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Issue: Adventure Comics #49
Publication Date: April 1940
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Issues: #49 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: 03/08/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 26 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, 1940, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 448974.
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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
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Sandman; Hourman
Character(s): The Hourman [Rex Tyler] (inset); the Sandman [Wesley Dodds] (inset)
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Last "generic" cover. Cover credits from Sheldon Moldoff himself in Alter Ego #52 (September 2005). Art originally tentatively credited to Creig Flessel.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Disappearance of Dr. Drew

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Dr. Drew (intro); Miss Drew (intro); un-named gang of crooks (villains, intro, some death)
Synopsis: Rex Tyler's 2nd client is a Miss Drew, who asks that he help locate her missing father, whom she believes has been kidnapped because of his creation of a super type of cold pill.
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In Issue: FlagThe JSA All Stars Archives #1 published December 2007
In Content Item: FlagContinuum #7 published January 2009
as The Disappearance of Dr. Drew [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Oddity: A detective questioning Rex Tyler about Miss Drew, inquires of him as to whether or not he is "Tick-Tock Tyler, The Hour-Man"!
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The World's Largest City

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Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Fantastic Facts
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Pages: 1
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Trap for Fang Gow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Barry O'Neill; Fang Gow (villain)
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In Content Item: FlagCollection Fantôme #[A574] [A] published March 1945
as Compagnons d'infortune [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Schoolboy Ace Scored Over Forty Victories Before He Was Twenty Years Old!

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Feature(s): AiRecords
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Pages: 1
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Issue from Turkey

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Adventure Stamp Page
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page includes many small ads from stamps dealers.
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Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Mortimer Kale; Dr. Nikola Lazzara (villain (introduction, death); Gabriel Torrence (introduction)
First Line: May I step in? I wish to discuss a matter of vital importance to you!
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Pages: 4
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In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (in character as Steve Carson)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Hello again, Members! This month I want to tell you about an average you man who wanted to be a G-Man -- and who actually accomplished his ambition.
Synopsis: The column talks about the steps a young man had to take in order to fulfill his aspirations of becoming a G-man.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The page includes a clip-and-mail coupon that could be sent, along with 10 cents, to "enlist" in the Junior Federal Men Club. Those who joined received a badge, certificate and Operator's number.
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Red Grange, Sir Malcolm Campbell, L. E. Peevey

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Genres: non-fiction, sports
Feature(s): Sport Stuff!
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Pages: 0.67
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Miniature Homes Co.
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Pages: 0.33
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Cold Cures and Crime

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sandman
Character(s): The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Dr. Lovejoy (medical doctor, introduction); unnamed assistant to Dr. Lovejoy (death); crippled man (villain, introduction); gang of crooks (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: The death of several assistants to a famed scientist, claiming to be able to cure the common cold, leads the Sandman into the fray to prevent criminals from exploiting that cure to their own financial advantage.
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In Issue: FlagGolden Age Sandman Archives #1 published December 2004
In Content Item: FlagContinuum #7 published January 2009
as Cold Cures and Crime [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Art credits in Archives are wrong.
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No. 1 - Call of the Wild, by Jack London

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Adventure Comics Monthly Book Review
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Pages: 0.75
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 0.25
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Jest Jokes
First Line: Halt! Which side are you on??
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Pages: 0.5
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Peck Brothers
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Pages: 0.5
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Mr. Krieger Vanishes

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Genres: adventure, sports
Character(s): Socko Strong; Benjamin Krieger (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 6
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A Sleepy Capture

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: adventure
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Pages: 1.5
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co.
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Pages: 0.5
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The Tiger-Men

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Steve Conrad Adventurer
Character(s): Steve Conrad; The Tiger-Men (villains, introduction)
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Pages: 6
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Mansion of Murder, Part 4

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Rusty; John Rankin (guest, flashback); Tino (villain); Karl (villain); Zoroff (villain, flashback)
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Pages: 4
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On the Track of Serge Kano

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Serge Kano (villain, introduction, death)
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Pages: 6
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At the Polar Zone

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Cotton Carver; Deela (guest); Red Mike (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 6
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Six Big Headline Features for the "Big Six" Comic Magazines!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Lancaster County Seed Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Complete Works of Shakespeare
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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