Feature Comics #116

Quality Comics

United States

Published
November 1947
Page count
52
Cover price
0.10 USD
Colour
Colour
Size
Golden Age size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Glossy colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
GCD
www.comics.org/issue/6286

Credits

Editing
Gwen Hansen, editor

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover Elbows! (Doll Man) Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Doll Man
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Doll Man [Darrel Dane]

Credits

Art
Al Bryant, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer
Show/hide 1. Elbows (Doll Man) Comic story, 11 pages

Featuring

Feature
Doll Man
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Roy Evans, M. D. (first appearance); Elbows Spadden (first appearance; villain); Doll Man [Darrel Dane]

Credits

Writing
Bill Woolfolk, scripter
Art
Bill Ward , line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Popular Yank Comics (Ayers & James, 1949? series) #63 ([July 1950?])
Elbows!

Notes

Woolfolk's credit from Martin O'Hearn, as per martinohearn.blogspot.com/.../...cords-194703.html

Show/hide 2. Untitled (Lala Palooza) Comic story, 1 page

"The idea of chargin' me income tax..."

Featuring

Feature
Lala Palooza
Genre
Humour
Characters
Vincent Palooza

Credits

Writing
Bernard Dibble, scripter
Art
Bernard Dibble, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Synopsis

Vince pretends to have "the mind of a child" to avoid a penalty for failing to pay his income tax.

Show/hide 3. Untitled (Lala Palooza) Comic story, 1 page

"Vincent, that man was here again trying to collect the two dollars he says you owe him!"

Featuring

Feature
Lala Palooza
Genre
Humour
Characters
Lala Palooza; Vincent Palooza

Credits

Writing
Bernard Dibble, scripter
Art
Bernard Dibble, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Synopsis

Vincent doesn't pay his debts and this comes back to haunt him.

Show/hide 4. The Joint Was Jumping With Weird Wonder (Swing Sisson) Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Feature
Swing Sisson
Genre
Humour; detective-mystery
Characters
Swing Sisson; Slip Mombone (first appearance; villain)

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer
Show/hide 5. California: 999 Miles Thataway (Roscoe [Quality]) Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Feature
Roscoe [Quality]
Genre
Humour
Characters
Roscoe

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer
Show/hide 6. Untitled [The Magic Ring] (Blimpy) Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Feature
Blimpy
Genre
Humour
Characters
Blimpy; Joe and his gang (first appearance; villains)

Credits

Writing
Al Stahl, scripter
Art
Al Stahl, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer
Show/hide 7. Untitled [Alababa Clams Up] (Rusty Ryan) Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Feature
Rusty Ryan
Genre
Adventure; children; spy
Characters
Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Pierpont Lee; Alababa]

Credits

Writing
Paul Gustavson, scripter
Art
Paul Gustavson, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
Paul Gustavson, letterer

Notes

All Gustavson credits verified and courtesy of Terry Gustafson, son of Paul Gustavson.

Show/hide 8. Death On the Rostrum (Doll Man) Text story, 2 pages

Featuring

Feature
Doll Man
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Doll Man [Darrel Dane]

Credits

Writing
, author
Text
, typeset
Show/hide 9. Untitled (Big Top) Comic story, 1 page

"That's the sixth bowl of oatmeal that ape's tossed back today!"

Featuring

Feature
Big Top
Genre
Humour
Characters
Butch; Boss Jeff Bangs

Credits

Writing
Bernard Dibble, scripter
Art
Bernard Dibble, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Synopsis

Butch tries to get an ape to eat by eating bananas in front of him.

Show/hide 10. Untitled (Big Top) Comic story, 1 page

"Boss! You'll thank me to your dying day!"

Featuring

Feature
Big Top
Genre
Humour
Characters
Butch; Boss Jeff Bangs

Credits

Writing
Bernard Dibble, scripter
Art
Bernard Dibble, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Synopsis

Butch gives a nervous lion tamer a "Hindu tonic" that makes him brave: it also makes him demand a raise and gives him the strength to kill the star lion of the circus. Boss Bangs isn't happy.

Show/hide 11. Untitled [In Ugly Land] (Perky) Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Feature
Perky
Genre
Fantasy-Supernatural
Characters
Perky; Queen Glamoura (first appearance)

Credits

Writing
Gill Fox, scripter
Art
Gill Fox, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer

Notes

Many Basil Wolverton "loans" by Gill Fox.

Show/hide 12. Untitled [Rescuing Kathy] (Officer Shenanigan) Comic story, 4 pages

Featuring

Feature
Officer Shenanigan
Genre
Humour
Characters
Officer Shenanigan

Credits

Writing
, scripter
Art
Mike Senich, line art
Colours
, colourist
Text
, letterer