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Issue: New Adventure Comics #28
Publication Date: July 1938
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Issues: #28 of 20 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 06/08/1938
Volume: 3
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
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Content Items: 25 (18 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date and volume number found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, 1938, New Series, Volume 33, Number 3. Second class permit. Copyright number 385476.

First issue submission known in the Catalog of Copyright Entries to the Copyright Office of this comic post Wheeler-Nicholson bankruptcy. First submission overall since v2#5 (17) (July 1937).
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; color interior
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US
Paper Stock:  
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Character(s): Sailor; pirates
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Swelegant Is the Word for It!

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Feature(s): Action Comics
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El Diablo, Part 1

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Lt. Commander Don Kerry (introduction); "Red" Murphy (introduction); Admiral Allen (introduction); El Diablo [Herr Von Stolz] (villain, introduction)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sam the Porter
First Line: Put 'em there - And thanks very much!
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The Dope Ring [Part 1]

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Feature(s): Tom Brent
Character(s): Tom Brent (introduction); Morell (villain, introduction)
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Genres: mystery
Character(s): The Cobra (villain)
First Line: What has occurred before:
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In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: Just one year ago, in the June, 1937 issue of New Adventure Comics, we sent our first call for alert young Americans to join the ranks of our Junior Federal Men Club.
Synopsis: The column says the more than 10,000 Special Operators have joined the club in its first year. It then recaps ways members can help law enforcement, including keeping watch on things, patrolling the neighborhood and keeping themselves mentally and physically strong.
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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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Feature(s): Puzzle Teasers
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The Mystery of Mr. Linn, Part 1

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Genres: adventure, fantasy, occult
Feature(s): Nadir, Master of Magic
Character(s): Mr. Linn (introduction, villain); Marion Carver (introduction)
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Golfing

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Genres: humorous
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In India [Part 1]

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Gabby McGuire (introduction); Shiek El Ben Hasar (villain)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Andy Handy
First Line: Stop! You boys shouldn't be fightin'...
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Runaway

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Pop Johnson; Joe Hawkins; Jimmy Browne; Stubby Dugan
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The God of the Ruby Eye, Part 2

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Tod Hunter
Character(s): Zara (villain, introduction)
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The Red Hatchet, Part 6

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dale Daring
Character(s): Dwan Yo (villain)
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Goofo the Great
First Line: Y'see, Argyle, I hafta live by my wits...
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Genres: non-fiction, sports
Character(s): Babe Ruth; Man o' War; Max Baer; Sixto Escobar
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The Dope Smugglers on the Rising Sun

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Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Detective Sergeant Carey of the Chinatown Squad
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Next appearance in More Fun Comics #35. First two pages in black, white, and red; last two pages in black and white.
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Episode 6

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Feature(s): Robin Hood
Character(s): Friar Tuck (introduction)
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Pages: 6
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The Pirate Ship, Part 3

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Chen Fu (villain)
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Episode 23

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Feature(s): The Golden Dragon
Character(s): Torgadoff (villain)
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Interesting Facts About the West

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Genres: non-fiction, western
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The Story of Landmarks and Highways

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Genres: non-fiction
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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