Doll Man Quarterly #5 Mile High Pedigree (Quality, 1943) CGC VF/NM 9.0 White pages....

Auction amount: $2,280.00

Sold: Sep 17, 2023

Doll Man #5 Values

Publisher: Quality Comics, 1943

About Doll Man #5

Al Bryant classic cover. Reed Crandall, Rudy Palais, Gill Fox, and Fred Guardineer art.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane]

Pencils: Al Bryant (signed)

Inks: Al Bryant (signed)

STORY DETAILS

(9 Stories)

Title: The Toy Shop of Doom

Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Angelo Pavani (introduction, death); The Toy Merchant (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: Doll Man must discover the meaning behind every toy doll on sale in a little musty shop which resembles some human being.

Pages: 15.000

Pencils: Max Elkan

Inks: Max Elkan

Notes: Originally credited to Rudy Palais. This is Elkan. His heads with high brow and usually much hair on top with a lock of hair on one side: Toy Merchant on page 3, and Pavani on page 8. Also the running figure in front view on page 4. Notice the high brow of Doll Man on pages 9 and 14, and compare all this with his signed story in Hit Comics #20. Palais drew lower brows than this. Elkan is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

Title: The Talking Tiger

Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Martha; The Talking Tiger [Commander Byrton] (villain, introduction); Spike Dugan (villain, introduction); Lona McLean (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: The commander is back from South America with an interesting species.

Pages: 13.000

Script: Otto Binder

Pencils: Max Elkan

Inks: Max Elkan

Title: Mystery of Morgan's Rock

Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Manfred (villain, introduction); the Nazis (villains)

Synopsis: A Nazi spy has a sectret base on Morgan's Rock on the North American coast.

Pages: 12.000

Pencils: Max Elkan

Inks: Max Elkan

Notes: Notice the high brow on pages 3 and 4 for an Elkan clue.

Title: Vengeance For a Doctor

Characters: The Dragon [Sergeant Red McGraw]; un-named doctor (introduction); the doctor's un-named daughter (introduction); the Japanese (villains)

Synopsis: The Dragon leads his guerillas against the Japanese invaders, saving the life of an American woman who then joins them and serves as a nurse.

Pages: 5.000

Script: Fred Guardineer

Pencils: Fred Guardineer

Inks: Fred Guardineer

Letters: Fred Guardineer ?

Notes: Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2012-12-16.

Title: The Mask's Terror Campaign

Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; The Mask [Abe Miller] (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: Doll Man must combat a mad-dog criminal on the loose known as The Mask.

Pages: 13.000

Pencils: Rudy Palais

Inks: Rudy Palais

Notes: Compare difference between Elkan faces with Palais on page 2 bottom.

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CGC Census Report*

Grade	NG	PG	CVR	0.5	1.0	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.5	3.0	3.5	4.0	4.5	5.0	5.5	6.0	6.5	7.0	7.5	8.0	8.5	9.0	9.2	9.4	9.6	9.8	9.9	10.0	Total
Universal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15
Qualified	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Signature Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
CGCxJSA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Restored	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15

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