Feature Comics #52

The January 1942 cover of Feature Comics #52 from Quality Comics delivers an immediately striking image: the tiny, blue-and-red-caped Doll Man darting boldly between the massive legs of a towering giant, red cape streaming behind him as he grips one enormous boot. Cover artist Gill Fox makes brilliant use of scale contrast to capture the hero's defining appeal — his diminutive size is his greatest asset, not a weakness. Framing portraits of the book's diverse cast — Lala Palooza, Samar, Mickey Finn, Spin Shaw, Poison Ivy, Rusty Ryan, Swing Sisson, Reynolds of the Mounted, Bruce Blackburn, Zero, and Big Top — remind readers just how much adventurous variety is packed into this ten-cent anthology.