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32November 1938
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Adventure Comics #32

DC · November 1938 · on sale 1938-10-10

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Series
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#32
Publication date
November 1938
Key date
1938-11-00
On-sale date
1938-10-10
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Creig Flessel; inks: Creig Flessel
1The Crimson Avengerpromo (ad from the publisher)0.67pencils: Jim Chambers; inks: Jim Chambers
2-credits, title page0.33letters: typeset
3Fang Gow of China, Part 31comic story6pencils: Leo E. O'Mealia; inks: Leo E. O'MealiaBarry O'Neill; Fang Gow (villain)
4Norma Shearer, Robert Montgomery, Edward G. Robinsoncartoon0.95script: Bernard Baily; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard BailyNorma Shearer; Robert Montgomery; Edward G. Robinson
6The River Pirates, Part 2comic story6script: Jim Chambers; pencils: Jim Chambers; inks: Jim ChambersTom Brent; Knopf (villain); the Chief (villain)
7-comic story4script: Siegel; pencils: Shuster; inks: ShusterSteve Carson, Ralph Ventor
8"How to Box" Offensecartoon1script: Sheldon Moldoff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff
9-in-house column0.83script: ? (in character as Steve Carson); letters: typeset
11The Plantation Uprising, Part 1comic story4script: Will Ely; pencils: Will Ely; inks: Will ElyDale Daring
12The Lost Gold Mine, Part 4comic story2script: Fred Schwab; pencils: Fred Schwab; inks: Fred SchwabCal; Alec
13The Masked Man, Part 1comic story6script: Win; pencils: Win; inks: WinCaptain Desmo; The "Masked Man" [Captain Terhune] (introduction); Colonel McAllister (introduction); Captain Arthur Ross (death)
14The Thief, Part 4comic story2script: Fred Schwab; pencils: Fred Schwab; inks: Fred SchwabDon Coyote
15-activity1script: Bob Barton; pencils: Bob Barton; inks: Bob Barton
16John D. Rockefellercartoon1script: Sheldon Moldoff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff
17-comic story2script: Jack Romer; pencils: Jack Romer; inks: Jack RomerDot; Danny
18-comic story2script: Alger; pencils: Alger; inks: AlgerOz Bopp
19-comic story1.75script: Bob Kane; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob KaneProfessor Doolittle
21Hot Money [Part 1]text story2script: Fredric Wells; pencils: Creig Flessel; inks: Creig Flessel
22The God of the Ruby Eye, Part 6comic story4script: Jim Chambers; pencils: Jim Chambers; inks: Jim ChambersTod Hunter; Hassim (villain)
23Episode 27comic story6script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Tom Hickey; pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom HickeyKen Cockerhill; Ian Murray; Torgadoff (villain); Doris Willis; Pan Chi-Lou; Ja-Lama; The Abbot
24The Pirate Ship, Part 7comic story4script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob KaneRusty; Ichabod Slade (villain); Omar
25El Diablo, Part 5comic story6script: Fred Guardineer; pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred GuardineerEl Diablo (villain)
26A Better Tailcomic story1script: Stockton; pencils: Stockton; inks: Stockton

Plus 2.47 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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DC Comics Before Superman: Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson's Pulp Comics #[nn]
ISBN 9781613451649
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