Digital Comic Museum - Feature Comics 038 (paper)


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Issue: #38
Published: November 1940, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 68, Editing: Ed Cronin
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age US Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was On-going Series
Notes: The on-sale date is from the publication date recorded in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1940, New Series, Vol. 35, No. 4.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)
Featuring:	The Doll Man
Credits:	Pencils: Ed Cronin ? \| Inks: Ed Cronin ?
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Doll Man [Darrel Dane] Spin Shaw (inset) Lala Palooza (inset) Rance Keane (inset) Samar (inset)

Comic Story (9 pages)	The Deadly Toymaker
Featuring:	Doll Man
Synopsis:	Darrel Dane becomes a government detective.
Credits:	Pencils: John Celardo \| Inks: John Celardo
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Doll Man [Darrel Dane] Kurt Killdor (first Appearance Villain Death) Gimpy (first Appearance Villain) Other Crooks (first Appearance Villains)

Comic Story (4 pages)	Mystery at the World's Fair
Featuring:	Rance Keane
Credits:	Script: William A. Smith \| Pencils: William A. Smith [as Will Arthur] \| Inks: William A. Smith
Genre:	Western-frontier
Characters:	Rance Keane Harvey Topping (first Appearance) Frank Topping (first Appearance Villain)

Comic Story (2 pages)
Featuring:	Mickey Finn
Credits:	Script: Lank Leonard \| Pencils: Lank Leonard \| Inks: Lank Leonard
Genre:	Humor

Comic Story (5 pages)	The Band of Treason
Featuring:	Captain Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy
Credits:	Script: Harry Campbell \| Pencils: Harry Campbell \| Inks: Harry Campbell
Genre:	Adventure Spy
Characters:	Captain Bruce Blackburn Henry (villain, Introduction) Un-named "Band" Members (villains, Introduction For All)

Comic Story (5 pages)	Queen of the Bat-Men
Featuring:	Samar
Credits:	Pencils: Maurice Gutwirth \| Inks: Maurice Gutwirth
Genre:	Jungle
Characters:	Samar The Bat-Men (first Appearance Villains All Die) Queen Nevar (first Appearance Villain Death)

Comic Story (6 pages)	Action in Guatemala
Featuring:	Spin Shaw
Credits:	Pencils: Witmer Williams [as Rex Smith] \| Inks: Witmer Williams [as Rex Smith]
Genre:	Aviation
Characters:	Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]

Comic Story (2 pages)
Featuring:	Lala Palooza
Credits:	Pencils: John Devlin \| Inks: John Devlin
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Lala Palooza

Comic Story (5 pages)	Mission to the Spirit World
Featuring:	Zero, Ghost Detective
Synopsis:	Zero's fellow mystic, Madam Aura, sends him into the spirit world after a young woman, where he uses his "ring of the moon" to affect the spirits under moonlight.
Credits:	Script: Toni Blum \| Pencils: Charles Sultan ? \| Inks: Charles Sultan ?
Genre:	Detective-mystery
Characters:	Zero Mr. Tobias Finch (introduction) Mrs. Tobias Finch (introduction) Sylvia Finch (introduction) Madam Aura (a Medium, Introduction)

Comic Story (2 pages)
Featuring:	Big Top
Credits:	Pencils: John Devlin \| Inks: John Devlin
Genre:	Humor

Comic Story (5 pages)	Origin of the Ace of Space
Featuring:	Ace of Space
Synopsis:	Ace encounters a red and yellow alien spaceship while piloting his private plane, and is able to communicate with the being inside, who warns of an impending invasion by the Slogans. Before the creature dies, he bequeaths a power belt to Ace, which gives him great powers and which he uses to defeat the alien invasion force.
Credits:	Script: H. Weston Taylor (signed) \| Pencils: Harry Campbell (signed) \| Inks: Harry Campbell (signed)
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	The Ace Of Space [Ace Egan] (introduction, Origin) Jennings (Egan's Butler, Introduction) An Alien (introduction, Death) The Slogons (villains, Introduction, All Die)

Comic Story (2 pages)	The Hunting Trip
Featuring:	Homer Doodle and Son
Credits:	Script: Arthur Beeman \| Pencils: Arthur Beeman \| Inks: Arthur Beeman
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Mr. Homer Doodle (first Appearance) Mrs. Homer Doodle (first Appearance) Bud Doodle (first Appearance)

Text Story (2 pages)	The Curse of Quetzal
Featuring:	Perry Scott
Credits:	Script: Robert M. Hyatt? \| Pencils: ? (illustrations) \| Inks: ? (illustrations) \| Letters: typeset
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Perry Scott

Comic Story (4 pages)	Trouble on the Rubber Plantation
Featuring:	Dusty Dane
Credits:	Script: Vernon Henkel \| Pencils: Vernon Henkel \| Inks: Vernon Henkel
Genre:	Adventure
Characters:	Dusty Dane Wolf Hennick (first Appearance Villain Death) The Mouse (first Appearance Patricia Morley (first Appearance)

Comic Story (4 pages)	The Game with Stamford
Featuring:	Rusty Ryan
Credits:	Script: Paul Gustavson \| Pencils: Paul Gustavson \| Inks: Paul Gustavson \| Letters: Paul Gustavson
Genre:	Adventure Children Spy
Characters:	Rusty Ryan Chuck (introduction)

Comic Story (2 pages)	The Mighty Mite versus Muscletoe
Featuring:	Poison Ivy
Credits:	Script: Gill Fox \| Pencils: Gill Fox \| Inks: Gill Fox
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Poison Ivy Muscletoe (first Appearance Villain) The Great Colosso (first Appearance A Superhero)

Comic Story (5 pages)	The Sinister Lighthouse
Featuring:	Reynolds of the Mounted
Credits:	Script: Art Pinajian \| Pencils: Art Pinajian \| Inks: Art Pinajian
Genre:	Western-frontier
Characters:	Sgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMP Waxey Ginzo (first Appearance Villain Death) Tito (first Appearance

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