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42September 1939
$0.10

Adventure Comics #42

DC · September 1939 · on sale 1939-08-03

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Series
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#42
Publication date
September 1939
Key date
1939-09-00
On-sale date
1939-08-03
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Creig Flessel; inks: Creig FlesselWesley Dodds, The Sandman
1The Greatest Scoop in Comic Magazine History!promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon Mayer
2The Three Sandmencomic story6script: Larry Dean; pencils: Larry Dean; inks: Larry DeanWesley Dodds, The Sandman
3Scientists Honored by Danzigtext article0.67script: Sidney Elias
5The Suicide of Major Duval, Part 5comic story6script: Win; pencils: Win; inks: WinBarry O'Neill; Krull (villain)
6-comic story4script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Wayne Boring; inks: Wayne BoringSteve Carson, The Chief
7-in-house column1script: ? (in character as Steve Carson); letters: typeset
8-cartoon1script: Sheldon Moldoff; pencils: Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Sheldon Moldoff
9The Fiddler and the Bank Robbers, Part 2comic story4script: Jim Chambers; pencils: Jim Chambers; inks: Jim ChambersJack Woods; Stomp McHenry; Sheriff Henkle; Slash Morlin (villain, death)
10Awakened by 500-Pound Man-Eating Tiger Ready to Attack Him!!cartoon1script: Terry Gilkison; pencils: Terry Gilkison; inks: Terry Gilkison
11-cartoon1script: George Papp; pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp
12The Flying Dutchman, Part 3comic story6script: Koppy; pencils: Koppy; inks: KoppySocko Strong; Bennie (introduction, a Neanderthal man)
13Miss Americacomic story2script: Bob Kane; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane; letters: Bob KaneProfessor Doolittle
14Revolt of the Thugs, Part 2comic story6script: Win; pencils: Win; inks: WinCaptain Desmo; Abdul Hassan (villain); the Thugs (villain, death)
15Quest in India [Part 2]text story2script: Terry Keane
16Admiral Cato's Underwater Basecomic story6script: Bart Tumey; pencils: Bart Tumey; inks: Bart TumeyAdmiral Cato (villain, introduction, death)
17Kidnapping in the Orientcomic story6script: Tom Hickey; pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom HickeySkip Schuyler; Hawkins (villain, intro); Lung Yen (intro); Diana Allen (intro)
18The Menace of Chen Fu, Part 2comic story4script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane; letters: Bob KaneRusty; Chen Fu (villain)
19In the Pit of Dagancomic story6script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Ogden Whitney; inks: Ogden WhitneyCotton Carver; Elara; Kothe; Volar; Narol (villain, introduction, death?); Jagar (villain, introduction); King Marl (introduction); Captain Kandul (introduction); Marlmen (introduction)
20-comic story1script: Fred Schwab; pencils: Fred Schwab; inks: Fred Schwab; letters: Fred Schwab
21The Comic Book of Tomorrow Is Here Today!!promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset

Plus 1.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 2 sequences, as published.

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