Feature Comics #96 The Promise Collection Pedigree (Quality, 1946) CGC NM- 9.2 Off-white to white pages....

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Sold: Jun 20, 2022

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Publisher: Quality Comics, 1946

About Feature Comics #96

Doll Man cover. Al Bryant cover and art.

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COVER DETAILS

Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane]

Pencils: Al Bryant (signed)

Inks: Al Bryant (signed)

STORY DETAILS

(14 Stories)

Title: Alms for the Needy

Characters: Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Martha Roberts; Dr. Roberts; John Grew and his gang of phony beggars (first appearance; villains)

Synopsis: A man pretending to be a blind beggar is the leader of a bank robbery gang.

Pages: 13.000

Script: Joe Millard

Pencils: Dan Zolnerowich

Inks: Dan Zolnerowich ?

Notes: Tilting figures with long upper body and awkward way of standing and walking, as on rubber legs, some wild eyes, and also broad shoulders and narrow head on stretched neck are all pointing to Zolnerowich.

Characters: Butch; Boss Jeff Bangs

Synopsis: Butch keeps his nervous boss company during a long hospital vigil. Finally, their wait is over: a new baby hippo has been born.

Pages: 1.000

Script: Bernard Dibble

Pencils: Bernard Dibble

Inks: Bernard Dibble

Title: Wanted! Dead or Alive

Characters: Perky; Black Jack (first appearance); Jimmy Lox (first appearance); Hot-Seat (first appearance); other inhabitants of Gangland (first appearance)

Pages: 6.000

Script: Sid Lazarus (signed)

Pencils: Sid Lazarus (signed)

Inks: Sid Lazarus (signed)

Characters: Swing Sisson; Mrs. Murdock (first appearance; villain); Erik (first appearance; villain); Herbert (nephew)

Synopsis: Mrs. Murdock is holding a banquet for her dead friends when an insurance detective is murdered in the house.

Pages: 6.000

Script: Bill Woolfolk

Pencils: Charles Tomsey ?

Inks: Charles Tomsey ?

Notes: Tomsey is credited on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and some faces in sideview have similarities with his signed Jackie Law stories in Clue Comics, and also his Kid Click in US Camera Comics, so could be by him. The inking has some resemblence to the many Manhunter and Jester stories in Police Comics, by unknown.

Title: Bank Crook At Large

Characters: Blimpy; Dimpy de Derk (first appearance; Blimpy's twin brother); Cheater (first appearance; villain); the Boss (first appearance; villain)

Pages: 7.000

Script: Al Stahl (signed)

Pencils: Al Stahl (signed)

Inks: Al Stahl (signed)

Characters: Lala Palooza; Vincent Palooza; Albert Puffpotsi; Malachy

Synopsis: Vincent scares off one of Lala's suitors by showing him criminal mug shots and claiming they are Lala's relatives.

Pages: 1.000

Script: Bernard Dibble

Pencils: Bernard Dibble

Inks: Bernard Dibble

Characters: Lala Palooza; Vincent Palooza

Synopsis: Vincent tries to get on Lala's good side by reminding him of their childhood together, but her memories aren't as happy as his are.

Pages: 1.000

Script: Bernard Dibble

Pencils: Bernard Dibble

Inks: Bernard Dibble

Characters: Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]; The Japanese (villain)

Synopsis: Spin ditches his plane in the ocean and is nearly caught by the Japanese.

Pages: 5.000

Pencils: Bill Quackenbush

Inks: Bill Quackenbush ?

Notes: Quackenbush is credited on pencils and ink on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who, and the many short figures and narrow heads point to him. Uncertain inking when compared with his signed stories.

Characters: Rusty Ryan; The Boyville Brigadiers [Alababa; Pierpont Lee]; Sitsuka (villain, introduction)

Synopsis: Ryan and his brigade are taken prisoner by a former Japanese vaudeville star.

Pages: 7.000

Pencils: Pete Riss

Notes: The same art as in the many Manhunter stories in Police Comics credited to Riss. Grinning faces that all look alike, and long legs. Same inker as in many Manhunter and Jester stories, but unknown. Riss is credited with pencils only on this feature by Jerry Bails' Who's Who.

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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	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	12
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	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	12

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