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Feature Comics 72

FEATURE COMICS #72

Cover Date: October 1943
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Alex Kotzky


Story: "Crime Goes To College!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

PencilsAlex Kotzky
InksJohn Cassone
EditingGill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Doll Man (next in Doll Man Quarterly #7)

Villain(s):

Professor Whittlesey and his gang (first appearance for all; a released college professor who guides gangsters on their crimes; Gats Grogan and Bruiser Bellows named)


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Second Story: [No Title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryFrank Borth
ArtRudy Palais
EditingGill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Spider Widow

Villain(s):

Emory (first appearance; an explorer who becomes a sadistic headhunter; dies)

Other Character(s):

Alice (first appearance; Emory's wife)

Comment(s):

This is the final Spider Widow story published in the Golden Age.


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Second Story: [No Title] (5 Pages)

Credits:

StoryToni Blum
ArtWitmer Williams
EditingGill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Zero, Ghost Detective

Villain(s):

Rutatutakhmen (first appearance; an ancient sorcerer mummified; hand attempts to kill Professor Wilcox)

Other Character(s):

Professor Wilcox (first appearance; an old friend of Zero's; tempts a curse by removing the mummified hand)

Comment(s):

This is the final Zero, Ghost Detective story published in the Golden Age.


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryPaul Gustavson
ArtPaul Gustavson
LetteringPaul Gustavson
EditingGill Fox

Feature Character(s):

Rusty Ryan
Boyville Brigadiers:
Smiley
Pierpont Lee
Alababa

Villain(s):

Gombo (first appearance; ruler of a South Sea Island; dies)

Location(s):

South Seas


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