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| Date | | Number: 55 | Lang: English (en) | |||
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| Name | Feature Comics 55 | Published |
| Publication | Price: 0.10 USD | Pages: 68 | Frequency: monthly | Editing: Gilbert Fox |
| Notes | The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1943, New Series, Vol. 38, No. 2. |
| Cover | 1 page |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Lala Palooza; Vincent; The Doll Man [Darrel Dane] (inset); Spin Shaw (inset); Samar (inset); Mickey Finn (inset); The Doll Man (inset); Zero (inset); Poison Ivy (inset); Reynolds of the Mounted (inset); Big Top (inset); Swing Sisson (inset); Rusty Ryan (inset); Fargo Kid (inset) |
| Pencils | Gill Fox ? |
| Inks | Gill Fox ? |
| First Line | But, Lala.. All I said was, "Who wears the pants in this family?" |
| Comic Story | No Title (11 pages) |
| Synopsis | Darrel and Martha are walking along the street when air raid sirens go off, and they take shelter in a subway tunnel. Two painters are also in there and Darrel notices something strange about them, so he turns into Doll Man and tracks them. Doll Man is puzzled that the Nazis are so accurate in their bomb runs until he sees the painters painting the tops of building (later bombed) with luminous paint. |
| Feature | The Doll Man |
| Script | ? [as William Erwin Maxwell] (credited) |
| Genre | Superhero |
| Characters | The Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Martha Roberts; Dr. Roberts; two unnamed Nazi painters (villains); the Nazis (villains, some die); Japanese servant of Dr. Roberts (villain) |
| Pencils | Reed Crandall |
| Inks | Reed Crandall |
| First Line | While walking along the street... |
| Notes | The name William Erwin Maxwell was found on most of the early Doll Man strips, but had no relation to artist Crandall. |
| Story | Big Top (2 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Pencils | John Devlin |
| Inks | John Devlin |
| First Line | So that's why I'm not a success? |
| Notes | Writer credit revised from Joe Devlin to ? by Craig Delich 2013-4-6. Devlin did not write this strip according to the Who's Who. Artist correction from Joe (who did not exist) to John Devlin also made by Craig Delich. |
| Story | Samar (5 pages) |
| Genre | Jungle |
| Characters | Samar |
| Pencils | Mort Leav |
| Inks | Mort Leav |
| First Line | Fearless defender of jungle justice... |
| Story | Zero, Ghost Detective (5 pages) |
| Synopsis | Zero is asked search the remains of a wealthy farmer in order to obtain a locket that contains the location of the farmer's hidden fortune, but stepson John wants to beat Zero to the punch. John is killed and Zero discovers that Hiram's body is missing from the vault. |
| Genre | Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Zero; Dr. Winters; Hiram (farmer, death); Gloria (Hiram's daughter); John (villain, Hiram's stepson, death); Hiram's un-named housekeeper (villain) |
| Pencils | Witmer Williams |
| Inks | Witmer Williams |
| First Line | Spirits and evil spectres hold no fear... |
| Notes | Artist revision from Al Bryant to Williams per Craig Delich 2013-12-3. Toni Blum is the only person identified by the Who's Who as the writer for this feature from 1940-43. |
| Story | Mickey Finn (4 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Lank Leonard |
| Pencils | Lank Leonard |
| Inks | Lank Leonard |
| First Line | Did you really send Uncle Owney... |
| Notes | strip reprints |
| Story | Fargo Kid (4 pages) |
| Characters | The Fargo Kid [Tim Turner] |
| Pencils | Alex Koda |
| Inks | Alex Koda |
| First Line | Fargo Kid rides through dense timber lands... |
| Story | Lala Palooza (2 pages) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Lala Palooza; Vincent |
| Pencils | Bernard Dibble |
| Inks | Bernard Dibble |
| First Line | Vincent's diary! |
| Notes | Writer credit revised from Bernard Dibble to ? by Craig Delich 2013-4-6. Dibble did not write this strip according to the Who's Who. |
| Story | Swing Sisson (6 pages) |
| Genre | Humor; Detective-mystery |
| Characters | Swing Sisson |
| Script | Phil Martin |
| Pencils | Phil Martin |
| Inks | Phil Martin |
| First Line | Band leader Swing Sisson takes his orchestra on a South American goodwill tour... |
| Story | Poison Ivy (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Characters | Poison Ivy |
| Script | Gill Fox |
| Pencils | Gill Fox |
| Inks | Gill Fox |
| First Line | Poison, the army has obtained this Egyptian scroll... |
| Story | Reynolds of the Mounted (5 pages) |
| Genre | Western-frontier |
| Characters | Sgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMP |
| Pencils | Art Pinajian |
| Inks | Art Pinajian |
| First Line | For centuries the Cree Indian tribe worshipped... |
| Story | Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers (6 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Children; Spy |
| Characters | Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Smiley Scott; Ed; Whitey; Scotty] |
| Script | Paul Gustavson |
| Pencils | Paul Gustavson |
| Inks | Paul Gustavson |
| Letters | Paul Gustavson |
| First Line | With America at war with Japan... |
| Notes | All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson. |
| Text Story | The Flying Sampan (2 pages) |
| Feature | Perry Scott |
| Letters | typeset |
| Story | Homer Doodle and Son (1 page) |
| Genre | Humor |
| Script | Arthur Beeman |
| Pencils | Arthur Beeman |
| Inks | Arthur Beeman |
| First Line | What's doing? |
| Comic Story | It Happened on Rails / Captain Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy (5 pages) |
| Genre | Adventure; Spy |
| Characters | Captain Bruce Blackburn; Sonya (villain) |
| Script | Harry Campbell |
| Pencils | Harry Campbell |
| Inks | Harry Campbell |
| Story | Spin Shaw (5 pages) |
| Genre | Aviation |
| Characters | Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw] |
| Pencils | Witmer Williams |
| Inks | Witmer Williams |
| First Line | Through the perilous waters of the Pacific... |
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