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42October 1952
$0.10

Doll Man #42

Quality Comics · October 1952 · on sale 1952-07-02

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Identification plate

Series
Doll Man (Quality Comics, 1948 series)
Issue
#42
Publication date
October 1952
Key date
1952-10-00
On-sale date
1952-07-02
Indicia publisher
Comic Favorites Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The Eerie Tale of the Mind Monstercover1pencils: Reed Crandall; inks: Reed CrandallDoll Man [Darrel Dane]; Kain
1The Mind-Monstercomic story10script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Art Gates; inks: Art GatesDoll Man [Darrel Dane]; Doll Girl [Martha Roberts]; Hubert Perrin (writer, introduction, death); Kain (villain, introduction, death)
2It's a Dog's Lifecomic story4script: Gill Fox; pencils: Gill Fox; inks: Gill FoxTorchy Todd; Tess
3The Spectre In Steelcomic story7script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Chic Stone; inks: Chuck CuideraDoll Man [Darrel Dane]; Doll Girl [Martha Roberts]; Elmer Ronald (introduction, death, comes back as a ghost); John Brath (villain, introduction, death)
4The Weaklingtext story1letters: typeset
5Diary of Deathcomic story7script: Bill Woolfolk; pencils: Art Gates; inks: Art GatesDoll Man [Darrel Dane]; Doll Girl [Martha Roberts]; Willie Jordan (villain, introduction, death); Harry Clement (villain, introduction)

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CollectionYear
Doll Man - Volume 5
ISBN 978-1544697475
2017On eBay ›
Doll Man Giant Special #22016On eBay ›

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