Price: 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1940-11-06
Editing: Whitney Ellsworth (uncredited)
Cover Thumbnail for Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #57 Edit Cover
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(Table of Contents)

The Hourman / cover / 1 page

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Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Minute Men of America

Issue Data

Indexer Notes

On-sale date from copyright registration.

[no title indexed]
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Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog / advertisement / 1 page

[The Menace of Dr. Togg]
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The Hourman / comic story / 8 pages

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
Bernard Baily (signed)
  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
The Minute Men of America 3 un-named members of the Minute Men of America; Doctor Togg (villain, introduction, death?); Gombezi (villains, winged creatures, death)
Synopsis:
Hourman and the Minute Men must face an evil scientist, from his laboratory on Wide Island, who has created weird pets called the Gombezi out of wolves and buzzards that he uses to rob and kill.
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Indexer Notes

Fitch script credit by Craig Delich and Martin O'Hearn. We formerly credited Gardner Fox. Letterer credit also added by Delich.

Here Are the Winners of the Hour-Man Contest!
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The Hourman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Football Facts..
(Table of Contents: 4)

cartoon / 1 page

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?
Letters:
  • Genre:non-fiction; sports

Bernie Bierman Coaches Big Teams and Big Athletes
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Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page

Fang Gow's Cut-Throats
(Table of Contents: 6)

Barry O'Neill / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Ed Winiarski (credited as Win)
Pencils:
Ed Winiarski (credited as Win)
Inks:
Ed Winiarski (credited as Win)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure
Characters:
Barry O'Neill; Fang Gow (villain)

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Auto-Magic Picture Gun / Krypto-Raygun / Superman Krypto-Raygun; Banner Fireworks; Epilepsy Booklet; Screen Art Studios Pictures / advertisement / 0.23 page

[no title indexed]
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promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.1 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 9)

Just Jokes / cartoon / 0.67 page

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?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:We're having a safety campaign!

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(Table of Contents: 10)

Goofigags / cartoon / 0.33 page

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  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Sorry - No parts for gunmen today!

Flames of Death Leaped Upwards!
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Lionel Trains / advertisement / 0.67 page

[General Kosta's Subterfuge]
(Table of Contents: 12)

Mark Lansing / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Howard Purcell (credited)
Pencils:
Howard Purcell (credited)
Inks:
Howard Purcell (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; science fiction
Characters:
Mark Lansing; Captain Sen (introduction); General Kosta (villain, introduction)

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(Table of Contents: 13)

Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Jerry Siegel (credited)
Pencils:
Chad Grothkopf (credited as Chad-)
Inks:
Chad Grothkopf (credited as Chad-)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery; crime
Characters:
Federal Men Senator Blast (introduction); Aldo Serald (villain) (introduction) (also as Mr. Cordial); Serald's spies (villains) (introduction)

Indexer Notes

Aldo Serald's last name is spelled "Seraldo" on page 1. A box below the final panel on the last page promotes the recurring feature: "Follow 'Federal Men' in every issue of Adventure Comics!"

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Junior Federal Men Club / in-house column / 1 page

Trains - Big & Little!
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cartoon / 0.5 page

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?
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?
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?
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:non-fiction

Only with Flex-i-Track...
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Flex-i-Track Electric Trains Tracks / advertisement / 0.5 page

The Tree Folk
(Table of Contents: 17)

Cotton Carver / comic story / 6 pages

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?
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?
  • Genre:adventure
Characters:
Cotton Carver; Deela (guest); The Tree Folk (villains, introduction)

Adventure Stamp Page
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Baer Stamps; Beaman Stamps / Beamann Stamps; Chester Stamps; Dominion Stamps; Eureka Stamps; Garcelon Stamps; Glendale Stamps; Gray Stamps; Highland Stamps; John J. Gunther Stamps; Monumental Stamps; Mortimer Ellis Stamps; Pilgrim Stamps / Pilgrims Stamps; Potomac Stamps; Roberts Stamps; Seminole Stamps; The Stamp Mart / Adventure in Stamps / Adventure Stamp Page; Tatham Stamps and Coins; Williams Stamps / advertisement / 1 page

Magna Cum Laude
(Table of Contents: 19)

Socko Strong / comic story / 6 pages

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  • Genre:adventure; sports
Characters:
Socko Strong; Papa Manetta (introduction); Tony Manetta (introduction)

Indexer Notes

Last appearance.

