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37October 1940
$0.10

Feature Comics #37

Quality Comics · October 1940 · on sale 1940-08-23

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Series
Feature Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series)
Issue
#37
Publication date
October 1940
Key date
1940-10-00
On-sale date
1940-08-23
Indicia publisher
Comic Favorites Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1Lala Palooza; Vincent; The Doll Man [Darrel Dane] (inset); Rance Keane (inset); Samar (inset); Spin Shaw (inset)
1The Laughing Puppeteercomic story9pencils: Lou Fine; inks: Lou FineDoll Man [Darrel Dane]; Martha Roberts; Professor Roberts; Bombasto (villain, introduction); Giuseppe (villain, introduction, death)
2The Electric Cage Trapcomic story4script: Bill Smith; pencils: Bill Smith; inks: Bill SmithRance Keane; Lola Pritchard; Prof. English; A racketeer (first appearance; villain)
3The Black Wolfcomic story2script: Gill Fox; pencils: Gill Fox; inks: Gill FoxPoison Ivy; The Black Wolf (first appearance; villain); Mr. Gunn (first appearance; villain)
4Call of the Northcomic story5script: Art Pinajian; pencils: Art Pinajian; inks: Art PinajianDuke Jackson (first appearance; villain)
5Mutiny on the Ghost Galleoncomic story5script: Toni Blum; pencils: Charles Sultan; inks: Charles SultanZero; Shiela (introduction); Don (introduction); The ghost crew of the Flying Skull (villains, introduction for all)
6The Kidnapped Heiresscomic story6script: Bob Powell; pencils: Bob Powell; inks: Bob PowellSpin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; Mr. Tolliver (first appearance); Betty Tolliver (first appearance); Count Vaslav (first appearance; villain; death)
7-comic story2pencils: John Devlin; inks: John DevlinLala Palooza
8The Horse Race To Save Boyvillecomic story4script: Paul Gustavson; pencils: Paul Gustavson; inks: Paul Gustavson; letters: Paul GustavsonRusty Ryan
9-cartoon0.5script: Ed Reed; pencils: Ed Reed; inks: Ed Reed; letters: Ed Reed
10Tap Trapcomic story5script: Harry Campbell; pencils: Harry Campbell; inks: Harry CampbellCaptain Bruce Blackburn; Louise Lovely (villain, introduction); Anton (villain, introduction); Otto (villain, introductiuon)
11Aboard the Ghost Shipcomic story4pencils: Stan Asch; inks: Stan AschThe Voice [Mr. Elixir]; Gerald Carder (villain, villain, death)
12Antidotetext story2script: Robert M. Hyatt; letters: typesetPerry Scott
13-comic story2pencils: John Devlin; inks: John Devlin
14Dmitri the Pearl Thiefcomic story4script: Vern Henkel; pencils: Vern Henkel; inks: Vern HenkelDusty Dane; Dimitri (first appearance; villain)
15-comic story4script: Lank Leonard; pencils: Lank Leonard; inks: Lank Leonard
16The Amazons of Nesbocomic story5pencils: John Cassone; inks: John CassoneSamar; Queen Sopho (first appearance); Ishta (first appearance); Leba (first appearance); other Amazons of Nesbo (first appearance); Gaol (first appearance); other men of Nesbo (first appearance); Nubians (first appearance; villains)

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