Adventure Comics #58 [Without Canadian Price]

(January 1941)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Johnson Smith & Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[The Great Train Robbery] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Ken Fitch

Pencils

Bernard Baily (signed)

Inks

Bernard Baily (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Bernard Baily

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Mr. Bannerman; Bob Burns; Bob Burns' brother (a Minute-Man); Jimmy Martin (guest); Thorndyke (guest); Minute Men of America (guest); Nick Remos (villain, introduction); Viller (villain, introduction); Sam (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

The Hourman and the Minute Men tackle the strange facts surrounding a $10,000 train robbery, and discover that one of the train clerks in an inside man for gangster, Nick Remos.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit added by Craig Delich and verified by Martin O'Hearn. Letterer credit also added by Delich.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Butterfinger / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Legion of the Masked] (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

Ed Winiarski

Pencils

Ed Winiarski

Inks

Ed Winiarski

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Barry O'Neill; Fang Gow (villain); Madame Poinceau (introduction); Legion of the Masked (introduction)

[The Star Spangled Banner] (Table of Contents: 5)

Facts / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed as Bolty)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed as Bolty)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

All's Fair / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

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Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

London - To step up production...

Genre

humor

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Built-Rite Toys / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[Kosta Strikes] (Table of Contents: 8)

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

Script

Howard Purcell

Pencils

Howard Purcell

Inks

Howard Purcell

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Mark Lansing; General Kosta (villain)

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Adventure Stamp Page / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[The PEGASUS Problem] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Chad Grothkopf (signed as Chad)

Inks

Chad Grothkopf (signed as Chad)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery; crime

Characters

Steve Carson; Blackbeard (villain, introduction); Jenks (villain, introduction)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Junior Federal Men Club / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

In Emeralda (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Jack Lehti

Inks

Jack Lehti

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Cotton Carver; Guest Star: Deela; Princess Lalla (introduction); Gargo (villain, introduction, death)

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The Spectre; More Fun Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Oddities.. / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed as Bolty)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed as Bolty)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

New York consumes 125,000,000 quarts of milk...

Genre

non-fiction

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Puns / cartoon / 0.44 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

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Inks

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Colors

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Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

We just dropped in on our way from the altar...

Genre

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

statement of ownership / 0.22 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

Chemcraft / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[Manhunt on the Sun Limited] (Table of Contents: 18)

Paul Kirk, Manhunter / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Moore

Pencils

Ed Moore (signed)

Inks

Ed Moore (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Ed Moore ?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Paul Kirk (not the same as Manhunter who begins in issue #73, introduction); John Small (villain, introduction); Stormy Weathers (villain, introduction)

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.

Sky Visitor (Table of Contents: 19)

text story / 1.2 pages (report information)

Script

George Shute (credited)

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.8 page (report information)

[Mango's Murder] (Table of Contents: 21)

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

Script

Jack Lehti

Pencils

Jack Lehti

Inks

Jack Lehti

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Steve Conrad; Talu (introduction); Mango (villain, introduction, death)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22)

Peter and His Pup / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Ray McGill

Pencils

Ray McGill (signed)

Inks

Ray McGill (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Ray McGill

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This don't look so hot to me...

Genre

humor

Characters

Peter (introduction); Whiskers (a dog, introduction)

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.

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Eclipse Machine Division / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana (Table of Contents: 24)

Book Review / text article / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

[Orchids of Doom] (Table of Contents: 25)

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

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Creig Flessel

Inks

Chad Grothkopf

Colors

?

Letters

Chad Grothkopf

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Dian Belmont; Carla Nogades (introduction); Bill Howard (introduction); Pedro Nogades (villain, introduction)

Synopsis

The Sandman has to battle the effects of the deadly Orchid Aerides Farmerii, which can strip the human body of its flesh!

Reprints

• in Golden Age Sandman Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 ([December] 2004)

Indexer Notes

Art credits by Craig Delich. We previously suggested Grothkopf for both pencils and inks.

Here It Is -- All-Star No. 3... (Table of Contents: 26) (Expand) /

All-Star Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Be a Superman! Carry This Official Superman Krypto-Raygun (Table of Contents: 27) (Expand) /

Daisy Manufacturing Company / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Daisy Air Rifles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)