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Issue: Adventure Comics #42
Publication Date: September 1939
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Issues: #42 of 472 Issues (530 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/03/1939
Volume: 4
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On sale date from the publication date and the volume number from the volume number listed in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 3. Second class permit. Copyright number B 434436.
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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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Cover, Front
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]
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In Issue: FlagGolden Age Sandman Archives #1 published December 2004
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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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): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): All-American Comics; Movie Comics
First Line: Continue "The American Way" featuring Fredric March!!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover. House ad for All-American Comics #6 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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The Three Sandmen

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sandman [Wesley Dodds] (origin details); Teeter Sneed (villain, intro, Death); Dr. Clyde Dunlap (intro, forms "The Three Sandmen" with Wes Dodds); Happy O'Shea (intro, forms "The Three Sandmen" with Wes Dodds); Steve Weber
Synopsis: Wes joins up with two of his former service buddies to discover if Teeter Sneed has a hand in the killing of several of their old chums and threatening to do the same to several others.
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In Issue: FlagGolden Age Sandman Archives #1 published December 2004
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Sandman's origin mentions that he was in the service six years ago; Wesley Dodds does not appear as Sandman in this story.
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Scientists Honored by Danzig

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Page includes several ads from stamps dealers.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Pages: 0.33
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The Suicide of Major Duval, Part 5

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Barry O'Neill; Krull (villain)
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Pages: 6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Character(s): Cal Grant (villain) (introduction); Cal Grant Mob (villain); Lennie Trasker (villain) (introduction); Zeke Trasker (villain)
First Line: Gimme that dough!
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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! This month I am going to tell you how a detective solved a murder case that was filled with "circumstantial" evidence, and how by sheer detective powers, a criminal was tried and convicted.
Synopsis: The column relates the story of a detective who was able to gather enough circumstantial evidence in a case to aid in getting a conviction.
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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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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, sports
First Line: 8 fighters won the welterweight title, lost it, and recovered it...
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Pages: 1
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The Fiddler and the Bank Robbers, Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (red tones)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery, western
Character(s): Jack Woods; Stomp McHenry; Sheriff Henkle; Slash Morlin (villain, death)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Last appearance.

First two pages are in red, black, and white; last two pages are in black and white.
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Awakened by 500-Pound Man-Eating Tiger Ready to Attack Him!!

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
First Line: 2 hungry fish -- Looks bad for the little fellow!
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Pages: 1
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The Flying Dutchman, Part 3

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, sports
Character(s): Socko Strong; Bennie (introduction, a Neanderthal man)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story was printed in black and white.
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Miss America

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Professor Doolittle
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Revolt of the Thugs, Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Captain Desmo; Abdul Hassan (villain); the Thugs (villain, death)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story is in black and white, except for the feature logo panel which is in red tones.
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Quest in India [Part 2]

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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Admiral Cato's Underwater Base

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (see notes)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Admiral Cato (villain, introduction, death)
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story is in black and white, except for the feature logo panel which is in red tones.
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Kidnapping in the Orient

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Skip Schuyler; Hawkins (villain, intro); Lung Yen (intro); Diana Allen (intro)
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Pages: 6
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The Menace of Chen Fu, Part 2

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Rusty; Chen Fu (villain)
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Pages: 4
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In the Pit of Dagan

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Character(s): Cotton Carver; Elara; Kothe; Volar; Narol (villain, introduction, death?); Jagar (villain, introduction); King Marl (introduction); Captain Kandul (introduction); Marlmen (introduction)
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Pages: 6
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
First Line: Only two mutts showed up because it's raining! Too bad!
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Last appearance.
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The Comic Book of Tomorrow Is Here Today!!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): New York World's Fair Comics
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? (ad copy)
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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