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| Date | | Number: 31 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Feature Comics 31 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly | Editing: Edward Cronin |
| Notes | On sale date given in the previous issue. On sale date confirmed by the publication date and a volume number was found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 449966. Volume number not listed in the indicia. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| 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) |
| Pencils | Ed Cronin ? |
| Inks | Ed Cronin ? |
| First Line | Ladies! Would you like to put your head on this figure? |
| Story | Off the Record (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Ed Reed (signed) |
| Pencils | Ed Reed (signed) |
| Inks | Ed Reed ? |
| Notes | This is the inside-front cover, and is printed in two-tone reds only. |
| Comic Story | The Death Room / Doll Man (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. |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Tim Smith; Grimes (villain, jewel thief, introduction) |
| Script | Will Eisner (signed) |
| Pencils | Lou Fine |
| Inks | Lou Fine |
| Notes | In the story, Doll Man is shown wearing a sleeveless shirt, but colored as if bare chested. |
| Story | Rube Goldberg's Side Show (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Rube Goldberg |
| Pencils | Rube Goldberg |
| Inks | Rube Goldberg |
| Story | Jane Arden (4 pages) |
| Genre | Drama |
| Script | Monte Barrett (signed) |
| Pencils | Russell Ross (signed) |
| Inks | Russell Ross (signed) |
| Notes | Last appearance in Feature Comics. Jane Arden will move to Crack Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 Series) starting with issue #1. |
| Comic Story | The Wicked Duke / Captain Fortune (4 pages) |
| Genre | Historical |
| Characters | Captain Fortune [Tyrone Fortune]; Duke Edward of Kent (first appearance; villain) |
| Script | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| Pencils | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| Inks | Vern Henkel (signed) |
| Story | Big Top (2 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Pencils | John Devlin |
| Inks | John Devlin |
| Story | Joe Palooka (4 pages) |
| Script | Ham Fisher (signed) |
| Pencils | Ham Fisher (signed) |
| Inks | Ham Fisher (signed) |
| 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). |
| Comic Story | Cal Hennings's Rustlers / Rance Keane (4 pages) |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Rance Keane |
| Script | Bill Smith (signed) |
| Pencils | Bill Smith (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Smith (signed) |
| Story | Toddy (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | George Marcoux (signed) |
| Pencils | George Marcoux (signed) |
| Inks | George Marcoux (signed) |
| Notes | Last appearance in Feature Comics, and in comic books in general. The feature is on two half-pages, with Mortimer Mum. |
| Story | Mortimer Mum (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Bill Sakren (signed) |
| Pencils | Bill Sakren (signed) |
| Inks | Bill Sakren (signed) |
| Notes | Last appearance in Feature Comics, and in comic books in general. The feature is on two half-pages, with Toddy. |
| Story | Off the Record (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Ed Reed (signed) |
| Pencils | Ed Reed (signed) |
| Inks | Ed Reed ? |
| Comic Story | The Poison Gas Formula / The Clock (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. |
| 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) |
| Script | George Brenner ? |
| Pencils | George Brenner (signed) |
| Inks | George Brenner (signed) |
| Notes | Last appearance in Feature Comics. The Clock will move to Crack Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 Series) starting with issue #1. |
| Story | Lala Palooza (2 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Lala Palooza |
| Pencils | John Devlin |
| Inks | John Devlin |
| Comic Story | Jasper Orin, Gun Runner / Spin Shaw (4 pages) |
| Genre | Aviation |
| Characters | Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Jasper Orin (first appearance; villain) |
| Script | Bob Powell |
| Pencils | Bob Powell |
| Inks | Bob Powell |
| Comic Story | Episode 31 / Slim and Tubby (2 pages) |
| Script | John Welch (signed) |
| Pencils | John Welch (signed) |
| Inks | John Welch (signed) |
| Notes | Last appearance in Feature Comics, and in comic books in general. |
| Story | Ned Brant (4 pages) |
| Genre | Sports |
| Script | Bob Zuppke (signed) |
| Pencils | Walt Depew (signed) |
| Inks | Walt Depew (signed) |
| Notes | Last appearance in Feature Comics. Ned Bryant will move to Crack Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 Series) starting with issue #1. |
| Comic Story | The Dr. Croft Ruby Mystery: Part 2 / Charlie Chan (4 pages) |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Charlie Chan |
| Script | Alfred Andriola (signed) |
| Pencils | Alfred Andriola (signed) |
| Inks | Alfred Andriola (signed) |
| 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). |
| Text Story | Magic on the Rink (2 pages) |
| Script | Robert E. Jones (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Comic Story | Open Season on Car Salesmen / The Bungle Family (2 pages) |
| Script | H. J. Tuthill (signed) |
| Pencils | H. J. Tuthill (signed) |
| Inks | H. J. Tuthill (signed) |
| 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). |
| Comic Story | The Escaped Convicts / Reynolds of the Mounted (4 pages) |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Script | Art Pinajian (signed) |
| Pencils | Art Pinajian (signed) |
| Inks | Art Pinajian (signed) |
| Comic Story | About Mike McTigue's Grand Display of Gameness / They're Still Talking (1 page) |
| 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. |
| Story | Rube Goldberg's Side Show (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Rube Goldberg |
| Pencils | Rube Goldberg |
| First Line | Brain Derby full dress test... |
| Notes | Last appearance in Feature Comics. Rube Goldberg's Side Show will move to Crack Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 Series) starting with issue #1. |
| Story | Dixie Dugan (2 pages) |
| Script | J. P. McEvoy (signed) |
| Pencils | John Striebel (signed) |
| Inks | John Striebel (signed) |
| 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). |
| Story | Off the Record (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Ed Reed (signed) |
| Pencils | Ed Reed (signed) |
| Inks | Ed Reed ? |
| Notes | Last appearance in Feature Comics. Off the Record will move to Crack Comics (Quality Comics, 1940 Series) starting with issue #1. |
| Story | Mickey Finn (4 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Lank Leonard (signed) |
| Pencils | Lank Leonard (signed) |
| Inks | Lank Leonard (signed) |
| Notes | The top tier of each page is Nippie -- He's Often Wrong, also by Lank Leonard. |
| The data in the additional content section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution License. More details about this comic may be available in their page here | |
