Adventure Comics
#36
(March 1939)
DC,
1938 Series
- Volume
- [3]
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 68
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1939-02-10
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Detective Comics Inc.
- Editing
- Vin Sullivan
Issue Notes
On sale date from the publication date and volume number from the volume number reported in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 1. Second class permit. Copyright number B 409038.
[Young Adventurer Sails Around the World in Thirty Foot Boat!]
AdventurEvents / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Terry Gilkison (signed)
- Pencils
- Terry Gilkison (signed)
- Inks
- Terry Gilkison (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure; non-fiction
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover.
[Fang Gow of China, Part 34]
Barry O'Neill / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Fang Gow (villain); Barry O'Neil; Jean Le Grand; Inspector LeGrand
- Reprints
in [The White Warriors]
Cotton Carver / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Magar; Alara; White Warriors (villain and introduction for all); Volor (introduction)
Indexer Notes
Signature looks like "Geff" but the "ff's" are actually part of the background drawing.
[On the Wrong Side of the Law, Part 5]
Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- detective-mystery; crime
- Characters
- Steve Carson; The Phantom Gang; Ralph Ventor; Dan Steele
- Synopsis
- Steve finally regains his memory.
[no title indexed]
The Stamp Mart / text article / 1 page
Indexer Notes
Page includes several small ads from stamps dealers.
[The God of the Ruby Eye, Part 10]
Tod Hunter / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Jim Chambers
- Pencils
- Jim Chambers
- Inks
- Jim Chambers
- Colors
- ? (red tones)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Dante (villain and introduction); Tamir (villain and introduction)
Indexer Notes
the first two pages are black, white, and red; the last two pages are black and white
[The Plantation Uprising, Part 5]
Dale Daring / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- adventure
Indexer Notes
in black and white, except for the feature logo panel which is in red tones
[no title indexed]
Butch the Pup / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Pure Dog Biscuits
- Genre
- humor
Hidden Paradise [Part 1]
Captain Desmo / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- adventure
Indexer Notes
in black and white, except for the feature logo panel which is in red tones
[The Shai Poa Necklace]
Tom Brent / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- adventure
Indexer Notes
in black and white, except for the feature logo panel which is in red tones
[Episode 31]
The Golden Dragon / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson (plot); Tom Hickey (script)
- Pencils
- Tom Hickey
- Inks
- Tom Hickey
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Ian Murray; Doris; Torgadoff (dies); The Golden Dragon (dies); Reilly; Walker; Murphy; Pan Chi-Lou; Ken Cockerill (dies); Ja-Lama
- Synopsis
- The bad guys die. The treasure is found and returned to its rightful owner. The good guy gets the girl.
Indexer Notes
last appearance
[The Pirate Ship, Part 11]
Rusty and His Pals / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- adventure; children
- Characters
- Ichabod Slade (villain); Rusty; Alfred P. Forrest; Steve
[El Diablo, Part 9]
Anchors Aweigh! / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- adventure; military
- Characters
- El Diablo (villain)
[The First American to Win an International Balloon Race]
AiRecords / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Terry Gilkison (signed)
- Pencils
- Terry Gilkison (signed)
- Inks
- Terry Gilkison (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- non-fiction; aviation
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
-
1.
[Young Adventurer Sails Around the World in Thirty Foot Boat!]
AdventurEvents -
2.
[Fang Gow of China, Part 34]
Barry O'Neill -
3.
The Six-Shooter
-
4.
[no title indexed]
The Crowell Publishing Co. -
5.
[The White Warriors]
Cotton Carver -
6.
[On the Wrong Side of the Law, Part 5]
Federal Men -
7.
[no title indexed]
Junior Federal Men Club -
8.
[no title indexed]
The Stamp Mart -
9.
[The God of the Ruby Eye, Part 10]
Tod Hunter -
10.
[In Arabia, Part 4]
Don Coyote -
11.
[The Plantation Uprising, Part 5]
Dale Daring -
12.
["Pure Dog Biscuits"]
Butch the Pup -
13.
Hidden Paradise [Part 1]
Captain Desmo -
14.
Stowaway
-
15.
[The Shai Poa Necklace]
Tom Brent -
16.
[Episode 31]
The Golden Dragon -
17.
[The Pirate Ship, Part 11]
Rusty and His Pals -
18.
[El Diablo, Part 9]
Anchors Aweigh! -
19.
[The First American to Win an International Balloon Race]
AiRecords -
20.
[no title indexed]
Johnson Smith & Co. -
21.
[no title indexed]
Johnson Smith & Co.
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- Katie
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Bob Hughes
- Donald Dale Milne
- Daniel Thingvold
- Jim Van Dore
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