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Issue: Adventure Comics #47
Publication Date: February 1940
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Issues: #47 of 472 Issues (530 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 01/03/1940
Volume: 4
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Vin Sullivan (uncredited)
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date found at the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 35, January-December 1940, Numbers 1-4. Second class permit. Copyright number 440424.
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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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Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Creig Flessel
Inker(s): Creig Flessel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sandman
Character(s): The Sandman
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In Issue: FlagGolden Age Sandman Archives #1 published December 2004
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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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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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Lady in Evening Clothes

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Ogden Whitney (signed)
Inker(s): Ogden Whitney (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sandman
Character(s): The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Dian Belmont [aka "Diana Ware"] (intro); District Attorney Belmont (Dian Belmont's father); Trigger Hunt (villain); Black Bill Trent (villain)
Synopsis: Wes Dodds meets a mysterious "lady in evening clothes," who has been ordered to his home in order to rob his safe, and he is further mystified to discover she knows that he is the Sandman!
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In Issue: FlagGolden Age Sandman Archives #1 published December 2004
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Wesley Dodds called a "steel magnate" in this story.
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The Little Peacemaker

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ken Browne
Penciller(s): Ken Browne (signed)
Inker(s): Ken Browne (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: nature, non-fiction
Feature(s): About Dogs
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Pages: 1
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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): Wilson Chem. Co.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Phony LeGrand

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): Barry O'Neill; Le Grand (introduction); Number 57 (villain); other spies (villains, introduction, most death)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Anarchists at the Exposition

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Siegel
Penciller(s): Mart Bailey ?
Inker(s): Mart Bailey ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Federal Men
Character(s): Luigi (villain, introduction, death); another anarchist (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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Junior Federal Men Club

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Motor Vehicles Pictured

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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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Hassle In Hollywood, Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Sulman
Penciller(s): Joseph Sulman [as Koppy] (signed)
Inker(s): Joseph Sulman [as Koppy] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, sports
Feature(s): Socko Strong
Character(s): Socko Strong; Monte Swift (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Walking Ghost

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Rex Vance (credited)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 1.67
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Several small ads in the right-hand column of the second page of the text story.
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The Gold Plane Robberies, Part 2

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): Captain Desmo
Character(s): Captain Desmo; Vasili Gerke (villain, death)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Next appearance in More Fun Comics #53.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bob Kane
Penciller(s): Bob Kane (signed)
Inker(s): Bob Kane (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bob Kane ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Professor Doolittle
Character(s): Professor Doolittle
First Line: Ah! What a beautiful morning...
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Last appearance.
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Revenge of the Drug Ring

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Lehti
Penciller(s): Jack Lehti
Inker(s): Jack Lehti
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Steve Conrad Adventurer
Character(s): Steve Conrad; Chinese drug ring (villains, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Last appeared in Adventure Comics #25.
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Mansion of Murder, Chapter II

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Finger ?
Penciller(s): Bob Kane
Inker(s): Bob Kane
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bob Kane
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Rusty and His Pals
Character(s): Rusty; John Rankin (guest-star, death); Angus MacHeather (introduction); Tino (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 4
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Captain Skinner and the Gold Ship

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bart Tumey
Penciller(s): Bart Tumey
Inker(s): Bart Tumey
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Anchors Aweigh!
Character(s): Captain Skinner (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The First Ones

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Ogden Whitney
Inker(s): Ogden Whitney
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Cotton Carver
Character(s): Cotton Carver; Deela (guest-star); The First Ones (villain, introduction); Grook the Great (villain, introduction, death?)
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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)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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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): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Home Recording Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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