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Publishers / Quality Comics / Doll Man Quarterly (1941) / #6
6Summer 1943
$0.10

Doll Man Quarterly #6

Quality Comics · Summer 1943 · on sale May 26, 1943

First appearance (advertisement): Captain TootsieFirst appearance (advertisement): Rollo
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Identification plate

Series
Doll Man Quarterly (Quality Comics, 1941 series)
Issue
#6
Publication date
Summer 1943
Key date
July 1943
On-sale date
May 26, 1943
Indicia publisher
Comic Favorites Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (advertisement) of Captain Tootsie - the earliest appearance on record is an advertisement, not a story.

First appearance (advertisement) of Rollo - the earliest appearance on record is an advertisement, not a story.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Al Bryant; inks: Al BryantDoll Man [Darrel Dane]
1Luckiest Man In the Worldcomic story15pencils: Fran Matera; inks: Fran MateraDoll Man [Darrel Dane]; Martha Roberts; Professor Roberts; Lucky Lawson (villain, introduction); Dip Fennis (villain, introduction)
2Lala Paloozacomic story1script: Bernard Dibble; pencils: Bernard Dibble; inks: Bernard Dibble
3The Little Green Mencomic story15pencils: Fran Matera; inks: Rudy PalaisDoll Man [Darrel Dane]; Martha Roberts; Professor Roberts; un-named mad scientist and his little green men (villains, introduction for all, all die)
4The Flying Tigerscomic story2script: Feg Murray; pencils: Feg Murray; inks: Feg Murray
5The Tiny Terrorscomic story13pencils: Fran Matera; inks: Rudy PalaisDoll Man [Darrel Dane]; Martha Roberts; Professor Roberts; Dr. Dlee (villain, introduction, death); a giant beetle (villain, introduction, death)
6The Playboy Inventorcomic story5script: Fred Guardineer; pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred Guardineer; letters: Fred GuardineerThe Dragon [Sergeant Red McGraw]; H. Mortimer Van Dine (introduction); the Japanese (villains)
7Projectile of Deathtext story2letters: typesetDoll Man [Darrel Dane]
8Wobble-Footcomic story11pencils: Fran Matera; inks: Fran MateraDoll Man [Darrel Dane]; Martha Roberts; Professor Roberts; Carl Colburn (introduction); Wobble-Foot (villain, introduction, death)

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Doll Man Giant #0
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Series context

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Sources

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