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Issue: Adventure Comics #56
Publication Date: November 1940
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Issues: #56 of 472 Issues (530 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/04/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 26 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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 (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
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Hourman; The Sandman (inset)
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Announcing the New Superman Krypto-Raygun

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Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Company
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Dr. Slight's Living Statues

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Minute Men of America [Jimmy Martin; Thorndyke; one unnamed member]; Dr. Slight (villain, introduction, death); Sandor (villain, living plaster cast, death); Midge (villain, living plaster cast, death)
Synopsis: Rex Tyler, ordered by Mr. Bannerman to head out to "Castle Doom" to assist Dr. Slight in working out a special chemical formula, is unaware that this formula gives life to plaster casts by means of a special machine, which have been used to bomb places on the east coast.
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Here It Is -- Better Than Ever!

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Feature(s): All-Star Comics
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Now on Sale

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Feature(s): New York World's Fair Comics
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Fang Gow's Ruse

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Barry O'Neill; Fang Gow (villain)
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Pages: 6
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Listen to the Superman Radio Program

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First Line: The most thrilling story ever heard on the Superman adventure serial comes to the air over your local station beginning October 7th when the Yellow Mask returns!
Synopsis: The ad promotes the beginning of the 15-part Superman radio serial storyline that featured the return of the villainous Yellow Mask. The storyline ran October 7 to November 8, 1940. It also lists eight stations in the United States and one in the Philippine Islands (misspelled as "Phillipine") airing the Superman radio show, along with their sponsors.
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Feature(s): American Specialty Co.
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Ramona by Mrs. Helen Jackson

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Feature(s): Book Review
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Death Behind the Waves

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Mark Lansing
Character(s): Mark Lansing; Mokan (villain)
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Pages: 6
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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Sir Donald Byron; Doren Byron; Mr. Lynch; Orlaff (villain) (introduction)
First Line: On his way to F.B.I. headquarters, Steve Carson, crack Federal Man, stops to watch some daring aerobatics!
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First Line: Hello again, Members! This month I'm listing the winners in the contest which we announced in the July issue of Adventure Comics.
Synopsis: The column names the 18 winners of the essay contest announced in the JFMC column in Adventure Comics #52, with Thomas McCampbell of Chico, California, taking the top prize of $5.
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Disclose Notes: The page includes a clip-and-mail coupon that could be sent, along with 10 cents, to "enlist" in the Junior Federal Men Club. Those who joined received a badge, certificate and Operator's number.
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Monkey-Faced Owl

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Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Fantastic Facts
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At Grips with the Kraken

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Cotton Carver; Guest Stars: Red Mike; Lupa; Della; Klo (introduction); Queen Slya (introduction); The Kraken (a monster, villain, introduction, death)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Just Like Junior
First Line: Oh, hello, Oswald...
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Bodyguard

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Genres: adventure, sports
Character(s): Socko Strong; Joseph B. Meek (introduction); Natty Lew Schultz (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 6
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Strange Trail

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Genres: adventure
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Pages: 1.67
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Pages: 0.33
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Shipwrecked

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Steve Conrad Adventurer
Character(s): Steve Conrad; Major Stanley (introduction); Miss Stanley (introduction); Peter Van Mire (villain, introduction, death)
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Feature(s): Adventure Stamp Page
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Silly Situations
First Line: Now, you won't tell anyone you didn't find any valuables...
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Boys! Hear Your Own Voice!

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Feature(s): Home Recording Co.
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The Crook Who Knew the Sandman's Identity

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sandman
Character(s): The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Dian Belmont; Squat Stacey and his gang (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: While out one evening, a gang of thugs enters and steals Dian's bracelet, and the Sandman heads out after them...a situation that leads to the eventual kidnapping of Wes Dodds!
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In Issue: FlagGolden Age Sandman Archives #1 published December 2004
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Pages: 10
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The "Big Six" Comic Magazines Still Lead the Field!

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Be a Cowboy!

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Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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