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Issue: Adventure Comics #57
Publication Date: December 1940
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Issues: #57 of 472 Issues (530 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/06/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.15 CAD
$0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 28 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth (uncredited)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.; digest (5" x 6.75") (#491-503)
Paper Stock: glossy cover (#32-490); cardstock cover (#491-503); newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#390, 416, 491-503)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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NICOLAS CAGE COLLECTION CGC 9.2 NM-
2nd Highest CGC Graded; unrestored
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Bernard Baily (signed)
Inker(s): Bernard Baily (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Hourman
Character(s): The Hourman; Jimmy Martin; Thorndyke; The Sandman (inset)
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Company
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Pages: 1
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The Menace of Dr. Togg

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ken Fitch
Penciller(s): Bernard Baily (signed)
Inker(s): Bernard Baily (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bernard Baily
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Hourman
Character(s): The Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Guest Stars: Thorndyke; Jimmy Martin 3 un-named members of the Minute Men of America; Doctor Togg (villain, introduction, death?); Gombezi (villains, winged creatures, death)
Synopsis: Hourman and the Minute Men must face an evil scientist, from his laboratory on Wide Island, who has created weird pets called the Gombezi out of wolves and buzzards that he uses to rob and kill.
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In Content Item: Flag100-Page Super Spectacular #DC-18 published July 1973
as The Menace of Dr. Togg [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 8
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Here Are the Winners of the Hour-Man Contest!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bernard Baily
Inker(s): Bernard Baily
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bernard Baily; ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Hourman
Character(s): The Hourman
Synopsis: The winners of the Hourman contest are announced, with the winner getting an original Hourman drawing by Bernard Baily.
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Pages: 1
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Football Facts

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff [as Bolty] (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff [as Bolty] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, sports
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Pages: 1
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Pages: 1
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Fang Gow's Cut-Throats

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Winiarski
Penciller(s): Ed Winiarski [as Win]
Inker(s): Ed Winiarski [as Win]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Barry O'Neill
Character(s): Barry O'Neill; Fang Gow (villain)
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Pages: 6
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Several small ads.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Just Jokes
First Line: We're having a safety campaign!
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Pages: 0.67
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Goofigags
First Line: Sorry - No parts for gunmen today!
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Pages: 0.33
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Lionel Trains
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Pages: 0.67
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General Kosta's Subterfuge

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Howard Purcell
Penciller(s): Howard Purcell
Inker(s): Howard Purcell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Mark Lansing
Character(s): Mark Lansing; Captain Sen (introduction); General Kosta (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 6
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The Problem of the Phony Newspaperman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Chad Grothkopf
Inker(s): Chad Grothkopf
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Federal Men
Character(s): Steve Carson; Senator Blast (introduction); Aldo Serald (villain, introduction); Serald's spies (villains, introduction)
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Pages: 4
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Junior Federal Men Club
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Pages: 1
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Trains - Big & Little!

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
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Pages: 0.5
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Flex-i-Track
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Pages: 0.5
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The Tree Folk

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Jack Lehti
Inker(s): Jack Lehti
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Cotton Carver
Character(s): Cotton Carver; Deela (guest); The Tree Folk (villains, introduction)
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Pages: 6
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Adventure Stamp Page
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Pages: 1
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Magna Cum Laude

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Albert Sulman
Penciller(s): Joseph Sulman
Inker(s): Joseph Sulman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, sports
Feature(s): Socko Strong
Character(s): Socko Strong; Papa Manetta (introduction); Tony Manetta (introduction)
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Last appearance.
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Erector
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Pages: 1
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Peril in Africa

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Lehti
Penciller(s): Jack Lehti
Inker(s): Jack Lehti
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Steve Conrad Adventurer
Character(s): Steve Conrad; Prof. Sibley (introduction)
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Pages: 6
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Flash Capture

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Shute (credited)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 1.33
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: The Superman radio program...
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: At the bottom of the first page of the text story.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: A few small ads on the second page of the text story.
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To Hammer the Earth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Creig Flessel
Inker(s): Chad Grothkopf
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Chad Grothkopf
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sandman
Character(s): The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Phoebe; Bill Williams (introduction, death); A mad scientist (villain, introduction); scientist's assistant (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Sandman saves a girl who falls from the sky from a burning airplane, and who plays a role in the Sandman's battle against a crazed scientist who has invented the Atom-Smasher: a weapon that directs a stream of uranium atoms away from the Earth, then draws them back to pound against the Earth like a giant hammer!
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In Issue: FlagGolden Age Sandman Archives #1 published December 2004
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Pages: 10
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Here It Is -- Better Than Ever!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): All-Star Comics
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Pages: 1
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Be a Superman! Carry This Official Superman Krypto-Raygun

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Company
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Fred Harman (signed)
Inker(s): Fred Harman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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