Feature Comics Vol 1 24

"Charlie Chan: "The Mahati Diamond"": (newspaper strip reprints)

Charlie Chan: "The Mahati Diamond"
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Feature Comics Vol 1 #24
September, 1939
Publisher	Quality Comics
Executive Editor	Everett M. Arnold
Cover Artists	Ed Cronin
Charlie Chan: "The Mahati Diamond"
Writers	Alfred Andriola
Pencilers	Alfred Andriola
Inkers	Alfred Andriola
Editors	Ed Cronin
Lala Palooza: "Archery"
Pencilers	Joe Devlin
Inkers	Joe Devlin
Rance Keane: "The Phony Jim Towne"
Writers	William A. Smith
Pencilers	William A. Smith
Inkers	William A. Smith
Jane Arden // Lena Pry
Writers	Monte Barrett
Pencilers	Russell E. Ross
Inkers	Russell E. Ross
The Clock: "Nillot the Swindler"
Writers	George E. Brenner
Pencilers	George E. Brenner
Inkers	George E. Brenner
Joe Palooka
Writers	Ham Fisher
Pencilers	Ham Fisher
Inkers	Ham Fisher
Gallant Knight: "Land of Enchantment"
Writers	Vernon Henkel
Pencilers	Vernon Henkel
Inkers	Vernon Henkel
Dixie Dugan
Writers	J.P. McEvoy
Pencilers	J.H. Striebel
Inkers	J.H. Striebel
Slim and Tubby: "Episode 24"
Writers	John J. Welch
Pencilers	John J. Welch
Inkers	John J. Welch
Ned Brant
Writers	Bob Zuppke
Pencilers	R.W. Depew
Inkers	R.W. Depew
Reynolds of the Mounted: "The Return of Jules Reynard"
Writers	Art Pinajian
Pencilers	Art Pinajian
Inkers	Art Pinajian
Mickey Finn
Writers	Lank Leonard
Pencilers	Lank Leonard Morris Weiss
Inkers	Lank Leonard Morris Weiss
Previous Issue	Feature Comics # 23
Next Issue	Feature Comics # 25

You see, this hat is made of solid sponge rubber, and finished to look just like felt. That explains why I'm still standing.

— The Clock

Feature Comics #24 is an issue of the series Feature Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of September, 1939.

Synopsis for Charlie Chan: "The Mahati Diamond"

(newspaper strip reprints)

Appearing in Charlie Chan: "The Mahati Diamond"

Featured Characters:

• Charlie Chan

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
  

Appearing in Lala Palooza: "Archery"

Featured Characters:

• Lala Palooza

Supporting Characters:

• Vincent Palooza

Other Characters:

• Mrs. Giltrocks
• her Butler
  

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, town
    • Towne Ranch
    • Butler Mountain
      

Synopsis for "Jane Arden // Lena Pry"

(newspaper strip reprints)

Appearing in "Jane Arden // Lena Pry"

Featured Characters:

• Jane Arden
• Lena Pry (See Notes.)
  

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 The Clock: "Nillot the Swindler"

Featured Characters:

• The Clock

Supporting Characters:

• Captain Kane

Antagonists:

• Nillot
• Joe
• Kratz

Other Characters:

• Wilty (dead)

Locations:

• New York City

Items:

• solid sponge rubber hat
  

Synopsis for "Joe Palooka"

(newspaper strip reprints)

Appearing in "Joe Palooka"

Featured Characters:

• Joe Palooka

Supporting Characters:

• Knobby Walsh
  

Synopsis for Gallant Knight: "Land of Enchantment"

(reprints from the British comic Wags)

Appearing in Gallant Knight: "Land of Enchantment"

Featured Characters:

• Sir Tyrone Neville of England (Final appearance)

Antagonists:

• a slaver
  • his daughter
    • their guards (some die)

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 "Dixie Dugan"

(newspaper strip reprints)

Appearing in "Dixie Dugan"

Featured Characters:

• Dixie Dugan
  

Synopsis for Slim and Tubby: "Episode 24"

(newspaper strip reprints)

Appearing in Slim and Tubby: "Episode 24"

Featured Characters:

• Slim
• Tubby
  

Synopsis for "Ned Brant"

(newspaper strip reprints)

Appearing in "Ned Brant"

Featured Characters:

• Ned Brant
  

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 Reynolds of the Mounted: "The Return of Jules Reynard"

Featured Characters:

• Sgt. Jim Reynolds, RCMP

Supporting Characters:

• Royal Canadian Mounted Police

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 "Mickey Finn"

(newspaper strip reprints)

Appearing in "Mickey Finn"

Featured Characters:

• Mickey Finn

Supporting Characters:

• Knobby Walsh

Notes

• Published monthly by Comic Favorites, Inc.
• Last issue for Gallant Knight by Vernon Henkel.
• First issue for John Devlin art on Lala Palooza, which now presents original material.
• 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 {!-- two pages is why. --}
  • Bungle Family (newspaper strip reprints) by H.J. Tuthill {!-- two pages is why. --}
  • "Devil's Head" (text story) by Robert M. Hyatt
  • Good Deed Dotty by J.P. McEvoy and J.H. Striebel, running across the top 1/5 of all 3 of their Dixie Dugan pages.
  • "Joe Palooka's Boxing Course" by Ham Fisher, running across the top 1/5 of one of his Joe Palooka pages.
  • "Joe Palooka's Album" by Ham Fisher, running across the top 1/5 of three of his Joe Palooka pages.
  • Lena Pry by Monte Barrett and Russell E. Ross, running in the bottom-left 1/4 of all 4 of their Jane Arden pages.
  • Little Brother by H.J. Tuthill, running across the top 1/5 of both of his Bungle Family pages.
  • Mortimer Mum by Bill Sakren, across bottom halves of both "Toddy" pages.
  • Nippie ("He's Often Wrong") by Lank Leonard, running across the top 1/5 of all 4 of his Mickey Finn pages.
  • Off The Record (1-panel gags) by Ed Reed, in two places in this issue.
  • Rube Goldberg's Side Show, by Rube Goldberg, in two places in this issue.
  • They're Still Talking: "... About That Remarkable World Series Batting Feat", by Bob Zuppke and R.W. Depew
  • Toddy by George Marcoux, across top halves of both "Mortimer Mum" pages.
  • Twisted Tales by Rube Goldberg, running across the bottom 1/5 of both of his Side Show pages.

Trivia

• William A. Smith signs his Rance Keane stories as "Will Arthur".

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Feature Comics series