Feature Comics #115

Quality Comics

United States

Published
October 1947
Page count
52
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/6222

Credits

Editing
Gwen Hansen

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover No title recorded (Doll Man) Cover, 1 page

Featuring

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

Credits

Art
Al Bryant
Colours
?
Letters
?
Show/hide 1. The Sphinx (Doll Man) Comic story, 11 pages

Featuring

Feature
Doll Man
Genre
Superhero
Characters
Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Blue Bolt (first appearance; a horse); Tommy Brown (first appearance); The Sphinx (first appearance; villain)

Credits

Script
Bill Woolfolk
Art
Al Bryant
Colours
?
Letters
?

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Popular Yank Comics (Ayers & James, 1949? series) #57 ([January 1950?])
The Sphinx!

Notes

Woolfolk's credit from his own records, as per Martin O'Hearn's blog at http://martinohearn.blogspot.com/2011/11/woolfolk-records-194703.html

Show/hide 2. No title recorded (Lala Palooza) Comic story, 1 page

"Lala's cracked up for sure!"

Featuring

Feature
Lala Palooza
Genre
Humor
Characters
Vincent Palooza; Lala Palooza

Credits

Script
Bernard Dibble
Art
Bernard Dibble
Colours
?
Letters
?

Synopsis

Vince chases off a man he thinks is going to marry his sister Lala.

Show/hide 3. No title recorded (Lala Palooza) Comic story, 1 page

"Aren't you back from your trip a bit early, Lala?"

Featuring

Feature
Lala Palooza
Genre
Humor
Characters
Lala Palooza; Vincent Palooza

Credits

Script
Bernard Dibble
Art
Bernard Dibble
Colours
?
Letters
?

Synopsis

Lala is surprised by Vince's new work outfit.

Show/hide 4. Roscoe and Company, Ace Private Detectives (Roscoe) Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Feature
Roscoe
Genre
Humor
Characters
Roscoe

Credits

Script
?
Art
?
Colours
?
Letters
?
Show/hide 5. Bon Voyage, Swing Sisson (Swing Sisson) Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Feature
Swing Sisson
Genre
Humor; detective-mystery
Characters
Swing Sisson; Bonnie Baxter; Toby; Crikott (first appearance; villain)

Credits

Script
?
Pencils
Dan Zolnerowich
Inks
?
Colours
?
Letters
?

Synopsis

Crooked gambling aboard a cruising ship.

Notes

Tilting figures with long upper bodies and a shuffling walk, and long narrow heads are all signs of Zolne, who is credited on pencils on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

Show/hide 6. The Paintings of Linseed Smear (Perky) Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Feature
Perky
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
Perky; Linseed Smear (first appearance)

Credits

Script
Gill Fox
Art
Gill Fox
Colours
?
Letters
?
Show/hide 7. Johnny Pineapples (Officer Shenanigan) Comic story, 4 pages

Featuring

Feature
Officer Shenanigan
Genre
Humor
Characters
Officer Shenanigan; Johnny Pineapples (first appearance; villain)

Credits

Script
?
Art
Michael Senich
Colours
?
Letters
?

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
The Phantom Rider (Atlas, 1954 series) #21 (May 1956)
Untitled [Johnny Pineapples]
Show/hide 8. A Secret Saved (Doll Man) Text story, 2 pages

Featuring

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

Credits

Author
?
Letters
typeset
Show/hide 9. The Damaged Dentures (Poison Ivy) Comic story, 1 page

Featuring

Feature
Poison Ivy
Genre
Humor
Characters
Poison Ivy; Mr. Ivy (first appearance; Poison's grandfather)

Credits

Script
Gill Fox
Art
Gill Fox
Colours
?
Letters
?
Show/hide 10. Gentleman Jim's Private Farm (Blimpy) Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Feature
Blimpy
Genre
Humor
Characters
Blimpy; Jim (first appearance; Blimpy's cousin)

Credits

Script
Al Stahl
Art
Al Stahl
Colours
?
Letters
?
Show/hide 11. The Chief of the Golden Hair (Rusty Ryan) Comic story, 5 pages

Featuring

Feature
Rusty Ryan
Genre
Adventure; children; spy
Characters
Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Alababa; Pierpont Lee]; A witch doctor (villain, introduction)

Credits

Script
Paul Gustavson
Art
Paul Gustavson
Colours
?
Letters
Paul Gustavson

Notes

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

Show/hide 12. No title recorded (Big Top) Comic story, 1 page

"Wotcha got there, Herman?"

Featuring

Feature
Big Top
Genre
Humor
Characters
Butch; Herman; Francine La Flamme

Credits

Script
Bernard Dibble
Art
Bernard Dibble
Colours
?
Letters
?

Synopsis

Butch purchases what he believes to be a pin-up picture of performer Francine from Herman, only to discover it's an x-ray.


Status

AusReprints ID

  • 53326

Entry created

  • 01/08/2020

Cover added

  • 01/08/2020

Index completed

  • 01/08/2020