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55April 1942
$0.10

Feature Comics #55

Quality Comics · April 1942 · on sale 1942-02-25

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Series
Feature Comics (Quality Comics, 1939 series)
Issue
#55
Publication date
April 1942
Key date
1942-04-00
On-sale date
1942-02-25
Indicia publisher
Comic Favorites Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Gill Fox; inks: Gill FoxLala 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)
1The Doll Mancomic story11pencils: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed CrandallThe Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Martha Roberts; Dr. Roberts; two unnamed Nazi painters (villains); the Nazis (villains, some die); Japanese servant of Dr. Roberts (villain)
2-comic story2pencils: John Devlin; inks: John Devlin
3-comic story5pencils: Mort Leav; inks: Mort LeavSamar
4-comic story5pencils: Witmer Williams; inks: Witmer WilliamsZero; Dr. Winters; Hiram (farmer, death); Gloria (Hiram's daughter); John (villain, Hiram's stepson, death); Hiram's un-named housekeeper (villain)
5-comic story4script: Lank Leonard; pencils: Lank Leonard; inks: Lank Leonard
6-comic story4pencils: Alex Koda; inks: Alex KodaThe Fargo Kid [Tim Turner]
7-comic story2pencils: Bernard Dibble; inks: Bernard DibbleLala Palooza; Vincent
8-comic story6script: Phil Martin; pencils: Phil Martin; inks: Phil MartinSwing Sisson
9-comic story1script: Gill Fox; pencils: Gill Fox; inks: Gill FoxPoison Ivy
10-comic story5pencils: Art Pinajian; inks: Art PinajianSgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMP
11-comic story6script: Paul Gustavson; pencils: Paul Gustavson; inks: Paul Gustavson; letters: Paul GustavsonRusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Smiley Scott; Ed; Whitey; Scotty]
12The Flying Sampantext story2letters: typeset
13-comic story1script: Arthur Beeman; pencils: Arthur Beeman; inks: Arthur Beeman
14It Happened on Railscomic story5script: Harry Campbell; pencils: Harry Campbell; inks: Harry CampbellCaptain Bruce Blackburn; Sonya (villain)
15-comic story5pencils: Witmer Williams; inks: Witmer WilliamsSpin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]

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