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Issue: Adventure Comics #43
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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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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typeset
Subject Matter
adventure
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Cover pencils credit from West Stephan (April 1, 2005); Fred Guardineer was doing full art only on covers at this time, not just pencils.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Johnson Smith & Co.
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Inside front cover.
Island Uprising

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
superhero
The Sandman
The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Red Hatch (villain, introduction, death); Australia Nelson (introduction, a girl)
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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FlagGolden Age Sandman Archives #1 published December 2004
 
Miscellaneous
6
Harry Thomas

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non-fiction, sports
Sport Dust
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[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company
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The Return of Fang Gow, Part 1

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Subject Matter
adventure
Barry O'Neill; Fang Gow (villain)
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6
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
mystery
Fisher (introduction, death)
May I have a bottle of Gorman's cough medicine?
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4
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In-house Column  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
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.
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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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.
Forthcoming U. S. Stamp

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Adventure Stamp Page
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Page includes several small ads from stamps dealers.
The Poor Fish

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
humorous
Professor Doolittle
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Miscellaneous
2
Test Dive

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
adventure
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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anthropomorphic
Butch the Pup
Butch
Good dog Butch!
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Miscellaneous
2
The Flying Dutchman, Part 4

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
adventure, sports
Socko Strong
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Miscellaneous
6
A Playboy in King Arthur's Court, Part 5

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
adventure
Don Coyote
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Miscellaneous
2
Last appearance.
Count Ogrloff's Dangerous Game, Part 1

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
adventure
Captain Desmo; Count Ogrloff (villain, introduction); Miss Ogrloff (his daughter, introduction)
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6
Armed Only with Spear 'Tiger Man' Has Slain 134 Treacherous Jaguars

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
non-fiction
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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non-fiction
From the 4 Corners
Theodore Roosevelt -- While boxing with a friend at the White House...
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The Devil's Physician

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adventure
Dr. Merkel (villain, introduction)
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Miscellaneous
6
Story title taken from next issue blurb in previous issue.
The General's Daughter

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Subject Matter
adventure
Skip Schuyler; Lorraine Brent (introduction); Kent Morgan (introduction)
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6
The Menace of Chen Fu, Part 3

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
adventure
Rusty; Chen Fu (villain)
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Miscellaneous
4
The Revolt of the Pirates

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
adventure
Cotton Carver; Jagar (villain); King Marl; Deela (introduction)
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Miscellaneous
6
The Sandman at the World's Fair!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
New York World's Fair Comics
Butch the Pup; Ginger Snap
Read this thrilling episode in...
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Miscellaneous
1
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).
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
Johnson Smith & Co.
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
Be a Frontiersman

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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typeset
Subject Matter
Daisy Air Rifles
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Miscellaneous
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Back cover.

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