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Image: | Image:Feature_book-18-a.jpg|[[Feature Book 18|''Feature Book'' #18]] | ||
Image: | Image:Feature_book-19-a.jpg|[[Feature Book 19|''Feature Book'' #19]] | ||
Image: | Image:Feature_book-23-a.jpg|[[Feature Book 23|''Feature Book'' #23]] | ||
Image:Feature_books-46.jpg|[[Feature Book 46|''Feature Book'' #46]] | Image:Feature_books-46.jpg|[[Feature Book 46|''Feature Book'' #46]] | ||
Image:Feature_books-52.jpg|[[Feature Book 52|''Feature Book'' #52]] | Image:Feature_books-52.jpg|[[Feature Book 52|''Feature Book'' #52]] | ||
Revision as of 13:11, 2 July 2016
| Feature Book | |
 First numbered issue | |
| Country/language: |  USA / English
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|---|---|
| Publishing company: | David McKay Company |
| Publishing years: | 1936-1948 |
| Issues: | 57 (+2) |
| Format: | |
Feature Book was started by the David McKay Company in 1936, and was the first US comic book to devote complete issues to different characters.
History
The series started its numbering after two unnumbered issues ("Popeye" and "Dick Tracy"). The Feature Book series reprinted the popular newspaper strips of the time, such as: "Popeye", "Dick Tracy", "Little Orphan Annie", "The Lone Ranger", "Secret Agent X-9", "The Phantom", "Mandrake the Magician" and on.
The first 25 issues were oversized (23x30,5 cm) black and white comic books while issues 26-57 were standard sized color comic books.
Issue overview
Mandrake issues
The 3 first issues was reprinted by Pacific Comics Club in 1993.