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Issue: Adventure Comics #37
Publication Date: April 1939
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Issues: #37 of 472 Issues (530 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 03/10/1939
Volume: 4
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (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 408862.
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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 size (5" x 6.75") #491-503
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior; thin cardboard stock cover (digest size)
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound #390, 416, 491-503
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Adult Image
Title Page
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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: Hunter shooting hippo in the mouth.
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In Content Item: FlagDouble Action Comics #2 published January 1940
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]cover
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Flanagan art credits confirmed by Scott Bonagofsky from discussions with Creig Flessel, who we previously credited with the cover art.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Fang Gow of China, Part 35

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): Fang Gow (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Schwab
Penciller(s): Fred Schwab (signed)
Inker(s): Fred Schwab (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Shorty
First Line: Durf!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.75
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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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The White Witch

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox ?
Penciller(s): George Newman
Inker(s): George Newman
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Cotton Carver
Character(s): Volor (guest, introduction); Queen Kothe (villain, introduction); the Reed Men (introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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On the Wrong Side of the Law, Part 6

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
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Junior Federal Men Club
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Pacific Island Stamps

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Stamp Mart
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page includes many small ads from stamps dealers.
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The God of the Ruby Eye, Part 11

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); Tamir (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: first two pages in black, white, and red; last two pages in black and white
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A Playboy in King Arthur's Court, Part 1

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 Plantation Uprising, Part 6

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Will Ely
Penciller(s): Will Ely
Inker(s): Will Ely
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dale Daring
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Last appearance. Story in black and white, except for feature logo in red tones.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Russell Cole
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: Quick, officer! There's trouble back here!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Last appearance.
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Betty Furness, Errol Flynn, Dick Powell, Boris Karloff

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Penciller(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Inker(s): Sheldon Moldoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): Star-Light
Character(s): Betty Furness; Errol Flynn; Boris Karloff; Dick Powell
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Hidden Paradise [Part 2]

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
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story in black and white, except for logo feature panel in red tones.
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Gunrunner

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Terry Keane
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Missionary's Daughter

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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story in black and white, except for feature logo panel in red tones.
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The Count and the Countess

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): Skip Schuyler (introduction); Count Sarnousky (villain, introduction); the Countess [Hedi Lasky] (villain, introduction); Ian Murray; Doris Murray
Synopsis: Ian and Doris from the Golden Dragon hand off the feature to Skip Schuyler.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: continued in part from Golden Dragon story last issue
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The Pirate Ship, Part 12

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger
Penciller(s): Bob Kane
Inker(s): Bob Kane
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Rusty and His Pals
Character(s): Ichabod Slade (villain); Rusty; Steve; Alfred Forrest
Synopsis: Alfred pretends to be a ghost to frighten Slade.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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El Diablo, Part 10

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fred Guardineer
Penciller(s): Fred Guardineer
Inker(s): Fred Guardineer
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Anchors Aweigh!
Character(s): El Diablo (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Movie Comics; All-American Comics
First Line: At last something new and different in comic magazines...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Ad for Movie Comics #1 and All-American Comics #1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Remington Rand
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
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.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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