... and concealed machine guns! By Jove! This plane is equipped for instant action! 
- — Black X
Feature Funnies #19 is an issue of the series Feature Funnies (Volume 1) with a cover date of April, 1939.
Synopsis for "Joe Palooka"
(newspaper strip reprints)
Appearing in "Joe Palooka"
Featured Characters:
- Joe Palooka
Synopsis for "Jane Arden"
(newspaper strip reprints)
Appearing in "Jane Arden"
Featured Characters:
- Jane Arden
Synopsis for "Lena Pry"
(newspaper strip reprints)
Appearing in "Lena Pry"
Featured Characters:
- Lena Pry
Synopsis for Captain Cook of Scotland Yard: "The Poisoned Chocolates"
Appearing in Captain Cook of Scotland Yard: "The Poisoned Chocolates"
Featured Characters:
- Captain Cook of Scotland Yard
Supporting Characters:
- Mary Cook
- Cook's boss
- Fogarty
Villains:
- Bart Scruggs
Other Characters:
- Helen Scruggs (Dies) (Behind the scenes)
- Mr. Hill
- John Holliday
Locations:
- southern England
- London
- Eaton Candy Co.
Items:
- nitrobenzene poison
Vehicles:
- Cook's big yellow sedan
Synopsis for Archie O'Toole: "Count Hackula"
Archie gets bitten by a Jitterbug.
Appearing in Archie O'Toole: "Count Hackula"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Suzy Sweet
- Dr. Hangnale
Villains:
- Count Morris Hackula
- Countess Tessie Hackula
Locations:
- Pyromania
- Castle of Hackula
- Archie O'Toole's palace
Synopsis for Gallant Knight: "Montecourt: Part 2"
(reprinted strips from the British comic Wags)
Appearing in Gallant Knight: "Montecourt: Part 2"
Featured Characters:
- Sir Neville
Supporting Characters:
- Duke of Montecourt
- his knights
Villains:
- Count de Rochemont
- his men-at-arms
- his spies
- Moors
Other Characters:
Locations:
- Spain
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for Slim and Tubby: "Episode 19"
(newspaper strip reprints)
Appearing in Slim and Tubby: "Episode 19"
Featured Characters:
- Slim
- Tubby
Synopsis for "Ned Brant"
(newspaper strip reprints)
Appearing in "Ned Brant"
Featured Characters:
- Ned Brant
Synopsis for "Off the Record"
(newspaper strip reprints)
Appearing in "Off the Record"
- Appearances not yet listed
Synopsis for The Clock: "Pug Pratt, Fight Fixer"
Just as he's winning a championship bout, Boxer Danny Dowd is shot, from the arena's balcony, by Pug Pratt, frustrated extortionist and crooked gambler. The Clock pursues and corners Pratt, and arranges for Dowd to beat him up, then turns him over to the police.
Appearing in The Clock: "Pug Pratt, Fight Fixer"
Featured Characters:
- Template:Apn
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Pug Pratt
- his gang
Other Characters:
- Danny Dowd
- Crusher Casty
- Mr. Mahar
Locations:
Synopsis for "Dixie Dugan"
(newspaper strip reprints)
Appearing in "Dixie Dugan"
Featured Characters:
- Dixie Dugan
Synopsis for Espionage Starring Black X: "Propaganda In Panama"
Circa probably 1938-Feb: Colonel Baldridge in Panama has trouble with an insurrection, fomented by foreign spies: 2 jodphur-wearing aviators (one looks Japanese, one white one, probably named Otto Bix) plus General Hoch. By being in the right NYC travel agency office at the right moment, Black X lucks into seeing General Hoch the Revolutionist booking passage to Panama on the S.S. Granada, and buys the same tickets for himself and Batu. On the voyage Black X snoops thru Hoch's crated-but-not-dismantled airplane in the ship's hold; it's equipped with pre-loaded machine guns. As usual the bad guys get the drop on Black X; a few days later they're in Hoch's jungle hideout (ten miles from Juarez). Hoch figures on becoming Dictator of Panama in under a month. Next day a USAAF scout biplane is shot down by Hoch's unwieldy-looking airplane; that night Black X escapes in some undescribed manner from the jailhouse hut, then subdues the Japanese-looking spy pilot, and sends a radio message to the U.S. garrison at Panama City. A 2-man biplane comes to help Black X, but Bix & Hoch man a machine gun and hold it at bay, until Black X sneaks up on their position, the "Black X's guns bark death to the surprised revolutionists." One rescue later, he's back in WDC and Panama is again at peace. Once again, the wrap-up takes place "a few weeks later, in Black X's favorite restaurant in Washington."
Appearing in Espionage Starring Black X: "Propaganda In Panama"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- General Hoch, the Revolutionist (Dies)
- Otto Bix (Dies)
- other spy pilot
Other Characters:
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
- Curtiss Jenny biplane
Synopsis for "Big Top"
(newspaper strip reprints)
Appearing in "Big Top"
- Appearances not yet listed
Synopsis for Richard Manners: "The Emerald Robbery"
Appearing in Richard Manners: "The Emerald Robbery"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Louise
Other Characters:
- Joan De Vrille
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Off the Record"
(newspaper strip reprints)
Appearing in "Off the Record"
- Appearances not yet listed
Synopsis for "Lala Palooza"
(newspaper strip reprints)
Appearing in "Lala Palooza"
Featured Characters:
- Lala Palooza
Supporting Characters:
- Vincent Palooza
Synopsis for Reynolds of the Mounted: "Murder At a Lumber Camp"
Appearing in Reynolds of the Mounted: "Murder At a Lumber Camp"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Villains:
- Cabat
Other Characters:
- Baxter
Locations:
- lumber camp
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for The Bungle Family: "Neighbor's Day"
(newspaper strip reprints)
Appearing in The Bungle Family: "Neighbor's Day"
Featured Characters:
- Bungle Family
Synopsis for "Mickey Finn"
(newspaper strip reprints)
Appearing in "Mickey Finn"
Featured Characters:
- Mickey Finn
Supporting Characters:
- Uncle Phil
Other Characters:
- Ink Higgins
Notes
- Also featured in this issue of Feature Funnies were:
- They're Still Talking: "The Run that Crushed Germany's Dr. Otto Peltzer", by Bob Zuppke and B. W. DePew
- Strange As It Seems: "Allenby's Conquest of Jerusalem", by John Hix
- Toddy: "A War t'end Wars", by George Marcoux
- Mortimer Mum: "Do Not Harm the Birds", by William Sakren
- "The Outcast" (text story), by Robert M. Hyatt
- Strange As It Seems: "The Head that Changed Bodies!", by John Hix
See Also