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30March 1940
$0.10

Feature Comics #30

Quality Comics · March 1940 · on sale 1940-01-31

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Series
Feature Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series)
Issue
#30
Publication date
March 1940
Key date
1940-03-00
On-sale date
1940-01-31
Indicia publisher
Comic Favorites Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Lou FineDoll Man [Darrel Dane]
1-cartoon0.67script: Ed Reed; pencils: Ed Reed; inks: Ed Reed; letters: Ed Reed
2The FBI Agent Killingcomic story5script: George Brenner; pencils: George Brenner; inks: George BrennerThe Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Carl Adolf Voss (first appearance; villain)
3-comic story4script: Monte Barrett; pencils: Russell Ross; inks: Russell RossJane Arden; Lena Pry
4The Phoney Gold Shipmentcomic story4script: Art Pinajian; pencils: Art Pinajian; inks: Art PinajianLane (first appearance; villain); Jeff Dixon (first appearance; villain)
5A Lively Daycomic story2script: H. J. Tuthill; pencils: H. J. Tuthill; inks: H. J. Tuthill
6-comic story1script: Rube Goldberg; pencils: Rube Goldberg; inks: Rube Goldberg
7-cartoon0.67script: Ed Reed; pencils: Ed Reed; inks: Ed Reed; letters: Ed Reed
8Collision at Seacomic story4script: Bob Powell; pencils: Bob Powell; inks: Bob PowellSpin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Captain "Poison" Atkins (first appearance); Ann Atkins (first appearance)
9-comic story4script: Bob Zuppke; pencils: Walt Depew; inks: Walt Depew
10The Fate of the Dragoncomic story4script: Vern Henkel; pencils: Vern Henkel; inks: Vern HenkelCaptain Fortune [Tyrone Fortune]
11-comic story2pencils: John Devlin; inks: John DevlinLala Palooza
12The Bomber Engine Robberiescomic story4script: Will Eisner; pencils: Will Eisner, Lou Fine; inks: Lou FineDoll Man [Darrel Dane]; The Nazis (villains)
13-comic story2pencils: John Devlin; inks: John Devlin
14The Bridge Blasterscomic story4script: Bill Smith; pencils: Bill Smith; inks: Bill SmithRance Keane; Seth Cheatham (first appearance; villain)
15-comic story4script: Ham Fisher; pencils: Ham Fisher; inks: Ham FisherJoe Palooka; Max; Knobby
16-comic story2script: J. P. McEvoy; pencils: John Striebel; inks: John Striebel
17Smoke Screentext story2script: A. L. AllenWalter
18-cartoon1script: Ed Reed; pencils: Ed Reed; inks: Ed Reed; letters: Ed Reed
19The World's First Vault over Fourteen Feetcomic story1letters: typesetSabin Carr
20The Dr. Croft Ruby Mystery: Part 1comic story4script: Alfred Andriola; pencils: Alfred Andriola; inks: Alfred AndriolaCharlie Chan
21-comic story1script: George Marcoux; pencils: George Marcoux; inks: George Marcoux
22-comic story1script: Bill Sakren; pencils: Bill Sakren; inks: Bill Sakren
23Episode 31comic story2script: John Welch; pencils: Jack W. McGuire; inks: Jack W. McGuire
24-comic story1script: Rube Goldberg; pencils: Rube Goldberg; inks: Rube Goldberg
25-comic story4script: Lank Leonard; pencils: Lank Leonard; inks: Lank Leonard

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