Feature Comics #28

Feature Comics #28 from January 1940 is a lively anthology showcase, with a cover by Ed Cronin that sets the tone perfectly: a masked, tuxedo-clad figure stands coolly beside a very agitated man stuffed into a barrel labeled "150 lbs. Grade A Pig Iron," while a skeptical police officer looks on — and a speech bubble boasts that only a mysterious "clock fella" saved the thugs from a worse fate. Portrait medallions along the top and side tease the issue's rich lineup of characters, including Charlie Chan, Joe Palooka, Jane Arden, Ned Brant, The Doll Man, and more, making it a genuine ten-cents-well-spent sampler of 1940 pulp adventure and humor. Quality Comics was firing on all cylinders here, packing one colorful cover with enough personality to make any reader eager to dive inside.