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Issue: New Adventure Comics #4 (16)
Publication Date: June 1937
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Issues: #4 (16) of 20 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Nicholson Publishing Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/07/1937
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 35 (21 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (editor and publisher); Vin Sullivan (associate editor); F. Whitney Ellsworth (associate editor)
Disclose Notes: Junior Federal Men Club begins with this issue. Indicia says "VOL. 2 No. 4", cover says No. 16.

On sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1937, New Series, Volume 32, Number 2. Second class permit. Copyright number 343379. Submitted as "New Adventure Comics" and as issue number v2#4 to the Copyright Office.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S.
Paper Stock:  
Binding: Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Penciller(s): Creig Flessel
Inker(s): Creig Flessel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, mystery
Feature(s): Federal Men
Character(s): Steve Carson
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Pages: 1
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The Comic Headliner!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Vin Sullivan (signed)
Inker(s): Vin Sullivan (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): More Fun Comics
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Pages: 0.67
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Joe Shuster
Inker(s): Joe Shuster
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Federal Men
Character(s): Steve Carson; Wan Ling; Red Gorman (introduction, dies, villain)
First Line: Closely pursued, a smuggling craft adopts ruthless tactics...
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Pages: 4
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Junior Federal Men Club
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Pages: 1
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The Tsin Lee Incident, Part 3

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Ely
Penciller(s): Will Ely [as Will Georgi]
Inker(s): Will Ely
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dale Daring
Character(s): Dale Daring; Tsin Lee (villain); Captain Brewster
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Pages: 2
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Murder at the Thousand Bleeding Dragons, Part 3

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Donohoe
Penciller(s): Joe Donohoe (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Donohoe (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Detective Sergeant Carey of the Chinatown Squad
Character(s): Sgt. Carey; Sleepy; Sin Fu (villain)
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Pages: 2
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Episode 14

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson ?
Penciller(s): Sven Elven
Inker(s): Sven Elven
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Feature(s): Captain Quick
Character(s): Kendall Quick
Synopsis: Quick is captured by the Spanish and taken to Cartagena.
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Pages: 4
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Rajah Maharajah, Part 12

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Homer Fleming
Penciller(s): Homer Fleming
Inker(s): Homer Fleming
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Sandor and the Lost Civilization
Character(s): Sandor; Benar
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Pages: 4
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): I. W. Magovern
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Worth-While Pictures to Watch For
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Patsy Kelly

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Laidlaw
Penciller(s): Laidlaw
Inker(s): Laidlaw
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Straight from Hollywood
Character(s): Patsy Kelly; Robert Young; Ted Healy; Ole Olsen; Chic Johnson
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Russell Cole [as Alger]
Penciller(s): Russell Cole [as Alger]
Inker(s): Russell Cole [as Alger]
Colorist(s): ? (black, white, and red)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Ol' Oz Bopp
First Line: I 'member th' winter of seventy-two-
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Concord Hymn, by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): H. C. Kiefer
Penciller(s): H. C. Kiefer
Inker(s): H. C. Kiefer
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Famous Poems Pictured
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Leo O'Mealia
Penciller(s): Leo O'Mealia
Inker(s): Leo O'Mealia
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Andy Handy
First Line: Spring tonic
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Whitney Ellsworth
Penciller(s): Whitney Ellsworth
Inker(s): Whitney Ellsworth
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Th' Cunnel
Character(s): The Cunnel [Colonel] (only appearance)
First Line: Ah'm starved - Mammy Lou!
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Patrick
Penciller(s): Bill Patrick
Inker(s): Bill Patrick
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): It's a Dern Lie
Character(s): Cameo: Editor of NEW ADVENTURE COMICS (Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson?)
First Line: Hubby has just been made mayor of our town...
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Disclose Notes: "submitted by I. P. Hawkins Jeffers"
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Episode 3

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
Penciller(s): Munson Paddock
Inker(s): Munson Paddock
Colorist(s): ? (black, white, and red)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Monastery of the Blue God
Character(s): Douglas Stewart; Baroness Elsa Von Saxenberg; Von Bolander; Sgt. Miller; Corporal Drenoff
Synopsis: Captain Stewart is assigned to China to search for Bolshevik spies.
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Pages: 4
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Vin Sullivan
Penciller(s): Vin Sullivan
Inker(s): Vin Sullivan
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Laughing at Life
First Line: Quiet - Joe - I thought I just heard something!!
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Knights of the Royal Bull, Part 4

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Bill Patrick
Penciller(s): Bill Patrick
Inker(s): Bill Patrick
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Don Coyote
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Episode 10

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
Penciller(s): Sven Elven
Inker(s): Sven Elven
Colorist(s): ? (black, white, and red)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): She
Character(s): She; Holly; Leo
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: adapted from the H. Rider Haggard novel
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Episode 13

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Merna Gamble
Penciller(s): Merna Gamble
Inker(s): Merna Gamble
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Feature(s): A Tale of Two Cities
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Disclose Notes: adapted from the Charles Dickens novel
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Shanghai Pete, Part 8

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Bill Carney
Penciller(s): Bill Carney
Inker(s): Bill Carney
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Hardluck Harry
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: last appearance
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Episode 16

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
Penciller(s): Alex Blum [as Anthony]
Inker(s): Alex Blum [as Anthony]
Colorist(s): ? (black, white, and red)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
Feature(s): The Vikings
Character(s): Ivar; Hasylwyn
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ann Leslie
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): International Good Neighbor Club
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Pages: 2
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The Revenge of Devachan, Part 4

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Creig Flessel
Penciller(s): Creig Flessel
Inker(s): Creig Flessel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Adventures of Steve Conrad
Character(s): Steve Conrad; Myra; Davachan; Tangi (introduction, villain)
Synopsis: Steve and Myra are stranded on an island and offered as sacrifice by the natives.
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Pages: 4
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Episode 11

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
Penciller(s): Tom Hickey
Inker(s): Tom Hickey
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Golden Dragon
Character(s): Ian; Pan Chi-Lou; doris
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Russell Cole [as Alger]
Penciller(s): Russell Cole [as Alger]
Inker(s): Russell Cole [as Alger]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Goofo the Great
First Line: Emily's seeing too much of Joe!
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Pages: 1
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Big Prizes and Cash Profits!

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Writer(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Crowell Publishing Co.
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Pages: 0.25
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First Line: Ask for the big 'New Book of Comics' 10ยข at F. W. Woolworth Co. Stores
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Sit-down striker nothing!!
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Pages: 0.35
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Pages: 0.15
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Episode 3

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: jungle
Feature(s): Jungle Fever
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: continued in MORE FUN COMICS #22
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The Train Robbery, Part 16

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Homer Fleming
Penciller(s): Homer Fleming
Inker(s): Homer Fleming
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: western
Feature(s): Captain Jim of the Texas Rangers
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Pages: 3
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Mystery! Adventure! Thrills!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Detective Comics
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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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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