Digital Comic Museum - Doll Man 038 (SOTI)


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Mentioned in the text of Dr. Wertham's anti-comics book 'Seduction of the Innocent' (1954) pg 388.
"A man provides murder victims for his wife, who drinks their blood. He grabs a newsboy for her and she says over his bound body: 'His throat is as white and soft as a swan's! So tender and youthful!'"
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Issue: #38
Published: February 1952, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: Horror-themed issues begin. On sale date as listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Periodicals, July-December 1951, page 198, registration number B328725.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)	The Cult of Death!
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Doll Man [Darrel Dane] Doll Girl [Martha Roberts]

Comic Story (10 pages)	The Druid Death
Synopsis:	Darrel, Martha and Harley succeed in discovering an ancient tomb of the Druids, but later discover a parchment they have recovered reveals the existence opf a fabulous treasure at the site of the ruins....a treasure also sought by a group of present-day Druids!
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Doll Man [Darrel Dane] Doll Girl [Martha Roberts] Elmo (the Wonder Dog) Dr. Harley Somers (introduction, Death) Band Of Druids (villains, Introduction For All)

Comic Story (5 pages)	The Sea Cruise Gig
Genre:	Humor
Characters:	Torchy Todd Tess Sneaky Sturgis (villain, Introduction) Un-named Crook (villain, Introduction)

Comic Story (8 pages)	House of Vampires
Synopsis:	Doll Man and Doll Girl enter the home of the de Grasso's, a family whose records trace them back to Transylvania, after a body is found drained of it's blood. They discovered that the de Grassos were indeed supernatural as they witnessed the pair emerging from their coffins. However, when morning came and sunlight filtered into the house, the evil pair were reduced to bone and ash.
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Doll Man [Darrel Dane] Doll Girl [Martha Roberts] Jimmy Rogers (introduction) Count De Grasso (villain, Introduction, Death, A Vampire) Countess De Grasso (villain, Introduction, Death, A Vampire) Dandy Phil Dander (villain, Introduction, Death)

Text Story (1 page)	Revenge From the Grave
Credits:	Letters: typeset
Genre:	Detective-mystery

Comic Story (7 pages)	The Voodoo Master!
Synopsis:	Visiting a wax museum, Darrel and Martha are startled to see life characters of two people known to them, and they discover the curator of the museum, Dr. Voodoo, has killed them both (attempting another) because all three were responsible for sending him to prison some fifteen years earlier.
Genre:	Superhero
Characters:	Doll Man [Darrel Dane] Doll Girl [Martha Roberts] Eleanor Madill (death) Elmer Valon (scientist, Death) Senator Smithers Dr. Voodoo (villain, Introduction)

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