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Doll Man #42 (1952) · The Collector

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Quality Comics
Doll Man (1948)
#42

Quality Comics#42

Doll Man

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Doll Man #42

Publisher: Quality Comics
Cover date: October 1952
On sale: Jul 2, 1952
Cover price: $0.10
Pages: 36

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Stories

3 titled

1The Mind-Monster
2The Spectre In Steel
3

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Grand Comics Database issue 10021

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A supernatural monster called Kain comes to life from his creator's typewriter and kills the author. He was later dispelled by Doll Girl when she types him out of existence!

Diary of Death

Credits

Writers: Bill Woolfolk, Gill Fox
Pencillers: Art Gates, Gill Fox, Chic Stone
Inkers: Art Gates, Gill Fox, Chuck Cuidera
Cover: Reed Crandall

Editorial and production

Editor: Al Grenet
Associate editor: Richard Arnold

Characters

Doll Girl
Doll Man
Elmer Ronald
Harry Clement
Hubert Perrin
John Brath
Kain
Tess
Torchy Todd
Willie Jordan

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