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Issue: Adventure Comics #58
Publication Date: January 1941
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Issues: #58 of 472 Issues (530 Printings)
Title:
Variant: U.S. Cover Price Only
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 12/04/1940
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 34 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Ellsworth credit from statement of ownership. On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Hourman; the Sandman (inset)
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Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Company
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The Great Train Robbery

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Mr. Bannerman; Bob Burns; Bob Burns' brother (a Minute-Man); Jimmy Martin (guest); Thorndyke (guest); Minute Men of America (guest); Nick Remos (villain, introduction); Viller (villain, introduction); Sam (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: The Hourman and the Minute Men tackle the strange facts surrounding a $10,000 train robbery, and discover that one of the train clerks in an inside man for gangster, Nick Remos.
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Feature(s): Butterfinger
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Legion of the Masked

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Barry O'Neill; Fang Gow (villain); Madame Poinceau (introduction); Legion of the Masked (introduction)
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The Star Spangled Banner

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Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Facts
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): All's Fair
First Line: London - To step up production...
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Feature(s): Built-Rite Toys
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Kosta Strikes

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Mark Lansing
Character(s): Mark Lansing; General Kosta (villain)
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Feature(s): Adventure Stamp Page
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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Blackbeard (villain, introduction); Jenks (villain, introduction); Fat Pedro; Ranger
First Line: Aboard the Amerlantic Clipper, enroute to Lisbon, a strangely-clad passing arouses the curiosity of the other travelers......
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Disclose Notes: A box after the final panel on the last page promotes the recurring feature: "Follow two-fisted Steve Carson of the F.B.I. as he snares the nation's enemies every month in Adventure Comics."
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First Line: Hello again, Members This month I want to talk to you about how you can be of service to your country -- how you can help in fighting subversive elements just as much in your way as members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation do in theirs.
Synopsis: The column talks about how adhering to American principles can help counter subversion by Fifth Columnists.
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Disclose Notes: The page includes 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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In Emeralda

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Cotton Carver; Guest Star: Deela; Princess Lalla (introduction); Gargo (villain, introduction, death)
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Feature(s): The Spectre; More Fun Comics
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Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Oddities..
First Line: New York consumes 125,000,000 quarts of milk...
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Puns
First Line: We just dropped in on our way from the altar...
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Feature(s): Chemcraft
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Manhunt on the Sun Limited

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Paul Kirk (not the same as Manhunter who begins in issue #73, introduction); John Small (villain, introduction); Stormy Weathers (villain, introduction)
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Hello Superman Fan!

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First Line: Take your choice...
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Disclose Notes: In the lefthand column of the first page of the text story and above the Superman radio show ad.
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First Line: The Superman radio program is now heard over the following stations:
Synopsis: The ad promotes 15 stations in Arizona, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Washington airing the Superman radio show, along with their sponsors.
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Disclose Notes: This ad is similar to the one that ran originally in More Fun Comics #63 but with reformatted text.
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Sky Visitor

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Genres: adventure
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Is Epilepsy Inherited?

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First Line: What causes it?
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Disclose Notes: To the right on the second page of the text story and above the 60 Power Telescope ad.
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60 Power Telescope $2.19

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Disclose Notes: To the right on the second page of the text story, below the Epilepsy Booklet ad and above the Krypto-Raygun ad.
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First Line: See Daisy's new genuine official Superman equipment featuring Superman Krypto-Raygun
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Great Get Acquainted Offer 6 Months For 50¢

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First Line: Boys, here's a chance to get this great magazine...
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Mango's Murder

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Steve Conrad Adventurer
Character(s): Steve Conrad; Talu (introduction); Mango (villain, introduction, death)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Peter and His Pup
Character(s): Peter (introduction); Whiskers (a dog, introduction)
First Line: This don't look so hot to me...
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Feature(s): Eclipse Machine Division
First Line: Do this puzzle correctly...
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Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

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Feature(s): Book Review
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Orchids of Doom

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sandman
Character(s): The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Dian Belmont; Carla Nogades (introduction); Bill Howard (introduction); Pedro Nogades (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: The Sandman has to battle the effects of the deadly Orchid Aerides Farmerii, which can strip the human body of its flesh!
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In Issue: FlagGolden Age Sandman Archives #1 published December 2004
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Here It Is -- All-Star No. 3...

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Feature(s): All-Star Comics
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Be a Superman! Carry This Official Superman Krypto-Raygun

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Feature(s): Daisy Manufacturing Company
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Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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