencils: Mort Leav |
| Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Henry Rainier (first appearance; villain; death); Gunner (first appearance; villain) Brenner and his gang (first appearance; villains) |
| Notes | Originally credited to Al Bryant, but this is Leav with his large hands and many panels without backgrounds. He is credited on pencils on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who. |
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