Feature Comics #35

Aug 1940 · Quality Comics · 0.10 USD

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This anthology issue features multiple stories: "The Fatal Fiddler," in which a spectral violinist uses magical music to animate the dead and raise the undead to do his bidding; "Captain Fortune," a pirate adventure in which Fortune and his crew pursue ghost pirates across the seas and reefs, eventually trapping them in a secluded lagoon; and a spy thriller involving enemy agent Karl Korn and a man named Gurk, wherein Korn is sent to eliminate a royal pair but is thwarted when Gurk is captured and a spy named J2 is dispatched to New York to stop Korn's assassination plot and protect the king and queen.

Contains 14 stories

The Return of Wampum

9 pp · Superhero

Script ? [as William Erwin Maxwell]

Doll Man [Darrel Dane]Dr. RobertsWampumOld FellaBriney (first appearancevillain)SloopThe crew of the Black Gull (first appearancevillain)

Hong Kong the Mandarin

4 pp · Western-Frontier

Rance KeaneLola PritchardHong Kong (first appearancevillaina character in Pee Wee's dream)

Johnny Micewuller

2 pp · Humor

Poison Ivy

Danse Macabre

5 pp · Detective-Mystery

ZeroA skeletal fiddler (introduction)

The Disappearance of Tim Benson

5 pp · Western-Frontier

Captain Crane (villain)Philip Kemp (first appearancevillain)Tim Benson (first appearance)Betty Benson (first appearance)

Sergeant Reynolds investigates young Tim Benson's mysterious disappearance along the coast of western Canada, only to discover that the real target is a set of naval maps hidden in a ship model belonging to Tim's father—maps that Captain Crane and Philip Kemp are willing to kill for. With Betty Benson caught in the crossfire and the stakes rising fast, Reynolds must board Crane's schooner to stop the villains and rescue the captives before it's too late.

Action On the Amazon

6 pp · Aviation

Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]Maj. Hollis (first appearance)Antzec (first appearancevillaindeath)

Untitled Humor story

2 pp · Humor

Lala Palooza

The Ghost Ship

4 pp · Historical

Captain Fortune [Tyrone Fortune] (last appearance)The Ghost Pirates (first appearancevillainsdeath)

Captain Fortune pursues the Ghost Pirates across treacherous seas in this swashbuckling sea battle, tracking the villainous crew from open ocean through a hidden reef passage and into a secluded lagoon. When the pirates launch a dawn assault on Fortune's ship, the Revenge, he devises a cunning plan using makeshift explosives to turn the tide of the fight. The chase culminates in a desperate final confrontation as Fortune's men hunt down the last of the Ghost Pirates before they can escape into the jungle.

Murder in Apartment 2-B

4 pp · Detective-Mystery

The Voice [Mr. Elixir]Tommy (bellhop, introduction)Mr. Hill (villain, introduction)

Untitled Humor story

2 pp · Humor

The Arson Plot

4 pp · Adventure, Children, Spy

Rusty RyanA fire inspector (villain, introduction)his crony (villain, introduction)

The Foiled Assassination

5 pp · Adventure, Spy

Captain Bruce BlackburnFrantz (villain, introduction, death)Pratz (villain, introduction, death)un-named spies (villains, introduction for all, all die)Karl Korn (villain, introduction)

Captain Bruce Blackburn, a surgically disguised American intelligence operative, uncovers a sinister spy plot to assassinate the King and Queen of Solvonia during their goodwill visit to New York—a scheme designed to shatter diplomatic ties between the two nations. Blackburn infiltrates the enemy agents by posing as one of their own, but when his true identity is exposed, he must race against time to stop a radio-controlled explosive boat aimed at the royal vessel. With quick thinking and nerves of steel, Blackburn battles to prevent catastrophe on the high seas.

Untitled Humor story

4 pp · Humor

Valley of the Cavemen

5 pp · Jungle

Script John Charles

SamarProf. Ford Cawthorne (first appearance)A tribe of cavemen (first appearanceall but one die)