Feature Comics #37

This October 1940 anthology from Quality Comics packs an impressive roster — Zero, Dusty Dane, Poison Ivy, Reynolds of the Mounted, Rusty Ryan, Big Top, Mickey Finn, The Doll Man, Rance Keane, Samar, and Spin Shaw all get their spotlight in a single ten-cent package. The cover, rendered by Lou Fine, delivers an irresistibly lively scene: a rotund peddler in a polka-dot shirt goes sailing through a doorway from a solid punch, while a wide-eyed blonde woman urges "Oh, Vincent — don't take any sass from that peddler!" The combination of slapstick energy and that packed character lineup makes Feature Comics #37 a lively snapshot of what Golden Age anthology comics did best.