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Feature Comics #36

Sep 1940 · Quality Comics · 0.10 USD
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In "Python the Brain Thief," Will Eisner crafts a chilling mystery from the pages of Feature Comics #36, where The Doll Man faces a terrifying foe who leaves behind headless bodies along the riverbank. With Eisner's writing and the dynamic art of Eisner and Lou Fine, this 1940 thriller blends suspense and pulp intrigue, as The Doll Man races to outthink a criminal mastermind before it's too late.

Contains 14 stories
Python the Brain Thief
9 pp · Superhero
The Doll Man [Darrel Dane]Professor RobertsPython (villain, introduction, death)Professor Kreeper (villain, introduction, death)

In "Python the Brain Thief," The Doll Man faces a chilling mystery as headless bodies turn up along the river, each victim seemingly drained of something vital. With the deadly Python targeting minds instead of lives, The Doll Man must outthink a foe who preys on intellect—before his own is next.

The Anti-Cancer Serum
4 pp · Western-Frontier
Rance KeaneLola PritchardProf. English (first appearancevillain)
Untitled Humor story
2 pp · Humor
Captured by the Amazons
5 pp · Jungle
SamarLazana (first appearancevillain)Lazana's Amazons (first appearancevillains)
The Narcotics Ring
5 pp · Western-Frontier
Red Baylor (first appearancevillain)Spike (first appearancevillain)Madge Carr (first appearancevillain)other members of a narcotics ring (first appearancevillain)

Sergeant Reynolds of the Mounted Police follows a vicious narcotics ring operating in western Canada, only to find his investigation complicated when a mysterious school teacher named Madge Carr boards a river steamer—but she's far more than she appears. As bodies pile up and Reynolds races upriver to Red Baylor's hidden fortress, he must uncover the truth behind Carr's deception and stop the ringleader before the entire operation slips away.

The Mail Plane Spies
6 pp · Aviation
Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]Anne Antos (first appearance)V: Heinrich Muller (first appearancevillaindeath)Greg Rucker (first appearancevillaindeath)Joe (first appearancevillaindeath)another pilot (first appearancevillaindeath)Pedro (first appearancevillain)Pinky (first appearancevillain)Slim (first appearancevillain)Shorty (first appearancevillain)
Untitled Humor story
2 pp · Humor
Lala Palooza
The Twin Kidnappers
4 pp · Adventure, Children, Spy
Rusty RyanRoger (introduction)Smiley (Roger's father, introduction)two identical twins (villains, introduction for both)
Captives of Captain Frosk
4 pp · Adventure
Dusty Dane (first appearance)Mike Cardigan (first appearance)Captain Frosk (first appearancevillaindeath)
Ban on Chewing Gum
2 pp · Humor
Poison IvyMcNasty and his gang (first appearance villains)
Murder Tunes In
4 pp · Detective-Mystery
The Voice [Mr. Elixir]Tommy (bellhop)John Burke (villain, introduction)

When a radio singer turns up dead in a car crash, The Voice—the mysterious Mr. Elixir—pushes past a dismissive police force to investigate murders that have the broadcasting world in chaos. Tracking the clues to the station itself, The Voice confronts John Burke, the station's president, in a deadly game of pursuit that leads to a booby-trapped hideout where a bellhop named Tommy becomes the unwitting target of Burke's murderous desperation. Only The Voice's superhuman strength and cunning stand between Burke's escape and justice.

The Mystery Motor
5 pp · Adventure, Spy
Captain Bruce BlackburnWeatherbee (first appearance)

Captain Bruce Blackburn races against time to protect an inventor's revolutionary new motor from foreign spies who'll stop at nothing to steal the plans. When standard escape routes prove deadly, Bruce must improvise a daring solution that turns the very invention he's guarding into his only way out—and proves that sometimes the best defense is outsmarting your enemies at their own game.

Untitled Humor story
4 pp · Humor
The Ghost's Vengeance
5 pp · Detective-Mystery
ZeroJim Darwell (introduction, flashback)Nell Farrel Darwell (introduction, flashback, death)Jane Darwell (introduction)Stephen Fiske (villain, a ghost, introduction, death)

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Raw (Good) $117
CGC 6.5 · 2 in census $698
CGC 6.0 none in existence
CGC 5.5 · 1 in census $507*
CGC 5.0 · 1 in census $483*
CGC 4.5 · 1 in census $412*
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Full credits

writer, artist Will Eisner
artist, inker Lou Fine

Reprints

Reprinted in Men of Mystery Comics #101 (2016), Golden-Age Greats Spotlight #19 (2019)

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