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Feature Comics #30

Mar 1940 · Quality Comics · 0.10 USD

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🏆 Best Title for a Younger Audience (2005)🏆 Best New Series (2004)

Feature Comics #30 is an anthology containing multiple stories. "Lala Palooza" confronts a mysterious criminal called the Doll Man who commits theft. "Big Top" follows a young boy named Junior who practices knife-throwing with a Mexican performer at a circus, inadvertently endangering a girl named Gloria. "Charlie Chan," illustrated by Alfred Andriola, follows detective Charlie Chan, Kirk Barrow, and Gina Lane aboard a clipper ship bound for San Francisco, where they must rescue a woman named Gina who has been pushed overboard and face mysterious sabotage and criminal activity aboard the vessel.

Contains 21 stories

The FBI Agent Killing

5 pp · Superhero

The Clock [Brian O'Brien]Carl Adolf Voss (first appearancevillain)

Untitled Drama story

4 pp · Drama, Humor

Jane ArdenLena Pry

The Phoney Gold Shipment

4 pp · Western-Frontier

Lane (first appearancevillain)Jeff Dixon (first appearancevillain)

A Lively Day

2 pp · Humor

In "A Lively Day," a day at the carnival takes a chaotic turn when a young woman and her brother spot someone they know—but what unfolds when the gang shows up nearby is pure comedic mayhem. H. J. Tuthill delivers two pages of slapstick humor and mistaken identities that perfectly capture the spirit of a lively day out.

Untitled Humor story

1 pp · Humor

Collision at Sea

4 pp · Aviation

Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]Captain "Poison" Atkins (first appearance)Ann Atkins (first appearance)

Untitled Teen story

4 pp · Teen

The Fate of the Dragon

4 pp · Adventure

Captain Fortune [Tyrone Fortune]

Captain Fortune accepts a dangerous mission from Governor Chadwick: to discover what became of the ship Dragon, a gold-laden vessel that vanished near the Barren Islands. When Fortune's ship arrives at the islands, he and his crew uncover a sinister scheme—the lighthouse keeper has been murdered, and natives, manipulated by a scheming witch doctor, have been using the darkened beacon to lure ships onto the rocks. Fortune must use his wits and courage to infiltrate the enemy stronghold, rescue the Dragon's crew, and recover the stolen gold before the conspirators can escape.

Untitled Humor story

2 pp · Humor

Lala Palooza

The Bomber Engine Robberies

4 pp · Superhero

Doll Man [Darrel Dane]The Nazis (villains)

Untitled Humor story

2 pp · Humor

The Bridge Blasters

4 pp · Western-Frontier

Rance KeaneSeth Cheatham (first appearancevillain)

Untitled Sports story

4 pp · Sports

Joe PalookaMaxKnobby

Untitled Humor story

2 pp · Humor

The World's First Vault over Fourteen Feet

1 pp · Non-Fiction, Sports

Sabin Carr

On February 25, 1928, Sabin Carr of Yale University stepped up to the bar at Madison Square Garden and made history, becoming the first vaulter in the world to clear fourteen feet or higher. At the National A.A.U. indoor meet in New York, he shattered his own record of 13 feet, 9½ inches with an electrifying performance that left spectators breathless.

The Dr. Croft Ruby Mystery: Part 1

4 pp · Detective-Mystery

Untitled Humor story

1 pp · Humor

Untitled Humor story

1 pp · Humor

Episode 31

2 pp · Adventure, Western-Frontier

Untitled Humor story

1 pp · Humor

Untitled Humor story

4 pp · Humor