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21June 1939
$0.10

Feature Comics #21

Quality Comics · June 1939

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Series
Feature Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series)
Issue
#21
Publication date
June 1939
Key date
1939-06-10
Indicia publisher
Comic Favorites Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Ed Cronin; inks: Ed CroninJoe Palooka; Knobby
1-comic story4script: Lank Leonard; pencils: Lank Leonard, Morris Weiss; inks: Lank Leonard, Morris Weiss
2-cartoon0.5script: Ed Reed; pencils: Ed Reed; inks: Ed Reed
3Pursued By Baron Basilcomic story4script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner; inks: Will EisnerBaron Basil and his spy ring (first appearance; villains)
4-comic story4script: Monte Barrett; pencils: Russell Ross; inks: Russell Ross
5The Princess of Navariacomic story4script: Vern Henkel; pencils: Vern Henkel; inks: Vern HenkelLady Alice; Chopak (first appearance; villain)
6Episode 21comic story2script: Ed Wheelan; pencils: Ed Wheelan; inks: Ed Wheelan
7The Death of Colonel Warrencomic story4pencils: Bill Smith; inks: Bill SmithCol. John Warren (first appearance; death); Captain Cook
8-comic story2script: Bud Thomas; pencils: Bud Thomas; inks: Bud ThomasQueen Bea Hyve (first appearance)
9-comic story1script: Bob Zuppke; pencils: Walt Depew; inks: Walt Depew
10Crime at the International Faircomic story5script: George Brenner; pencils: George Brenner; inks: George BrennerThe Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Chick (villain, introduction); the Boss (villain, introduction)
11-comic story3script: Rube Goldberg; pencils: Rube Goldberg; inks: Rube Goldberg
12High Wordscomic story3script: H. J. Tuthill; pencils: H. J. Tuthill; inks: H. J. Tuthill
13-comic story4script: Frank Frollo; pencils: Frank Frollo; inks: Frank FrolloRichard Manners (last appearance); Ned Parsons (first appearance; villain)
14Episode 21comic story2script: John Welch; pencils: John Welch; inks: John WelchSlim; Tubby; Bullets Benton
15-comic story4script: Bob Zuppke; pencils: Walt Depew; inks: Walt Depew
16The Mystery of Echo Island: Ch. 2--The House With the Single Doortext story2script: John A. Thorne
17-comic story1script: George Marcoux; pencils: George Marcoux; inks: George Marcoux
18Murder among the Creecomic story4script: Art Pinajian; pencils: Art Pinajian; inks: Art PinajianAmo (first appearance); Chief Big Horn (first appearance; villain)
19Meaning of the Fourth of Julytext article0.5letters: typeset
20-comic story3script: J. P. McEvoy; pencils: John Striebel; inks: John StriebelDixie Dugan
21-cartoon0.5script: Ed Reed; pencils: Ed Reed; inks: Ed Reed
22-comic story4script: Ham Fisher; pencils: Mo Leff; inks: Mo Leff

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

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