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47February 1940
$0.10

Adventure Comics #47

DC · February 1940 · on sale 1940-01-03

First appearance: Dian BelmontFirst appearance: Ultra-ManFirst appearance: Gary Concord, Jr.
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Identification plate

Series
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#47
Publication date
February 1940
Key date
1940-02-00
On-sale date
1940-01-03
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Dian Belmont - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Ultra-Man - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

First appearance of Gary Concord, Jr. - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Creig Flessel; inks: Creig FlesselWesley Dodds, The Sandman
3Lady in Evening Clothescomic story10script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Ogden Whitney; inks: Ogden WhitneyDian Belmont First, Wesley Dodds, The Sandman
4The Little Peacemakercartoon1script: Ken Browne; pencils: Ken Browne; inks: Ken Browne
6The Phony LeGrandcomic story6script: Win; pencils: Win; inks: WinBarry O'Neill; Inspector Le Grand; Number 57 (villain); other spies (villains, introduction, most death)
7-comic story4script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Chad Grothkopf; inks: Chad GrothkopfSteve Carson, The Chief
8-in-house column1script: ? (in character as Steve Carson); letters: typeset
9Motor Vehicles Pictured; Russian Issuestext article0.3letters: typeset
11Hassle In Hollywood, Part 1comic story6script: Al Sulman; pencils: Koppy; inks: KoppySocko Strong; Monte Swift (villain, introduction)
12The Walking Ghosttext story1.67script: Rex Vance
14Action Comics; Adventure Comics; Detective Comics; More Fun Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.07colors: ? (red & black letters); letters: typeset
15More Fun Comics; The Spectrepromo (ad from the publisher)0.05
16The Gold Plane Robberies, Part 2comic story6script: Win; pencils: Win; inks: WinCaptain Desmo; Vasili Gerke (villain, death)
17-comic story2script: Bob Kane; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane; letters: Bob KaneProfessor Doolittle
18Revenge of the Drug Ringcomic story6script: Jack Lehti; pencils: Jack Lehti; inks: Jack LehtiSteve Conrad; Chinese drug ring (villains, introduction)
19Mansion of Murder, Chapter IIcomic story4script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob Kane; letters: Bob KaneRusty; John Rankin (guest-star, death); Angus MacHeather (introduction); Tino (villain, introduction)
20Captain Skinner and the Gold Shipcomic story6script: Tumey; pencils: Tumey; inks: TumeyCaptain Skinner (villain, introduction)
21The First Onescomic story6script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Ogden Whitney; inks: Ogden WhitneyCotton Carver; Deela (guest-star); The First Ones (villain, introduction); Grook the Great (villain, introduction, death?)
22Six Big Headline Features for the "Big Six" Comic Magazines!promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typesetBatman, Jim Corrigan, Wesley Dodds, The Flash, Jay Garrick, Clark Kent, The Sandman, The Spectre, Superman, Ultra-Man First, Bruce Wayne, Gary Concord, Jr. First

Plus 5.9 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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Golden Age Sandman Archives #1
ISBN 1-4012-0155-5
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