You see, this hat is made of solid sponge rubber, and finished to look just like felt. That explains why I'm still standing.
Feature Comics #24 is an issue of the series Feature Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of September, 1939.
Appearing in Charlie Chan: "The Mahati Diamond"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Lee Chan
Antagonists:
- Captain Gerald Hartley, secretly Grissac (Apparent Death)
Other Characters:
- Lord Dalfour
- Mrs. Harrington
- Robert Morris
- Marga Deeping
- Countess Albani
- Hugh Fallon (wears a monocle}
- Randall Deeping
- Inspector Duff at Scotland Yard
- Nivins, his aide
Locations:
- Southampton
- Victoria Pier
- London
- Scotland Yard
- New York City
- Steamship Pier
Items:
- Mahati Diamond
Vehicles:
- S.S. Victoria, passenger liner
Synopsis for Charlie Chan: "The Mahati Diamond"
(newspaper strip reprints)
Appearing in "Lala Palooza"
Featured Characters:
- Lala Palooza
Supporting Characters:
- Vincent Palooza
Synopsis for "Lala Palooza"
(newspaper strip reprints)
Appearing in Rance Keane: "The Phony Jim Towne"
Featured Characters:
- Rance Keane, Knight of the West
Supporting Characters:
- Chaps Shaw
Antagonists:
- Jim Towne impersonator
- Bug-Eye Burns
Other Characters:
- Sheriff Dan Wilcox
- Ted Keane, (mentioned, Rance's father)
- Joe Bigfeather
- Jim Towne
Locations:
- American Old West, the 1910s
- Arizona
- Wagonwheel
- Towne Ranch
- Butler Mountain
- Arizona
Synopsis for Rance Keane: "The Phony Jim Towne"
- Synopsis not yet written.
Appearing in "Jane Arden // Lena Pry"
Featured Characters:
- Jane Arden (across top halves of pages)
- Lena Pry (across bottom halves of pages)
Synopsis for "Jane Arden // Lena Pry"
(newspaper strip reprints)
Appearing in The Clock: "Nillot the Swindler"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Captain Kane
Antagonists:
- Nillot
- Joe
- Kratz
Other Characters:
- Wilty (dead)
Locations:
Items:
- solid sponge rubber hat
Synopsis for The Clock: "Nillot the Swindler"
The Clock easily outwits and maneuvers three crooks (Nillot, Joe, and Kratz) into bunching up in Nillot's home, then breaks into the house himself, and confronts them. One gets behind him and konks him with a pistol butt, but the Clock is wearing a sponge rubber hat, so he's unfazed by this, and proceeds to administer paralyzing nerve pinches to the three of them and leave them for the police.
Appearing in "Joe Palooka"
Featured Characters:
- Joe Palooka
Supporting Characters:
- Knobby Walsh
Synopsis for "Joe Palooka"
(newspaper strip reprints)
Appearing in Gallant Knight: "Land of Enchantment"
Featured Characters:
- Sir Neville of England (Final appearance)
Antagonists:
- a slaver
- his daughter
- their guards (some die)
- his daughter
Other Characters:
- Sir Raymond of Navaria
- Charlemagne
- gold mine slaves
Locations:
- Charlemagne's Council Hall
- Land of Shadows
- castle
- gold mine
- enchanted forest
Era:
- Early 9th Century, Reign of Charlemagne
Synopsis for Gallant Knight: "Land of Enchantment"
(reprints from the British comic Wags)
Appearing in "Dixie Dugan"
Featured Characters:
- Dixie Dugan
Synopsis for "Dixie Dugan"
(newspaper strip reprints)
Appearing in Slim and Tubby: "Episode 24"
Featured Characters:
- Slim
- Tubby
Synopsis for Slim and Tubby: "Episode 24"
(newspaper strip reprints)
Appearing in "Ned Brant"
Featured Characters:
- Ned Brant
Synopsis for "Ned Brant"
(newspaper strip reprints)
Appearing in Reynolds of the Mounted: "The Return of Jules Reynard"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Jules Reynard (Dies)
Other Characters:
- Pierre Bateau
- Bert, pilot
- RCMP Inspector
- Tom, Mountie
- Bob, Mountie
Locations:
- Canada
- Fur Trappers Valley
- RCMP HQ
Vehicles:
- RCMP biplane (Destroyed)
Synopsis for Reynolds of the Mounted: "The Return of Jules Reynard"
Jules Reynard escapes from prison and returns to Fur Trappers Valley, where he takes revenge on the trappers who had sent him to prison, murdering some, robbing all, and burning down their cabins. Mounties arrive, and there is a gunfight, then an attempted escape, which ends when one Mountie fatally crashes a biplane into the fleeing Reynard.
Appearing in "Mickey Finn"
Featured Characters:
- Mickey Finn
Supporting Characters:
- Knobby Walsh
Synopsis for "Mickey Finn"
(newspaper strip reprints)
Notes
- Last issue for Gallant Knight by Vernon Henkel.
- Sgt. Reynolds, surveying the crash site: "... and that finishes Jules Reynard -- a fitting end for his type!"
- Also featured in this issue of Feature Comics were:
- Big Top (newspaper strip reprints) by Ed Wheelan
- Bungle Family (newspaper strip reprints) by H.J. Tuthill
- "Devil's Head" (text story) by Robert M. Hyatt
- Mortimer Mum by Bill Sakren (bottom halves of the "Toddy" pages)
- Off Side by Jo Metzer
- Off the Record by Ed Reed
- Rube Goldberg's Side Show by Rube Goldberg
- They're Still Talking: "About That Remarkable World Series Batting Feat", by Bob Zuppke and R.W. DePew
- Toddy by George Marcoux (top halves of the "Mortimer Mum" pages)
Trivia
- William A. Smith signs his Rance Keane stories as "Will Arthur".
