Feature Comics #24

Quality Comics

United States

Published
September 1939
Page count
68
Cover price
0.10 USD
Colour
Colour
Format
Comic series
GCD
www.comics.org/issue/513

Credits

Editing
Ed Cronin

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover Untitled (Joe Palooka) Cover, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Joe Palooka

Credits

Art
Ed Cronin
Show/hide 1. The Mahati Diamond (Charlie Chan) Comic story, 9 pages

Featuring

Feature
Charlie Chan
Genre
Detective-mystery

Credits

Script
Alfred Andriola
Art
Alfred Andriola
Show/hide 2. Untitled (Off Side) Cartoon, 0.75 pages

Featuring

Feature
Off Side

Credits

Script
Jo Metzer
Art
Jo Metzer
Show/hide 3. "Vincent,we've been invited to Mrs. Giltrocks for the weekend!" (Lala Palooza) Comic story, 3 pages

Featuring

Feature
Lala Palooza
Genre
Humor

Credits

Art
John Devlin

Notes

Writer credit revised from Joe Devlin to ? by Craig Delich 2013-4-6. Devlin did not write this strip according to the Who's Who. Artist correction from Joe (who did not exist) to John Devlin also made by Craig Delich.

Show/hide 4. The Phony Jim Towne (Rance Keane) Comic story, 4 pages

Featuring

Feature
Rance Keane
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Rance Keane; Bug-Eye Burns (first appearance; villain); Jim Towne (first appearance); Joe Bigfeather (first appearance)

Credits

Pencils
William A. Smith (Will Arthur)
Inks
William A. Smith
Show/hide 5. "Here's 40 cents to get a haircut dear" (Toddy) Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Toddy
Genre
Humor

Credits

Script
George Marcoux
Art
George Marcoux
Show/hide 6. Untitled (Mortimer Mum) Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Mortimer Mum
Genre
Humor

Credits

Script
Bill Sakren
Art
Bill Sakren
Show/hide 7. "What are your T-Men up to Mr. Porter- and why did you want me?" (Jane Arden) Comic story, 4 pages

Featuring

Feature
Jane Arden
Genre
Drama

Credits

Script
Monte Barrett
Art
Russell E. Ross
Show/hide 8. "A week after the two crooks Sam Stinger and Silk Fowler have been exposed---" (Big Top) Comic story, 2 pages

Featuring

Feature
Big Top
Genre
Adventure

Credits

Script
Ed Wheelan
Art
Ed Wheelan
Show/hide 9. Untitled (Off the Record) Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Off the Record
Genre
Humor

Credits

Script
Ed Reed
Art
Ed Reed
Show/hide 10. Nillot the Swindler (The Clock) Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Feature
The Clock
Genre
Superhero
Characters
The Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Nillot (first appearance; villain); Joe (first appearance; villain); Kratz (first appearance; villain)

Credits

Script
George Brenner [as Geo E. Brenner]
Art
George Brenner [as Geo E. Brenner]
Show/hide 11. "Our special invention: the easy mosquito destroyer" (Rube Goldberg's Side Show) Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Rube Goldberg's Side Show
Genre
Humor

Credits

Script
Rube Goldberg
Art
Rube Goldberg
Show/hide 12. "Mr. Lucre, I want you to meet Mr. Palooka" (Joe Palooka) Comic story, 4 pages

Featuring

Feature
Joe Palooka
Genre
Sports

Credits

Script
Ham Fisher
Art
Mo Leff [as Ham Fisher] (ghost)
Show/hide 13. "About that remarkable world series batting feat" (They're Still Talking) Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
They're Still Talking
Genre
Sports
Characters
Babe Ruth

Credits

Script
Bob Zuppke
Art
R. W. Depew
Show/hide 14. Land of Enchantment (Gallant Knight) Comic story, 4 pages

Featuring

Feature
Gallant Knight
Genre
Historical
Characters
Charlemagne (first appearance); A slaver and his daughter (first appearance; villains)

Credits

Script
Vernon Henkel
Art
Vernon Henkel

Reprint history

Printed in
Australia
Wags Pages for All Ages (Joshua B. Powers, 1936 series) v4#22 ([26 February 1940])
Untitled  (Final page)

Notes

title from last issue blurb; last appearance

Show/hide 15. "Our special invention: this is a device for making a road-hot move over" (Rube Goldberg's Side Show) Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Rube Goldberg's Side Show
Genre
Humor

Credits

Script
Rube Goldberg
Art
Rube Goldberg
Show/hide 16. "Let's stop for the night in the next town" (Dixie Dugan) Comic story, 3 pages

Featuring

Feature
Dixie Dugan
Genre
Drama

Credits

Script
J. P. McEvoy
Art
J. H. Striebel
Show/hide 17. "Tubby, Our dude ranch looks like a success." (Slim and Tubby) Comic story, 2 pages

Featuring

Feature
Slim and Tubby
Genre
Western-frontier

Credits

Script
John J. Welch
Art
John J. Welch
Show/hide 18. Devil's Head Text story, 2 pages

Credits

Author
Robert M. Hyatt
Letters
typeset
Show/hide 19. "Better find out where we are gang" (Ned Brant) Comic story, 4 pages

Featuring

Feature
Ned Brant
Genre
Sports

Credits

Script
Bob Zuppke
Art
R. W. Depew
Show/hide 20. Trapped (Bungle Family) Comic story, 2 pages

Featuring

Feature
Bungle Family

Credits

Script
H. J. Tutwell
Art
H. J. Tutwell
Show/hide 21. The Return of Jules Reynard (Reynolds of the Mounted) Comic story, 4 pages

Featuring

Feature
Reynolds of the Mounted
Genre
Western-frontier
Characters
Jules Reynard (first appearance; villain; death)

Credits

Script
Art Pinajian
Art
Art Pinajian
Show/hide 22. Untitled (Off the Record) Cartoon, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Off the Record
Genre
Humor

Credits

Script
Ed Reed
Art
Ed Reed
Show/hide 23. "Hey!! Beat it--- the cops!!" (Mickey Finn) Comic story, 4 pages

Featuring

Feature
Mickey Finn
Genre
Humor

Credits

Script
Lank Leonard
Art
Lank Leonard
Morris Weiss

Status

AusReprints ID

  • 18538

Cover added

  • 15/06/2018

Index completed

  • 15/06/2018

Last updated

  • 15/06/2018