Price: 0.10 USD
Pages: 68
On-sale Date: 1938-11-09
Editing: Vin Sullivan (credited as Vincent A. Sullivan) (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #33 Edit Cover
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[no title indexed]
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cover / 1 page

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Letters:
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Synopsis:
Man grabbing strut of airplane.
Reprints (1)

Issue Data

  • Indicia / Colophon Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
  • Indicia Frequency: monthly
  • Printer: [none printed]

Indexer Notes

The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing.

[no title indexed]
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Fun Comics; Action Comics; Detective Comics; More / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.7 page

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 0.3 page

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset

[El Diablo, Part 6]
(Table of Contents: 3)

Anchors Aweigh! / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Fred Guardineer (credited)
Pencils:
Fred Guardineer (credited)
Inks:
Fred Guardineer (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; military

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 4)

Salty Sam / comic story / 0.67 page

Script:
Fred Schwab (credited as Stockton)
Pencils:
Fred Schwab (credited as Stockton)
Inks:
Fred Schwab (credited as Stockton)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:What'a storm I better stay in th' cabin-!
Characters:
Salty Sam (introduction)

Bob Showed Them How Spies Work!
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Chemcraft Chemistry Sets [Porter] / advertisement / 0.33 page

[The Y-Kim]
(Table of Contents: 6)

Tom Brent / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Jim Chambers (credited)
Pencils:
Jim Chambers (credited)
Inks:
Jim Chambers (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:
Tom Brent; Fo-Hi (villain, introduction, death)

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 7)

Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Joe Shuster (credited)
Inks:
Joe Shuster (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:detective-mystery; crime
Characters:
Federal Men

[Thrills You Can Never Forget..]
(Table of Contents: 8)

Sportettes / cartoon / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff (credited)
Inks:
Sheldon Moldoff (credited)
Letters:
?
  • Genre:non-fiction; sports
Characters:
George Furey; Johnny Revolta

[no title indexed]
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Junior Federal Men Club / in-house column / 0.83 page

Electric Unloading
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Lionel Trains / advertisement / 0.17 page

[The Plantation Uprising, Part 2]
(Table of Contents: 11)

Dale Daring / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Bill Ely (credited as Will Ely)
Pencils:
Bill Ely (credited as Will Ely)
Inks:
Bill Ely (credited as Will Ely)
Colors:
? (red, black & white)
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; detective-mystery

Indexer Notes

First two pages are black, white, and red; last two are black and white.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 12)

Sam the Porter / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Russell Cole (credited as Alger)
Pencils:
Russell Cole (credited as Alger)
Inks:
Russell Cole (credited as Alger)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Barber shop down stairs!

[The 11-Year-Old Strong Boy!]
(Table of Contents: 13)

Now You Know / cartoon / 0.75 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff (credited)
Inks:
Sheldon Moldoff (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:non-fiction

[no title indexed]
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Buddha Money Mystery / advertisement / 0.1 page

How to Be Funny
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How To Make People Laugh! Humor Course / advertisement / 0.15 page

[The Masked Man, Part 2]
(Table of Contents: 16)

Captain Desmo / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Ed Winiarski (credited as Win)
Pencils:
Ed Winiarski (credited as Win)
Inks:
Ed Winiarski (credited as Win)
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure

[In Arabia, Part 1]
(Table of Contents: 17)

Don Coyote / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; humor

[no title indexed]
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Nevertheless It's True / cartoon / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff (credited)
Inks:
Sheldon Moldoff (credited)
Letters:
?
  • Genre:non-fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:The amazing friendship between 11-year old Jack Wilson...

[Many Roumanian Stamps; French Sport Stamp]
(Table of Contents: 19)

The Stamp Mart / Adventure in Stamps / Adventure Stamp Page / text article / 0.8 page

Script:
?
Letters:
typeset
  • Genre:non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Page includes several small ads for stamps dealers.

[no title indexed]
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Capital Stamps; Daub Stamps; Dolin Stamps; Mortimer Ellis Stamps / advertisement / 0.2 page

[Pushing a Baby Carriage]
(Table of Contents: 21)

Professor Doolittle / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
Bob Kane (credited, signed)
Pencils:
Bob Kane (credited, signed)
Inks:
Bob Kane (credited, signed)
Colors:
? (red, black & white)
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 22)

Puzzle Play / activity / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:non-fiction
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I've made five seven letter words...

