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52July 1940
$0.10

Adventure Comics #52

DC · July 1940 · on sale 1940-06-07

First appearance: Chang
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Identification plate

Series
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#52
Publication date
July 1940
Key date
1940-07-00
On-sale date
1940-06-07
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

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

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard BailyWesley Dodds, Hourman, The Sandman, Rex Tyler
2-comic story10script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Creig Flessel; inks: Creig FlesselDian Belmont, Wesley Dodds, The Sandman
3-comic story0.75script: Bernard Baily; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Bernard BailyFarmer Doode (introduction)
5Mansion of Murder, Part 7comic story4script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob KaneRusty; Zoroff (villain, death); Karl (villain, death); a tribal chief (villain, introduction)
6All-Star Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Creig Flessel, Harry Lampert, Jon L. Blummer, Bernard Baily; inks: Creig Flessel, Harry Lampert, Jon L. Blummer, Bernard BailyThe Sandman; The Flash; The Spectre; Ultra-Man
7Fang Gow and the Spoiler Raycomic story6script: Win; pencils: Win; inks: WinBarry O'Neill; Le Grand; M'Sieu Fernac; Fang Gow (villain)
9The Red Metal [Part 2]text story1.34script: Gardner F. Fox
12The Kidnapping of Col. Bentley's Daughtercomic story6script: Jack Lehti; pencils: Jack Lehti; inks: Jack LehtiChang First, Steve Conrad
14-comic story4script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Chad; inks: ChadSteve Carson
15-in-house column1script: ? (in character as Steve Carson); letters: typeset
16Cotton Carver and the Flying Mencomic story6script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Jack Lehti; inks: Jack LehtiCotton Carver; Lupa (guest); Red Mike (guest); Deela (guest); Qwuar (introduction); Sleebos (villains, introduction, winged men)
17The Great I, Part 1comic story6script: Albert Sulman; pencils: Joseph Sulman; inks: Joseph SulmanSocko Strong; The Great I (villain, introduction)
20Gun-Runners of the WASPcomic story6script: Bart Tumey; pencils: Bart Tumey; inks: Bart TumeyCommander Don Kerry; Red Murphy; Captain Desmond (villain, introduction)
21The Counterfeit Hour-Mancomic story6script: Ken Fitch; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Bernard BailyHourman, Rex Tyler
22The 'Big Six' Comic Magazines Still Lead the Field!promo (ad from the publisher)1Superman; The Sandman; The Batman; The Green Lantern; The Spectre; The Flash

Plus 7.91 pages of advertisements and other matter across 10 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Golden Age Sandman Archives #1
ISBN 1-4012-0155-5
2004On eBay ›
The JSA All Stars Archives #1
ISBN 978-1-4012-1472-2; 1-4012-1472-X
2007On eBay ›

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Series context

Sources

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