Issue Details

Issue	#31
Published	October 1943
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Editing	George Brenner

Cover Details

Characters	Captain Triumph
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Alex Kotzky
Inks	Alex Kotzky

15 page Captain Triumph story "The Return of A. Spade"

Characters	Captain Triumph; A. Spade (villain; death); Carim Bombay (first appearance; villain; based on Dick Tracy's Flattop); Torpedo (first appearance; villain)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Alfred Andriola
Inks	Alfred Andriola

8 page Inkie story "Lightning"

Characters	Inkie
Genre	humor
Script	Al Stahl
Pencils	Al Stahl
Inks	Al Stahl
Notes	GS: Al Stahl; I: Lightning (a living lightning bolt); V: Japanese

1 page Slap Happy Pappy story "Shark Fishing"

Genre	Gags
Script	Jack Cole?
Pencils	Jack Cole?
Inks	Jack Cole?

7 page Clock story "Gun + Killer + Victim = Murder"

Characters	Clock [Brian O'Brien]; Joe Doe (first appearance; death); A murderer (first appearance; villain)
Genre	detective
Script	George Brenner
Pencils	George Brenner
Inks	George Brenner
Notes	Spirit-like story

2 page story

Characters	Molly the Model
Genre	humor
Script	Bernard Dibble
Pencils	Bernard Dibble
Inks	Bernard Dibble

6 page Hack O'Hara story "The Hot Swami"

Characters	Hack O'Hara; The Hot Swami (first appearance; villain)
Genre	adventure
Pencils	Clark Williams
Inks	Clark Williams
Notes	tribute to Mr. Mystic on splash

1 page Rube Goldberg's Side Show story

Genre	Gags
Script	Rube Goldberg
Pencils	Rube Goldberg
Inks	Rube Goldberg
Notes	strip reprint

5 page Pen Miller story "Comics Imitate Life, and Vice Versa"

Characters	Pen Miller; Goldy (first appearance; villain); Benny (first appearance; villain)
Genre	detective
Script	Klaus Nordling
Pencils	Klaus Nordling
Inks	Klaus Nordlng

2 page Eric Vale text story "Purgatory Canyon"

Characters	Eric Vale
Genre	Adventure
Script	Larry Spain?
Letters	typeset

2 page Ike an' Dooit story "Open For Business"

Characters	Ike (first appearance); Dooit (first appearance)
Genre	Gags
Script	Jack Cole
Pencils	Jack Cole
Inks	Jack Cole

6 page Perky story "On the Moon"

Characters	Mr. Man in the Moon (first appearance); Mrs. Man in the Moon (first appearance); Mr. Comet (first appearance)
Genre	fantasy
Script	Sid Lazarus
Pencils	Sid Lazarus
Inks	Sid Lazarus
Notes	probably takes place between FEATURE COMICS #75 / 76

8 page Black Condor story "Elmer Briggs, United States Senator"

Characters	Black Condor [Richard Grey, Jr.]; Elmer Briggs (first appearance); Joe Logan and his gang (first appearance; villains)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Rudy Palais
Inks	Rudy Palais
Notes	next chron. app. in ALL-STAR SQUADRON #31; next app. in JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #107