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Feature Comics #37 (1940)

Quality Comics · 1940 · 68 pages

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ContinueFeature Comics #38 →
Contains 14 stories
The Laughing Puppeteer
9 pp · superhero · script ? [as William Erwin Maxwell] (signed)
Doll Man [Darrel Dane]Martha RobertsProfessor RobertsBombasto (villain, introduction)Giuseppe (villain, introduction, death)

When Doll Man and Martha Roberts arrive at a lawn party where the mysterious puppeteer Bombasto is performing his "almost human" marionettes, Darrel's suspicions turn to horror—those aren't dolls at all, but shrunken human victims. Captured and separated from Martha, the pint-sized hero must use his wits and speed to infiltrate Bombasto's mansion, outwit the villain and his accomplice Giuseppe, and rescue the woman the puppeteer plans to add to his grotesque collection.

The Electric Cage Trap
4 pp · western-frontier
Rance KeaneLola PritchardProf. EnglishA racketeer (first appearancevillain)
The Black Wolf
2 pp · humor
Poison IvyThe Black Wolf (first appearancevillain)Mr. Gunn (first appearancevillain)

Poison Ivy has built the world's smallest and fastest fighting plane, and sets out to cross the ocean and stop a war in Plutonia—but the fearless pilot of Takeoveria, the Black Wolf, has other plans and intercepts the craft mid-flight. When bullets prove too slow to catch the speedy plane, Poison must outmaneuver a far more dangerous aerial opponent to reach his destination.

Call of the North
5 pp · western-frontier
Duke Jackson (first appearancevillain)

Sergeant Reynolds of the Mounted Police lends his expertise to a film crew shooting "Call of the North" on location, but when the movie's leading lady vanishes and Reynolds himself is ambushed, he uncovers a far more sinister plot: cattle rustler Duke Jackson has kidnapped the actress and forced an extra into his criminal scheme. As Reynolds races to warn his allies and stop Jackson's raid on a nearby ranch, he devises a clever plan that turns the movie production itself into the perfect cover for an operation that blurs the line between Hollywood and real-world justice.

Mutiny on the Ghost Galleon
5 pp · detective-mystery
ZeroShiela (introduction)Don (introduction)The ghost crew of the Flying Skull (villains, introduction for all)
The Kidnapped Heiress
6 pp · aviation
Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]Mr. Tolliver (first appearance)Betty Tolliver (first appearance)Count Vaslav (first appearancevillaindeath)
Untitled story
2 pp · humor
Lala Palooza
The Horse Race To Save Boyville
4 pp · adventure; children; spy
Rusty Ryan
Tap Trap
5 pp · adventure; spy
Captain Bruce BlackburnLouise Lovely (villain, introduction)Anton (villain, introduction)Otto (villain, introductiuon)

Captain Bruce Blackburn, a counterspy with a gift for disguise, uncovers a spy ring operating from a nightclub when a mysterious woman posing as a dancer makes contact with a compromised military officer. Louise Lovely and her accomplices are using hypnosis and an ingenious method of coded communication to steal secrets about a new Army explosive. Bruce must stay sharp and navigate a dangerous web of espionage before the enemy can silence him.

Aboard the Ghost Ship
4 pp · detective-mystery
The Voice [Mr. Elixir]Gerald Carder (villain, villain, death)

When jewel merchant Gerald Carder turns up dead in his ship's cabin aboard the liner Santa Diosa, the crew is baffled—there's no weapon, only faint signs of electrical shock. Fortunately, the mysterious Mr. Elixir, alias The Voice, is also aboard, and he's determined to uncover how this impossible murder was committed before the killer strikes again. As panic spreads among the passengers and superstitious talk of a ghost aboard takes hold, The Voice uses his extraordinary powers to track down the truth hidden in Carder's cabin.

Untitled story
2 pp · humor
Dmitri the Pearl Thief
4 pp · adventure
Dusty DaneDimitri (first appearancevillain)
Untitled story
4 pp · humor
The Amazons of Nesbo
5 pp · jungle · script John Charles
SamarQueen Sopho (first appearance)Ishta (first appearance)Leba (first appearance)other Amazons of Nesbo (first appearance)Gaol (first appearance)other men of Nesbo (first appearance)Nubians (first appearancevillains)

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