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The series started out as a reprint collection of newspaper comic strips that was published by
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witch, with a green-faced old crone mask, a floppy black hat, and a long black dress.
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from 1939 until 1950, that featured short stories in the humor genre and later the
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and Goldberg's assistant, Johnny Devlin, Arnold in mid-1937 began publishing
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from #21–31 (Apr. 1940), when he moved over to the new Quality Comics title
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then continued the numbering with issue #21, and ran until #144.
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from #21–31 (Apr. 1940), when the strip also moved over to
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for their hard-earned dimes, formed the suitably titled
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Comic book anthology series published by Quality Comics
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Index

Feature Funnies

Doll Man
Publisher
Quality Comics
Everett M. "Busy" Arnold
Ongoing series
humor/comedy
superhero
Joe Palooka
Mickey Finn
Dixie Dugan
Bungle Family
Jane Arden
The Clock
Doll Man
Spider Widow
Rube Goldberg
American comic book
anthology
Quality Comics
superhero

Harry "A" Chesler
newspaper comic strips
Joe Palooka
Mickey Finn
Dixie Dugan
Everett M. "Busy" Arnold
Depression-era

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