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Issue: New Adventure Comics #5 (17)
Publication Date: July 1937
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Issues: #5 (17) of 20 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Nicholson Publishing Co., Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/07/1937
Volume: 2
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 34 (23 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (editor and publisher); Vin Sullivan (associate editor); F. Whitney Ellsworth (associate editor)
Disclose Notes: Indicia says "VOL. 2 No. 5", while the cover has No. 17.

On sale date from the publication date found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1937, New Series, Volume 32, Number 3. Second class permit. Copyright number 343380. Submitted as "New Adventure Comics" and as issue number v2#5 to the Copyright Office.

The last known issue to appear the Catalog of Copyright Entries until after the Wheeler-Nicholson bankruptcy in 1938, indicating the series probably stopped being submitted for copyright registration by Wheeler-Nicholson after this issue.
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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
Credits
Penciller(s): Creig Flessel (signed)
Inker(s): Creig Flessel (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Character(s): Boy (chased by bear)
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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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The Train Robbery, Part 17

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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Pearl of the Bleeding Heart, Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Ely
Penciller(s): Bill Ely [as Will Georgi]
Inker(s): Bill Ely
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: occult
Feature(s): Nadir, Master of Magic
Character(s): Nadir; Arcot; Sir Thomas Ellsworth
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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): Sam the Porter
First Line: You knows so much 'bout hist'ry...
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An Open Letter

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Detective Comics
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Pages: 0.33
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Embossogram Company
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Pages: 0.67
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Episode 12

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 Murray; Doris Whipple; Pan Chi-Lou
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Pages: 4
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The Revenge of Devachan, Part 5

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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; Devachan (villain); Tangi (villain)
Synopsis: Steve is rescued by a monkey.
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Junior Federal Men Club

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Steve Carson
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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Episode 15

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, historical
Feature(s): Captain Quick
Character(s): Kendal Quick
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Pages: 4
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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: Git out o' here!!
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Casabianca, by Felicia Dorothea Hemans

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): H. C. Kiefer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Famous Poems Pictured
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Disclose Notes: "The boy stood on the burning deck" poem
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Hermans
Penciller(s): Bob Hermans
Inker(s): Bob Hermans
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Busty
Character(s): Busty (only appearance)
First Line: She loves me she loves me not
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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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Murder at the Thousand Bleeding Dragons, Part 4

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Joe Donohoe
Penciller(s): Joe Donohoe (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Donohoe (signed)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Detective Sergeant Carey of the Chinatown Squad
Character(s): Sgt Carey; Sleepy
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Pages: 2
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Whitney Ellsworth
Penciller(s): Whitney Ellsworth
Inker(s): Whitney Ellsworth
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Laughing at Life
First Line: You ought to try the Hotel Biltmore...
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Bob Hermans
Penciller(s): Bob Hermans
Inker(s): Bob Hermans
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sinker
First Line: Sinker, that new animal arrived...
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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]
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Goofo the Great
First Line: I'm f'm th' Evening-Journal!
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Episode 11

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
Feature(s): She
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: adapted from the H. Rider Haggard novel
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Episode 14

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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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Russell Cole [as Alger]
Penciller(s): Russell Cole [as Alger]
Inker(s): Russell Cole [as Alger]
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Ol' Oz Bopp
First Line: The first thing in th' morning I'll have Oz beat th' rugs!
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Pages: 2
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Episode 17

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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
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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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Pages: 1
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Frank Mc. Hugh

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Laidlaw
Penciller(s): Laidlaw
Inker(s): Laidlaw
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Straight from Hollywood
Character(s): Frank McHugh; Jack Benny; Gracie Allen
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Pages: 1
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Rajah Maharajah, Part 13

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; Rajah Maharajah (villain); Benar
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Pages: 4
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Episode 4

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson
Penciller(s): Munson Paddock
Inker(s): Munson Paddock
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): The Monastery of the Blue God
Character(s): Douglas Stewart; Elsa Von Saxenberg; Sgt. Miller; Corporal Drenof; Von Bolander (villain)
Synopsis: Captain Stewart is assigned to the intelligence service in Peking, China.
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Pages: 4
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The Tsin Lee Incident, Part 4

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Ely
Penciller(s): Bill Ely [as Will Georgi]
Inker(s): Bill Ely
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dale Daring
Character(s): Dale Daring; Captain Brewster; Ali; Tsin Lee (villain)
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ellis Edwards
Penciller(s): Ellis Edwards
Inker(s): Ellis Edwards
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Chikko Chakko
First Line: Why do you stare at me...
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Pages: 2
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The Case of the Clueless Crime

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; Nate Lane (introduction, villain); Blackie Farrow (introduction, villain)
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Pages: 4
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Speed ?
Penciller(s): Richard Speed ?
Inker(s): Richard Speed ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: nature, non-fiction
Feature(s): Things You Ought to Know
First Line: Takes in air through nostrils...
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Hermans
Penciller(s): Bob Hermans
Inker(s): Bob Hermans
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sinker
First Line: Boy! What a swell day to go fishing!
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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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