Feature Comics #138
Quality Comics
United States
- Published
- September 1949
- Page count
- 36
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/7806
Credits
- Editing
- Elaine Allen
Issue contents
Cover
The Minstrel's Ballad of Mayhem!
(Doll Man)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- Doll Man
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; The Minstrel
Credits
- Pencils
- Bill Ward
- Inks
- ?
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
1Featuring
- Feature
- Doll Man
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Professor Roberts; Martha Roberts; The Minstrel (villain)
Credits
- Script
- William Woolfolk
- Pencils
- Bill Ward ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Popular Yank Comics (Ayers & James, 1949? series) #64 ([August 1950?]) — Untitled [The Minstrel's Ballad of Mayhem]
Synopsis
Doll Man must over comes the thefts of valuable violins by a garish ghoul called the Minstrel.
Notes
The Minstrel has a totally different look, but is same villain as in Doll Man #23.
Writer's credit from Woolfolk's paybook, as reported in Martin OHearn's blog.
2"I'll practice my tough speech to the boss once again!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Big Top
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Butch; Boss Jefferson Bangs
Credits
- Script
- Bernard Dibble
- Art
- Bernard Dibble
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Synopsis
Butch is practicing a speech asking for a raise when Boss Bangs comes in. Butch gets so carried away that he punches his boss in the nose. Bangs gives him the raise.
Notes
Butch breaks the fourth wall in the final panel, saying "There's something all wrong with this page--it never happened this way before!"
3Featuring
- Feature
- Rims
Credits
- Script
- Harry Sahle
- Art
- Harry Sahle
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
4"I've looked every place else..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Lala Palooza
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Vincent Palooza; Lala Palooza
Credits
- Script
- Bernard Dibble
- Art
- Bernard Dibble
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Synopsis
Vince gets his arm stuck in a vase while searching for Lala's stash of money.
5"Vincent! I hear a noise downstairs!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Lala Palooza
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Lala Palooza; Vincent Palooza
Credits
- Script
- Bernard Dibble
- Art
- Bernard Dibble
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Synopsis
Lala hears a noise in their house at night. Vince goes down and sees two burglars, but tells Lala it's just a cat. He goes back to sleep as the criminals loot the house.
6Featuring
- Feature
- Swing Sisson
- Genre
- Detective-mystery
- Characters
- Swing Sisson; Bonnie Baxter; Toby; J. J. Gropp (first appearance; villain); Bud Bryce (first appearance); Mr. Pringle (first appearance)
Credits
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Alice Kirkpatrick
- Inks
- Alice Kirkpatrick ?
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Notes
Originally credited "John Rosenberger ?"
The art is similar to Kirkpatrick's work on several Sally O'Neil in National Comics and Hack O'Hara in Crack Comics. Many faces in sideview popping in from the sides, bony noses in frontview, very wide trouser legs, and also rather still standing figures. Inking uncertain, as she had much pencil work for Quality Comics.
7Featuring
- Feature
- Doll Man
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- Doll Man [Darrel Dane]
Credits
- Author
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
8Featuring
- Feature
- Shenanigan
Credits
- Script
- Bart Tumey
- Art
- Bart Tumey
- Colours
- ?
- Letters
- ?
Reprint history
Indicia
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