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Publication | September 1944 | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 1 | Frequency: monthly, except December and June |
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Cover | Wanted for Murder! |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Lala Palooza (inset); Rusty Ryan (inset); Blimpy [Rufus Rastas Sassafrass O'Brain] (inset); Swing Sisson (inset) |
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Comic Story | Doll Man Indicted for Murder!! (13 pages) |
Synopsis | A dozen reputable witnesses saw Doll Man slaughter without mercy, or can there be two Doll Men? |
Content | Genre: Superhero | Characters: Martha Roberts; Martin Ullick (factory owner); Anderson (foreman); Ike; Jacko; Lefty |
Notes | Art is by Mort Leav, with his large hands, lively figures and a special crouching way of running, with thighs lifted high. |
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Synopsis | Bangs has bought the biggest bear in the world. |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Butch; Jeff Bangs; Bumbo |
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Synopsis | At the beach, Butch meets a beautiful woman and claims to be the owner of the circus. |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Butch; Jeff Bangs |
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Content | Genre: Humor; Teen | Characters: Nippie; Seymour; "Toothpick" Skelly |
Notes | Topper strip from "Mickey Finn" Sunday pages, including December 13, 1942 (1st page) and November 29, 1942 (3rd page). Top 1/6 of each page.
Last appearance in Feature Comics. From this point forward, the Mickey Finn reprints in Feature Comics will be edited to remove the Nippie -- He's Often Wrong toppers. |
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Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Mickey Finn; Tom; Uncle Phil; McNulty; Annie; Reginald Reetaik; Dr. Brown; Bill Baker; Houlihan |
Notes | Sunday page reprints, including December 13, 1942 (1st page) and November 29, 1942 (3rd page). Top 1/6 of each page is "Nippie -- He's Often Wrong" strip. |
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Synopsis | Grandpa shows Poison Ivy his latest inventions. |
Content | Genre: Humor; Children | Characters: Poison Ivy; Grandpa |
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Synopsis | Perky is captured by a giant who wants to eat him. |
Content | Genre: Fantasy | Characters: Perky; Shorty |
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Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Lala Palooza; Vincent; Mr. Smith; Hank; Elmer; Mary |
Notes | Three one-page stories. |
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Synopsis | An agent who was to meet Spin Shaw is killed. |
Content | Genre: Aviation | Characters: Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Charlie; Madame Arboc; Agent X911; Ito; Suki; Siva |
Notes | Some heads in 3/4 backview with streched neck and the jawbone going back behind the ear point to Tirman, as on page 4 and 5, but the short figures and some heads in sideview could be Quackenbush. Also the fist fight on page 4 points to him. He is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who for 1944-46. |
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Synopsis | Blimpy is in love and wants to lose weight. |
Content | Genre: Humor | Characters: Blimpy [Rufus Rastas Sassafrass O'Brain]; Tabby; Carnation; Tyrone Power (in thought bubble); Max; Kisco; Professor Schmelz; Tony DiPreta; Doll Man [Darrel Dane] |
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Text Story | Macumba (2 pages) |
Synopsis | In Brazil, Perry Scott is invited to an illegal Macumba dance. |
Featuring | Perry Scott |
Credits | Letters: typeset |
Content | Characters: Perry Scott |
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Synopsis | A couple of modern pirates crash Swing's pirate-party at the Clover Club. |
Content | Genre: Humor; Detective-mystery | Characters: Swing Sisson; Bonnie Baxter; Toby; Mr. Barnes; Mr. Clay; Clancy |
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Synopsis | A castaway from a shipwreck rules the small island like a tyrant. |
Content | Genre: Adventure; Children; Spy | Characters: Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Pierpont Lee; Alababa]; Devil King (villain) |
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