Adventure Comics #56

(November 1940)

[Dr. Slight's Living Statues] (Table of Contents)

The Hourman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ken Fitch

Pencils:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Inks:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bernard Baily

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Thorndyke (introduction); Guest Stars: Jimmy Martin; Minute Men of America (one un-named member); Dr. Slight (villain, introduction, death); Sandor (villain, living plaster cast, death); Midge (villain, living plaster cast, death)

Synopsis:

Rex Tyler, ordered by Mr. Bannerman to head out to "Castle Doom" to assist Dr. Slight in working out a special chemical formula, is unaware that this formula gives life to plaster casts by means of a special machine, which have been used to bomb places on the east coast.

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2008-2-23. Writer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-1-8 and verified by Martin O'Hearn 2010-1-5.

Fang Gow's Ruse (Table of Contents)

Barry O'Neill / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed Winiarski

Pencils:

Ed Winiarski

Inks:

Ed Winiarski

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Barry O'Neill; Fang Gow (villain)

Death Behind the Waves (Table of Contents)

Mark Lansing / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Howard Purcell

Pencils:

Howard Purcell

Inks:

Howard Purcell

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Mark Lansing; Mokan (villain)

Indexer Notes

Story title taken from last issue's blurb.

[The Menacing Midget] (Table of Contents)

Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Chad Grothkopf

Inks:

Chad Grothkopf

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Steve Carson; Orlaff (villain, introduction)

At Grips With the Kraken (Table of Contents)

Cotton Carver / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Jack Lehti

Inks:

Jack Lehti

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Cotton Carver; Guest Stars: Red Mike; Lupa; Della; Klo (introduction); Queen Slya (introduction); The Kraken (a monster, villain, introduction, death)

none (Table of Contents)

Just Like Junior / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

Last appearance.

[Bodyguard] (Table of Contents)

Socko Strong / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Albert Sulman

Pencils:

Joseph Sulman

Inks:

Joseph Sulman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; sports

Characters:

Socko Strong; Joseph B. Meek (introduction); Natty Lew Schultz (villain, introduction)

Strange Trail (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

[Shipwrecked] (Table of Contents)

Steve Conrad Adventurer / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Lehti

Pencils:

Jack Lehti

Inks:

Jack Lehti

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Steve Conrad; Major Stanley (introduction); Miss Stanley (introduction); Peter Van Mire (villain, introduction, death)

[The Crook Who Knew the Sandman's Identity] (Table of Contents)

The Sandman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Creig Flessel

Inks:

Chad Grothkopf

Colors:

?

Letters:

Chad Grothkopf

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Dian Belmont; Squat Stacey and his gang (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis:

While out one evening, a gang of thugs enters and steals Dian's bracelet, and the Sandman heads out after them.....a situation that leads to the eventual kidnapping of Wes Dodds!

Reprints:

• in Golden Age Sandman Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 (October 2004)

Indexer Notes

Credits updated 11/04 by Bob Hughes, identification by Craig Delich.