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Feature Comics #49 (1941)
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Contains 15 stories
The Fiends and the Foundry
Doll Man [Darrel Dane]Dr. RobertsMartha RobertsDan (foundry worker)Rolf Korbett (villain, introduction)The Hold Tight America Committee [Hermanrest unnamed] (villains, introduction for all, one dies)
Six Diving Venuses
The Elephant Sacrifice
SamarBob (a doctor, introduction)Bob's wife (introduction)Polo (an elephant)a cannibal tribe (villains, introduction for all)
Diary of the Dead
ZeroDr. Burns, Senior (a ghost, introduction)Dr. Bill Burns, Junior (Zero's physician, a human, introduction)unnamed ghost (villain, a savage, introduction)
In "Diary of the Dead," Zero visits his doctor, drawn into a quiet, unsettling mystery when the physician reveals the lifeless form of a girl whose condition defies cure—unless a rare plant, discovered by the doctor’s father in Guatemala, can be found. The story unfolds with a somber urgency, weaving medical intrigue and a faint hope tied to a forgotten jungle specimen.
Untitled story
Crime at the Clover Club
Swing Sisson (jazz band conductor, introduction)Toby Tucker (saxophonist, introduction)Bonnie Baxter (singer, introduction)Sisson's band (introduction for all)Pete Jaxon (introduction)Slats Elkin (villain, introduction)Slat's gang (villains, introduction for all)
Untitled story
Lala Palooza
The Purple Monster
Sgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMPThe Purple Monster and his gang (first appearancevillainsall die)
Case without Clues
Capt. Bruce BlackburnSonya (villain)
The Phoney Father
Rusty RyanThe Boyville Brigadiers [Smiley ScottEdWhiteyScotty]Joe (villain, introduction)Joe's gang (villains, introduction for all)
Dream of a Countess
Dusty Dane
Untitled story
Poison Ivy vs. Poison Ivy
Poison Ivy
The Box B Rustlers
The Fargo Kid [Tim Turner]The Box B Ranch owner (first appearancevillain)
The Zanzibar Incident
Spin Shaw [Capt. S. R. "Spin" Shaw]Edith Shaw (first appearanceSpin's sister)The Nazis (villains)