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Issue Details

Issue #38
Published February 1952
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 36
Editing Al Grenet
Notes Horror-themed issues begin.

Cover Details - "The Cult of Death!"

Characters Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Doll Girl [Martha Roberts]
Genre superhero
Pencils Bill Quackenbush ?
Inks Bill Quackenbush ?
Notes Horror-themed issues begin.

10 page Doll Man story "The Druid Death"

Characters Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Doll Girl [Martha Roberts]; Elmo (the wonder dog); Dr. Harley Somers (introduction, death); Band of Druids (villains, introduction)
Synopsis Darrel, Martha and Harley succeed in discovering an ancient tomb of the Druids, but later discover a parchment they have recovered reveals the existence opf a fabulous treasure at the site of the ruins....a treasure also sought by a group of present-day Druids!
Genre superhero
Pencils Chic Stone ?
Inks Chuck Cuidera ?
Reprinted in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #74 (2008)

5 page Torchy story "The Sea Cruise Gig"

Characters Torchy Todd; Tess; Sneaky Sturgis (villain, introduction); un-named crook (villain, introduction)
Genre sitcom; adult
Script Gill Fox ?
Pencils Gill Fox
Inks Gill Fox

8 page Doll Man story "House of Vampires"

Characters Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Doll Girl [Martha Roberts]; Jimmy Rogers (introduction); Count de Grasso (villain, introduction, death, a vampire); Countess de Grasso (villain, introduction, death, a vampire); Dandy Phil Dander (villain, introduction, death)
Genre superhero
Pencils Chic Stone ?
Inks Chuck Cuidera ?

1 page text story "Revenge From the Grave"

Genre mystery
Letters typeset

7 page Doll Man story "The Voodoo Master!"

Characters Doll Man [Darrel Dane]; Doll Girl [Martha Roberts]; Eleanor Madill (death); Elmer Valon (scientist, death); Senator Smithers; Dr. Voodoo (villain, introduction)
Synopsis Visiting a wax museum, Darrel and Martha are startled to see life characters of two people known to them, and they discover the curator of the museum, Dr. Voodoo, has killed them both [attempting another] because all three were responsible for sending him to prison some fifteen years earlier.
Genre superhero
Pencils Chic Stone ?
Inks Chuck Cuidera ?
Reprinted in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #82 (2010)