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Issue: Adventure Comics #38
Publication Date: May 1939
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Issues: #38 of 472 Issues (530 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/03/1939
Volume: 4
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (14 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date and volume number from the volume number reported in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number B 412466.
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): John Richard Flanagan
Inker(s): John Richard Flanagan
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: jungle
Synopsis: Leopard leaping at man.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Young American Sailor Adventurer Became Captain When Only 17-Years Old

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Terry Gilkison
Penciller(s): Terry Gilkison (signed)
Inker(s): Terry Gilkison (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): AdventurEvents
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Suicide of Major Duval, Part 1

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): Maj. Andre Duval (introduction, death); Count Guniff (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Charles Biro
Penciller(s): Charles Biro (signed)
Inker(s): Charles Biro (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Woe Is Me
First Line: Patches - A day like this makes a man feel snappy...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.75
Disclose Notes: only appearance
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Rosati Accordions
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.25
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Theft of the Volker Plans

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Newman (signed)
Penciller(s): George Newman (signed)
Inker(s): George Newman (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Inspector Kent
Character(s): Inspector Kent; The Colonel; The Raven (villain); Captain Sutter; Agent K-4
Synopsis: The Raven stages an air attack over the city of Kurtzberg to mask his theft of the secret Volker Plans. Kent joins forces with Undercover Agent K-4 of the Bureau of Intelligence to infiltrate the Raven's secret headquarters and retrieve the plans.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Last appearance. The Inspector Kent feature previously appeared in Detective Comics, (DC, 1937 series) #19 (September 1938) and #22 (December 1938). Apparently an inventory fill-in for Cotton Carver, which was also by George Newman.
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The Killing of Judge Thompson

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Shuster Shop
Inker(s): Shuster Shop
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Federal Men
Character(s): Benny Saunders (villain, introduction); Judge Thompson (introduction, death)
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Pages: 4
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Junior Federal Men Club

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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New Air Mails

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Stamp Mart
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page includes many small ads from stamps dealers.
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The God of the Ruby Eye, Part 12

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jim Chambers
Penciller(s): Jim Chambers
Inker(s): Jim Chambers
Colorist(s): ? (red tones)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Tod Hunter
Character(s): Dante (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Last appearance. First two pages are in black, white, and red; last two in black and white.
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A Playboy In King Arthur's Court, Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Schwab
Penciller(s): Fred Schwab
Inker(s): Fred Schwab
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Don Coyote
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Armored Truck Robbery

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Don Lynch
Inker(s): Don Lynch
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Steve Malone
Character(s): Steve Malone, D. A. (introduction)
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story is in black and white, except for the feature logo panel which is in red tones.
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Emergency Case

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Anthony
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Battle with Tartars

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Winiarski
Penciller(s): Ed Winiarski
Inker(s): Ed Winiarski
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Captain Desmo
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story is in black and white, except for feature logo panel which is in red tones.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Kane
Penciller(s): Bob Kane
Inker(s): Bob Kane
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Professor Doolittle
First Line: Spring Hats
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Pages: 2
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Mystery of the Exploding Ships

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jim Chambers
Penciller(s): Jim Chambers
Inker(s): Jim Chambers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Tom Brent
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story is in black and white, except feature logo panel which is in red tones.
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The Rebel Pancho Velez

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tom Hickey
Penciller(s): Tom Hickey
Inker(s): Tom Hickey
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Skip Schuyler
Character(s): Pancho Velez (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 6
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The Pirate Ship, Part 13

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Kane
Penciller(s): Bob Kane
Inker(s): Bob Kane
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Rusty and His Pals
Character(s): Long Sin (villain); Ebenezer Slade (villain); Duchess (guest)
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Pages: 4
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Wang Ku of Shanghai

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Guardineeer
Penciller(s): Fred Guardineer
Inker(s): Fred Guardineer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Anchors Aweigh!
Character(s): Wang Ku (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 6
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): George Papp
Penciller(s): George Papp [as GEP] (signed)
Inker(s): George Papp [as GEP] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Fantastic Facts
First Line: Ira Ball, a pitcher of Summerall, Miss., threw a ball so hard...
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Pages: 1
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): All-American Comics; Movie Comics
First Line: Thanks, boys and girls of America...
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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): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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