[Leon Trotsky, Walt Disney, Mary Maguire, Lawrence Tibbett]
(Table of Contents: 23)

Cinema Dust / cartoon / 1 page

Script:
?
Pencils:
Sheldon Moldoff (credited)
Inks:
Sheldon Moldoff (credited)
Letters:
?
  • Genre:non-fiction; biography

[The Lost Gold Mine, Part 5]
(Table of Contents: 24)

Cal 'n' Alec / comic story / 2 pages

Script:
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Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; western-frontier; humor

Hot Money [Part 2]
(Table of Contents: 25)

text story / 1.85 pages

Script:
Pencils:
?
Inks:
?
Letters:
typeset

[no title indexed]
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Fencing Swords; Spencer Fireworks / advertisement / 0.15 page

[The God of the Ruby Eye, Part 7]
(Table of Contents: 27)

Tod Hunter / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Jim Chambers (credited)
Pencils:
Jim Chambers (credited)
Inks:
Jim Chambers (credited)
Colors:
? (red, black & white)
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure

Indexer Notes

The first two pages are black, white, and red; the last two are black and white.

[Episode 28]
(Table of Contents: 28)

The Golden Dragon / comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Tom Hickey (credited) (signed as TH)
Inks:
Tom Hickey (credited) (signed as TH)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure

[The Pirate Ship, Part 8]
(Table of Contents: 29)

Rusty and His Pals / comic story / 4 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Bob Kane (credited)
Inks:
Bob Kane (credited)
Colors:
?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:adventure; children
Characters:
Rusty; The Duchess (villain, introduction)

The Lucky Ring
(Table of Contents: 30)

comic story / 6 pages

Script:
Pencils:
Inks:
Colors:
?
Letters:
  • Genre:adventure

Indexer Notes

Information on creator credits and alias name from David Armstrong via GCD Error Tracker and from an article he wrote in Alter Ego (TwoMorrows, 1999 series) #45 (February 2005).

[no title indexed]
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Billy the Kid / comic story / 1 page

Script:
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:humor; children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I'm thinkin bout the day I drank eleven choc'lit sodies!!
Characters:
Billy the Kid

Be a Movie King
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Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog / advertisement / 1 page

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

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [no title indexed]
  2. ["It's all in Fun!"]
    Fun Comics; Action Comics; Detective Comics; More
  3. [no title indexed]
  4. [El Diablo, Part 6]
    Anchors Aweigh!
  5. ["What'a storm I better stay in th' cabin-!"]
    Salty Sam
  6. Bob Showed Them How Spies Work!
    Chemcraft Chemistry Sets [Porter]
  7. [The Y-Kim]
    Tom Brent
  8. ["Steve Carson has dashed into a blazing house to rescue a fugitive from a fiery death -- when the house collapses, Carson's doom appears to have been sealed!"]
    Federal Men
  9. [Thrills You Can Never Forget..]
    Sportettes
  10. ["Well, Members, here we are getting on into late Fall and almost the beginnings of Winter."]
    Junior Federal Men Club
  11. Electric Unloading
    Lionel Trains
  12. [The Plantation Uprising, Part 2]
    Dale Daring
  13. ["Barber shop down stairs!"]
    Sam the Porter
  14. [The 11-Year-Old Strong Boy!]
    Now You Know
  15. [no title indexed]
    Buddha Money Mystery
  16. How to Be Funny
    How To Make People Laugh! Humor Course
  17. [The Masked Man, Part 2]
    Captain Desmo
  18. [In Arabia, Part 1]
    Don Coyote
  19. ["The amazing friendship between 11-year old Jack Wilson..."]
    Nevertheless It's True
  20. [Many Roumanian Stamps; French Sport Stamp]
    The Stamp Mart / Adventure in Stamps / Adventure Stamp Page
  21. [no title indexed]
    Capital Stamps; Daub Stamps; Dolin Stamps; Mortimer Ellis Stamps
  22. [Pushing a Baby Carriage]
    Professor Doolittle
  23. ["I've made five seven letter words..."]
    Puzzle Play
  24. [Leon Trotsky, Walt Disney, Mary Maguire, Lawrence Tibbett]
    Cinema Dust
  25. [The Lost Gold Mine, Part 5]
    Cal 'n' Alec
  26. Hot Money [Part 2]
  27. [no title indexed]
    Fencing Swords; Spencer Fireworks
  28. [The God of the Ruby Eye, Part 7]
    Tod Hunter
  29. [Episode 28]
    The Golden Dragon
  30. [The Pirate Ship, Part 8]
    Rusty and His Pals
  31. The Lucky Ring
  32. ["I'm thinkin bout the day I drank eleven choc'lit sodies!!"]
    Billy the Kid
  33. Be a Movie King
    Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
  34. [no title indexed]
    Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog
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