Adventure Comics #58

(January 1941)

[The Great Train Robbery] (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]; Mr. Bannerman; Bob Burns and his brother (a Minute-Man); Guest Stars: Jimmy Martin; Thorndyke; Minute Men of America; 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

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2008-2-23. Writer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-1-9 and verified by Martin O'Hearn 2010-1-5.

[Legion of the Masked] (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); Madame Poinceau (introduction); Legion of the Masked (introduction)

[Kosta Strikes] (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; General Kosta (villain)

[The PEGASUS Problem] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Chad Grothkopf

Inks:

Chad Grothkopf

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

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

In Emeralda (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 Star: Deela; Princess Lalla (introduction); Gargo (villain, introduction, death)

[Manhunt On the Sun Limited] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Ed Moore

Pencils:

Ed Moore

Inks:

Ed Moore

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ed Moore?

Content Information

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 2008-2-23.

Sky Visitor (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

George Shute (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

[Mango's Murder] (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; Talu (introduction); Mango (villain, introduction, death)

none (Table of Contents)

Peter and His Pup / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ray McGill

Pencils:

Ray McGill

Inks:

Ray McGill

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ray McGill

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

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

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2008-2-23.

[Orchids of Doom] (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; 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 (October 2004)

Indexer Notes

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