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Issue: Adventure Comics #41
Publication Date: August 1939
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Issues: #41 of 472 Issues (530 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 07/03/1939
Volume: 4
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date and volume number from the volume number was reported in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 3. Class B periodical. Copyright number B 422130.
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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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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
Assets1
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagFlash Comics [ashcan] v1 #1 published December 1939
as Lightning Fast Action, Mystery, and Adventure [Illustration on Cover, Front]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover pencils and inks previously attributed to Creig Flessel.
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The Greatest Scoop in Comic Magazine History!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (Movie Comics #5 cover)
Inker(s): ? (Movie Comics #5 cover)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): All-American Comics; Movie Comics
First Line: Be sure to read the first installment of "The American Way," featuring Frederic March, which begins in this month's issue of All-American Comic, now on sale at all newsstands!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. House ad for All-American Comics #5 and Movie Comics #5 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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On the Waterfront

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Wing (villain, introduction); Janice Blue (introduction)
Synopsis: The Sandman rescues a girl reporter, snooping aboard a ship dealing in illegal narcotics, after she jumps overboard after witnessing a murder.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagGolden Age Sandman Archives #1 published December 2004
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page includes many small ads from stamps dealers.
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The Suicide of Major Duval, Part 4

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Barry O'Neill; Cecil Krull (villain, introduction)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Mobrune (villain) (introduction, death)
First Line: My but th' sky looks dark! Was do you make of it?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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[untitled]

In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (in character as Steve Carson)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Hello again, Members! I hope that you have started your dossiers by this time.
Synopsis: The column relates the story of a persistent detective that solved a disappearance and a murder, encouraging readers to not give up.
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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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Wallace Beery, Charlie Chaplin

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Fiddler and the Bank Robbers, Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (red tones)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery, western
Character(s): Jack Woods; Stomp McHenry (introduction); Sheriff Henkle (introduction); Slash Morlin (villain)
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: The first two pages of the story are in red, black, and white; the last two are in black and white.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
First Line: Professional tennis players like Don Budge...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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George O'Brien, Sonja Henie, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Flying Dutchman, Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, sports
Character(s): Socko Strong; Nogoodi (villain, introduction); Ole Kentuck Yhome (a witch doctor, villain, introduction); Beri; her father (a chief, Introduction)
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story is in black and white, except for the feature logo panel in red tones.
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A Playboy in King Arthur's Court, Part 4

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Don Coyote
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Revolt of the Thugs, Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Captain Desmo; The Thugs (villain, introduction)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story in black and white, except for feature logo in red tones.
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Quest in India [Part 1]

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ? (red tones)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.56
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.44
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The Monsters of Sin Yen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Sin Yen (villain, introduction, death)
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story in black and white, except for feature logo in red tones.
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The Modern Rustlers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Skip Schuyler; Col. Danforth (introduction); Leslie Danforth; Cattle rustlers (villain, introduction, death)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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The Menace of Chen Fu, Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Rusty; Duchess; Chen Fu (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
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The Land of Thule

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Cotton Carver; Elara, Ruler of Loma (introduction); Kothe; Scarlet Seeress [Sacla] (villain, introduction, death)
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagCollection Fantôme #[28] published January 1945
as Cotton Carver au pays de Thulé [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Previously credited to George Newman, but per Bob Hughes the art more closely resembles Ogden Whitney's signed art in the next chapter than it does Newman's previous work. For one thing, Carver's hairline is completely different.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
First Line: Nuts to you!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Comic Book of Tomorrow Is Here Today!!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): New York World's Fair Comics
Character(s): Butch the Pup; Ginger Snap
First Line: The one and only officially licensed comic book of the New York World's Fair!
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover. House ad for the 1939 issue of New York World's Fair Comics, including a rendering of the cover.
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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