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Issue: Adventure Comics #43
Publication Date: October 1939
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Issues: #43 of 472 Issues (530 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/03/1939
Volume: 4
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 24 (13 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: This is the first all-color issue.

On sale date from the publication date and volume number found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 4. Second class periodical. Copyright number 427467.
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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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Cover pencils credit from West Stephan (April 1, 2005); Fred Guardineer was doing full art only on covers at this time, not just pencils.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Island Uprising

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sandman
Character(s): The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Red Hatch (villain, introduction, death); Australia Nelson (introduction, a girl)
Synopsis: The Sandman rescues a girl from natives on an isle in the South Seas, then prevents the massacre of her father and his party.
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In Issue: FlagGolden Age Sandman Archives #1 published December 2004
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Pages: 6
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Harry Thomas

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: non-fiction, sports
Feature(s): Sport Dust
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Pages: 0.5
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Feature(s): The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company
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Pages: 0.5
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The Return of Fang Gow, Part 1

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Barry O'Neill; Fang Gow (villain)
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Pages: 6
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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Fisher (introduction, death)
First Line: May I have a bottle of Gorman's cough medicine?
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Pages: 4
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In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (in character as Steve Carson)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: Hello again, Members! This month I want to tell you how the modern art of hunting criminals makes it increasingly difficult of the "old fashioned" style of burglar or murderer to make a clean escape from justice.
Synopsis: The column discusses how modern crime-fighting and detection techniques and conventions make if difficult for "old fashioned" criminals to escape justice.
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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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Forthcoming U. S. Stamp

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Adventure Stamp Page
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page includes several small ads from stamps dealers.
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The Poor Fish

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Professor Doolittle
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Pages: 2
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Test Dive

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: adventure
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Butch the Pup
Character(s): Butch
First Line: Good dog Butch!
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Pages: 2
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The Flying Dutchman, Part 4

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Genres: adventure, sports
Character(s): Socko Strong
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Pages: 6
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A Playboy in King Arthur's Court, Part 5

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Don Coyote
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Last appearance.
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Count Ogrloff's Dangerous Game, Part 1

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Captain Desmo; Count Ogrloff (villain, introduction); Miss Ogrloff (his daughter, introduction)
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Pages: 6
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Armed Only with Spear 'Tiger Man' Has Slain 134 Treacherous Jaguars

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Genres: non-fiction
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Pages: 1
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Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): From the 4 Corners
First Line: Theodore Roosevelt -- While boxing with a friend at the White House...
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The Devil's Physician

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Dr. Merkel (villain, introduction)
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Story title taken from next issue blurb in previous issue.
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The General's Daughter

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Skip Schuyler; Lorraine Brent (introduction); Kent Morgan (introduction)
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Pages: 6
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The Menace of Chen Fu, Part 3

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Rusty; Chen Fu (villain)
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Pages: 4
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The Revolt of the Pirates

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Cotton Carver; Jagar (villain); King Marl; Deela (introduction)
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Pages: 6
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The Sandman at the World's Fair!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): New York World's Fair Comics
Character(s): Butch the Pup; Ginger Snap
First Line: Read this thrilling episode in...
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Disclose Notes: House ad for the 1939 issue of New York World's Fair Comics, including a rendering of the cover and an image of the Sandman (taken from the cover and recolored).
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Co.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Be a Frontiersman

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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