XOW Logo
Issue: Adventure Comics #49
Disclose Detail
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
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): Whitney Ellsworth (uncredited)
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.
  Does this data need corrections? Become an editor.
Disclose Format
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:  
Disclose Reprinted From0
There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
Disclose Images1
Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
 
 
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Sheldon Moldoff [as CR] (signed); Bernard Baily (Hourman inset)
Sheldon Moldoff [as CR] (signed); Bernard Baily (Hourman inset)
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Sandman; Hourman
The Hourman [Rex Tyler] (inset); the Sandman [Wesley Dodds] (inset)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Last "generic" cover. Cover credits from Sheldon Moldoff himself in Alter Ego #52 (September 2005). Art originally tentatively credited to Creig Flessel.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Johnson Smith & Co.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover.
The Disappearance of Dr. Drew

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ken Fitch
Bernard Baily (signed)
Bernard Baily (signed)
?
Bernard Baily
Subject Matter
superhero
The Hourman
The Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Dr. Drew (intro); Miss Drew (intro); un-named gang of crooks (villains, intro, some death)
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.
Reprinting
FlagThe JSA All Stars Archives #1 published December 2007
FlagContinuum #7 published January 2009
as The Disappearance of Dr. Drew [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
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"!
The World's Largest City

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
non-fiction
Fantastic Facts
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Trap for Fang Gow

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ed Winiarski
Ed Winiarski [as Win]
Ed Winiarski [as Win]
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Barry O'Neill
Barry O'Neill; Fang Gow (villain)
Reprinting
FlagCollection Fantôme #[A574] [A] published March 1945
as Compagnons d'infortune [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
6
Schoolboy Ace Scored Over Forty Victories Before He Was Twenty Years Old!

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Terry Gilkison
Terry Gilkison (signed)
Terry Gilkison (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
AiRecords
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Issue from Turkey

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Adventure Stamp Page
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Page includes many small ads from stamps dealers.
Crime of a Criminologist

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jerry Siegel
Chad Grothkopf
Chad Grothkopf
?
?
Subject Matter
mystery
Federal Men
Steve Carson; Kimola Lazara (villain, introduction, death); Gabriel Torrence (introduction)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Junior Federal Men Club
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Red Grange, Sir Malcolm Campbell, L. E. Peevey

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
non-fiction, sports
Sport Stuff!
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.67
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Miniature Homes Co.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.33
Cold Cures and Crime

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gardner Fox
Chad Grothkopf
Chad Grothkopf
?
Chad Grothkopf
Subject Matter
superhero
The Sandman
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)
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.
Reprinting
FlagGolden Age Sandman Archives #1 published December 2004
FlagContinuum #7 published January 2009
as Cold Cures and Crime [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
10
Art credits in Archives are wrong.
No. 1 - Call of the Wild, by Jack London

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Adventure Comics Monthly Book Review
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.75
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
Daisy Air Rifles
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.25
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Jest Jokes
Halt! Which side are you on??
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
Peck Brothers
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
Mr. Krieger Vanishes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Albert Sulman
Joseph Sulman
Joseph Sulman
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure, sports
Socko Strong
Socko Strong; Benjamin Krieger (villain, introduction)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
A Sleepy Capture

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Frank Thomas (credited)
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
adventure
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1.5
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
0.5
The Tiger-Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Lehti
Jack Lehti
Jack Lehti
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Steve Conrad Adventurer
Steve Conrad; The Tiger-Men (villains, introduction)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
Mansion of Murder, Part 4

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Finger
Bob Kane
Bob Kane
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Rusty and His Pals
Rusty; John Rankin (guest, flashback); Tino (villain); Karl (villain); Zoroff (villain, flashback)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
On the Track of Serge Kano

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bart Tumey
Bart Tumey
Bart Tumey
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Anchors Aweigh!
Serge Kano (villain, introduction, death)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
At the Polar Zone

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gardner Fox
Jack Lehti (signed)
Jack Lehti (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Cotton Carver
Cotton Carver; Deela (guest); Red Mike (villain, introduction)
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
6
Six Big Headline Features for the "Big Six" Comic Magazines!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Lancaster County Seed Co.
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
The Complete Works of Shakespeare
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

Site designed and hosted by XOWTech, Inc..
Any questions or problems with this site should be directed to REMOVE-webmaestro-THESE@xowcomics.com.

XOW, XOWComics.com, XOWTech and XOWTech.com are registered trademarks of XOWTech, Inc.
© XOWTech, Inc., 2010 - 2024. All rights reserved.

Some data courtesy of the Grand Comics Database under a Creative Commons Attribution license.