Adventure Comics #38

(May 1939)

[Young American Sailor Adventurer Became Captain When Only 17-Years Old] (Table of Contents: 1)

AdventurEvents / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

Terry Gilkison (signed)

Pencils

Terry Gilkison (signed)

Inks

Terry Gilkison (signed)

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction; adventure

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

[The Suicide of Major Duval, Part 1] (Table of Contents: 2)

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; Major André Duval (introduction, death); Count Guniff (villain, introduction)

Keywords

Le Periodicalé

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

Woe Is Me / comic story / 0.75 page (report information)

Script

Charles Biro (signed)

Pencils

Charles Biro (signed)

Inks

Charles Biro (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Patches - A day like this makes a man feel snappy...

Genre

humor

Indexer Notes

only appearance

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Rosati Accordions / advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

[Theft of the Volker Plans] (Table of Contents: 5)

Inspector Kent / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

George Newman (signed)

Pencils

George Newman (signed)

Inks

George Newman (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Inspector Kent; The Colonel; The Raven (villain); Captain Sutter; Agent K-4

Synopsis

The Raven stages an air attack over the city of Kurtzberg to mask his theft of the secret Volker Plans. Kent joins forces with Undercover Agent K-4 of the Bureau of Intelligence to infiltrate the Raven's secret headquarters and retrieve the plans.

Keywords

air attack; England; espionage; Kurtzberg; Scotland Yard

Indexer Notes

Last appearance. The Inspector Kent feature previously appeared in Detective Comics, (DC, 1937 series) #19 (September 1938) and #22 (December 1938). Apparently an inventory fill-in for Cotton Carver, which was also by George Newman. Synopsis and some other information by Art Lortie.

[The Killing of Judge Thompson] (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Jerry Siegel

Pencils

Siegel and Shuster Studio (as Shuster Shop)

Inks

Siegel and Shuster Studio (as Shuster Shop)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery; crime

Characters

Benny Saunders (villain, introduction); Judge Thompson (introduction, death)

Junior Federal Men Club (Table of Contents: 7)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

[New Air Mails] (Table of Contents: 8)

The Stamp Mart / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Page includes many small ads from stamps dealers.

[The God of the Ruby Eye, Part 12] (Table of Contents: 9)

Tod Hunter / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Jim Chambers

Pencils

Jim Chambers

Inks

Jim Chambers

Colors

? (red tones)

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Dante (villain)

Indexer Notes

Last appearance. First two pages are in black, white, and red; last two in black and white.

[A Playboy in King Arthur's Court, Part 2] (Table of Contents: 10)

Don Coyote / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Fred Schwab

Pencils

Fred Schwab

Inks

Fred Schwab

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Don Coyote

[The Armored Truck Robbery] (Table of Contents: 11)

Steve Malone / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Don Lynch

Inks

Don Lynch

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery

Characters

Steve Malone, D. A. (introduction)

Indexer Notes

Story is in black and white, except for the feature logo panel which is in red tones.

Emergency Case (Table of Contents: 12)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Anthony

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

[Battle with Tartars] (Table of Contents: 13)

Captain Desmo / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Winiarski

Pencils

Ed Winiarski

Inks

Ed Winiarski

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Captain Desmo

Indexer Notes

Story is in black and white, except for feature logo panel which is in red tones.

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

Professor Doolittle / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Kane

Pencils

Bob Kane

Inks

Bob Kane

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Spring Hats

Genre

humor

Characters

Professor Doolittle

[Mystery of the Exploding Ships] (Table of Contents: 15)

Tom Brent / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Jim Chambers

Pencils

Jim Chambers

Inks

Jim Chambers

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Tom Brent

Indexer Notes

Story is in black and white, except feature logo panel which is in red tones.

[The Rebel Pancho Velez] (Table of Contents: 16)

Skip Schuyler / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Tom Hickey

Pencils

Tom Hickey

Inks

Tom Hickey

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Skip Schuyler; Pancho Velez (villain, introduction)

[The Pirate Ship, Part 13] (Table of Contents: 17)

Rusty and His Pals / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script

Bob Kane

Pencils

Bob Kane

Inks

Bob Kane

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; children

Characters

Rusty; Long Sin (villain); Ebenezer Slade (villain); Duchess (guest)

[Wang Ku of Shanghai] (Table of Contents: 18)

Anchors Aweigh! / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Fred Guardineer

Pencils

Fred Guardineer

Inks

Fred Guardineer

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; military

Characters

Wang Ku (villain, introduction)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

Fantastic Facts / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

George Papp

Pencils

George Papp (signed)

Inks

George Papp (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ira Ball, a pitcher of Summerall, Miss., threw a ball so hard...

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Ira Ball; Joe Coburn; Jem Nace

Keywords

baseball; boxing

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All-American Comics; Movie Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Johnson Smith & Co. Catalog / advertisement / 1 page (report information)