Feature Funnies #17

This February 1939 issue of Feature Funnies packs a lively anthology lineup — with portrait medallions across the top and side panels advertising strips like La La Palooza, Espionage, Dixie Dugan, Joe Palooka, Jane Arden, Ned Brant, and The Clock. Ed Cronin's cover art delivers an instantly charming domestic comedy scene, with a rotund figure tumbling through a doorway while a wide-eyed bystander reacts in alarm to the speech balloon's urgent cry: "Quick!! There's a gas leak in the kitchen!" At just ten cents, this issue showcases the wonderful variety that made anthology comics like this a beloved part of 1939 newsstands, with Will Eisner contributing writing and art to the interior pages.