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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 (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
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
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
Reprint Notes:  
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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[untitled]

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
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Fang Gow (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
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
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Volor (guest, introduction); Queen Kothe (villain, introduction); the Reed Men (introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
First Line: Steve Carson -- alive!
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (in character as Steve Carson)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Hello again, Members! Well by this time most of the snow has disappeared from the ground and I'll bet all of us are eagerly awaiting for the first signs of Spring.
Synopsis: The column lists 16 more applicants who sent their form with incorrect addresses and prints a letter from an Operator about the activities of his local club.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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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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
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)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Plantation Uprising, Part 6

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Dale Daring
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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
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Quick, officer! There's trouble back here!
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Pages: 1
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Betty Furness, Errol Flynn, Dick Powell, Boris Karloff

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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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
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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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
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Missionary's Daughter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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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Miscellaneous
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
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): El Diablo (villain)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (Movie Comics #1 cover)
Inker(s): ? (Movie Comics #1 cover)
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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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Movie Comics #1 and All-American Comics #1 including renderings of the covers. The Movie Comics cover appears to have been redrawn from the airbrushed/painted photo that appeared on the actual cover.
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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
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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.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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