The Colossal All-Electric Erector
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Erector / advertisement / 1 page

[Peril in Africa]
(Table of Contents: 21)

Steve Conrad / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Jack Lehti (credited)
Pencils:
Jack Lehti (credited)
Inks:
Jack Lehti (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure
Characters:
Prof. Sibley (introduction)

Flash Capture
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text story / 1.34 pages

Script:
George Shute (credited)
Pencils:
Fred Ray (signed as Ray)
Inks:
Fred Ray (signed as Ray)
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:adventure

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The Adventures of Superman Radio Show / advertisement / 0.33 page

[no title indexed]
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Alfred's Ice Skates; American Flyer Trains; Spencer Fireworks / advertisement / 0.33 page

[To Hammer the Earth]
(Table of Contents: 25)

Sandman / comic story / 10 pages

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  • Genre:superhero
Characters:
Phoebe; Bill Williams (introduction, death); A mad scientist (villain, introduction); scientist's assistant (villain, introduction)
Synopsis:
Sandman saves a girl who falls from the sky from a burning airplane, and who plays a role in the Sandman's battle against a crazed scientist who has invented the Atom-Smasher: a weapon that directs a stream of uranium atoms away from the Earth, then draws them back to pound against the Earth like a giant hammer!
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

Art credits by Craig Delich. We previously suggested Grothkopf for both pencils and inks.

Here It Is -- Better Than Ever!
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All-Star Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page

Be a Superman! Carry This Official Superman Krypto-Raygun
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Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page

I'll Help You Get a Daisy for Christmas
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Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns / advertisement / 1 page

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
    The Hourman
  2. [no title indexed]
    Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
  3. [The Menace of Dr. Togg]
    The Hourman
  4. Here Are the Winners of the Hour-Man Contest!
    The Hourman
  5. Football Facts..
  6. Bernie Bierman Coaches Big Teams and Big Athletes
    Baby Ruth
  7. Fang Gow's Cut-Throats
    Barry O'Neill
  8. [no title indexed]
    Auto-Magic Picture Gun / Krypto-Raygun / Superman Krypto-Raygun; Banner Fireworks; Epilepsy Booklet; Screen Art Studios Pictures
  9. ["When writing to advertisers, please say you saw the ad in this magazine!"]
  10. ["We're having a safety campaign!"]
    Just Jokes
  11. ["Sorry - No parts for gunmen today!"]
    Goofigags
  12. Flames of Death Leaped Upwards!
    Lionel Trains
  13. [General Kosta's Subterfuge]
    Mark Lansing
  14. ["Boss wants to see you, Mr. Carson"]
    Federal Men
  15. ["Hello again, Members! One of the Members of the Steve Carson Junior Federal Men Club has written in to ask about what future might lie in store for a member of the Federal Bureau of Investigation."]
    Junior Federal Men Club
  16. Trains - Big & Little!
  17. Only with Flex-i-Track...
    Flex-i-Track Electric Trains Tracks
  18. The Tree Folk
    Cotton Carver
  19. Adventure Stamp Page
    Baer Stamps; Beaman Stamps / Beamann Stamps; Chester Stamps; Dominion Stamps; Eureka Stamps; Garcelon Stamps; Glendale Stamps; Gray Stamps; Highland Stamps; John J. Gunther Stamps; Monumental Stamps; Mortimer Ellis Stamps; Pilgrim Stamps / Pilgrims Stamps; Potomac Stamps; Roberts Stamps; Seminole Stamps; The Stamp Mart / Adventure in Stamps / Adventure Stamp Page; Tatham Stamps and Coins; Williams Stamps
  20. Magna Cum Laude
    Socko Strong
  21. The Colossal All-Electric Erector
    Erector
  22. [Peril in Africa]
    Steve Conrad
  23. Flash Capture
  24. ["The Superman Radio Program is now heard over the following stations:"]
    The Adventures of Superman Radio Show
  25. [no title indexed]
    Alfred's Ice Skates; American Flyer Trains; Spencer Fireworks
  26. [To Hammer the Earth]
    Sandman
  27. Here It Is -- Better Than Ever!
    All-Star Comics
  28. Be a Superman! Carry This Official Superman Krypto-Raygun
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
  29. I'll Help You Get a Daisy for Christmas
    Daisy Air Rifles / Daisy B-B Guns
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  • Michael Bradley
  • Craig Delich
  • Matthew Head
  • Bob Hughes
  • Jerzy Kiekrz
  • Clint Maxwell
  • Donald Dale Milne
  • Mike Nielsen
  • Per Sandell
  • Daniel Thingvold
  • Jim Van Dore
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