Feature Comics was an anthology comic featuring a wide variety of characters. It was formerly Feature Funnies. Feature Comics was originally published by Quality Comics, and was acquired by DC Comics when DC bought Quality in 1956.
When Feature Comics began, it was roughly half comic strip reprints and half original features (developed and owned by Quality). By issue #40, all the strip reprints were gone (except Mickey Finn, which lasted well past issue #100, and Lala Palooza and Big Top, which transitioned to all-new stories and made it to the very last issue).
Index of Features
Original Features
- Ace of Space: #38-41
- Archie O'Toole: #21-22
- Big Top (new stories): #28-144
- Blimpy: #64-133
- Captain Bruce Blackburn, Counterspy: #32-56
- Captain Cook of Scotland Yard: #21-22
- Captain Fortune: #25-35
- The Clock: #21-31
- Doll Man: #27-139
- Dusty Dane: #36-50
- Espionage Starring Black X: #21-22
- The Fargo Kid: #47-63
- Gallant Knight: #21-24
- Homer Doodle and Son: #38, #40-65, #67-68
- Inferior Man: #65-72
- Jimmy Christian (text stories): #93-95
- Lala Palooza (new stories): #24-144
- Officer Shenanigan: #114-132, #134-144
- Perky: #75-132
- Perry Scott (text stories): #32-68, #71-81, #84-92, #96-107, #109-114
- Poison Ivy: #32-117, #119, #128-129, #131-132
- Professor Noodle: #73-74
- Rance Keane, Knight of the West: #22-46
- Reynolds of the Mounted: #21-62
- Richard Manners: #21
- Rims: #136-144
- Roscoe: #101-132
- Rusty Ryan/Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers: #32-135
- Samar: #32-63
- Snappy: #66
- The Spider Widow/Spider Widow and the Raven: #57-72
- Spin Shaw: #29-100
- Stunt Man Stetson: #140-144
- Swing Sisson: #49-144
- USA, the Spirit of Old Glory: #42-48
- The Voice: #32-37
- Zero, Ghost Detective: #32-72
Newspaper Reprints
- Big Top: #21-27
- The Bungle Family: #21-31
- Charlie Chan: #23-31
- Dixie Dugan: #21-31
- Jane Arden: #21-31
- Joe Palooka: #21-31
- Lala Palooza: #21-23
- Lena Pry: #23, #30
- Little Brother: #27
- Mickey Finn: #21-113
- Mortimer Mum: #22-31
- Ned Brant: #21-31
- Off Side: #24, #26
- Off the Record: #21-31
- Rube Goldberg's Slide Show: #23-31
- Slim and Tubby: #21-31
- Toddy: #21-31
Issues
- Feature Comics #21
- Feature Comics #22
- Feature Comics #23
- Feature Comics #24
- Feature Comics #25
- Feature Comics #26
- Feature Comics #27
- Feature Comics #28
- Feature Comics #29
- Feature Comics #30
- Feature Comics #31
- Feature Comics #32
- Feature Comics #33
- Feature Comics #34
- Feature Comics #35
- Feature Comics #36
- Feature Comics #37
- Feature Comics #38
- Feature Comics #39
- Feature Comics #40
- Feature Comics #41
- Feature Comics #42
- Feature Comics #43
- Feature Comics #44
- Feature Comics #45
- Feature Comics #46
- Feature Comics #47
- Feature Comics #48
- Feature Comics #49
- Feature Comics #50
- Feature Comics #51
- Feature Comics #52
- Feature Comics #53
- Feature Comics #54
- Feature Comics #55
- Feature Comics #56
- Feature Comics #57
- Feature Comics #58
- Feature Comics #59
- Feature Comics #60
- Feature Comics #61
- Feature Comics #62
- Feature Comics #63
- Feature Comics #64
- Feature Comics #65
- Feature Comics #66
- Feature Comics #67
- Feature Comics #68
- Feature Comics #69
- Feature Comics #70
- Feature Comics #71
- Feature Comics #72
- Feature Comics #73
- Feature Comics #74
- Feature Comics #75
- Feature Comics #76
- Feature Comics #77
- Feature Comics #78
- Feature Comics #79
- Feature Comics #80
- Feature Comics #81
- Feature Comics #82
- Feature Comics #83
- Feature Comics #84
- Feature Comics #85
- Feature Comics #86
- Feature Comics #87
- Feature Comics #88
- Feature Comics #89
- Feature Comics #90
- Feature Comics #91
- Feature Comics #92
- Feature Comics #93
- Feature Comics #94
- Feature Comics #95
- Feature Comics #96
- Feature Comics #97
- Feature Comics #98
- Feature Comics #99
- Feature Comics #100
- Feature Comics #101
- Feature Comics #102
- Feature Comics #103
- Feature Comics #104
- Feature Comics #105
- Feature Comics #106
- Feature Comics #107
- Feature Comics #108
- Feature Comics #109
- Feature Comics #110
- Feature Comics #111
- Feature Comics #112
- Feature Comics #113
- Feature Comics #114
- Feature Comics #115
- Feature Comics #116
- Feature Comics #117
- Feature Comics #118
- Feature Comics #119
- Feature Comics #120
- Feature Comics #121
- Feature Comics #122
- Feature Comics #123
- Feature Comics #124
- Feature Comics #125
- Feature Comics #126
- Feature Comics #127
- Feature Comics #128
- Feature Comics #129
- Feature Comics #130
- Feature Comics #131
- Feature Comics #132
- Feature Comics #133
- Feature Comics #134
- Feature Comics #135
- Feature Comics #136
- Feature Comics #137
- Feature Comics #138
- Feature Comics #139
- Feature Comics #140
- Feature Comics #141
- Feature Comics #142
- Feature Comics #143
- Feature Comics #144
Notes
- Archie O'Toole, Captain Cook of Scotland Yard, The Clock, Espionage, Reynolds of the Mounted, Richard Manners, Big Top, The Bungle Family, Dixie Dugan, Jane Arden, Joe Palooka, Lala Palooza, Lena Pry, Mickey Finn, Mortimer Mum, Ned Brandt, Off Side, Slim and Tubby, and Toddy continue from Feature Funnies.
- Archie O'Toole, Espionage, and Captain Cook of Scotland Yard continue in Smash Comics #1.
- The Clock continues in Crack Comics #1.
- Rusty Ryan becomes Rusty Ryan and the Boyville Brigadiers in #45, then returns to its original title in #102.
- The Spider Widow becomes Spider Widow and the Raven in #60.
- Inferior Man continues from Military Comics #13.
- Snappy continues from Crack Comics #26.
- Doll Man features in short text stories in addition to comics stories in #115-139.
- Stunt Man Stetson appears in both comics and text stories from #140-144.
- Big Top continues in Buster Bear #8 and Marmaduke Mouse #51.
- Lala Palooza continues in Marmaduke Mouse #35.
See Also