Adventure Comics #42

(September 1939)

[The Three Sandmen] (Table of Contents)

The Sandman / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bert Christman ? [as Larry Dean] (signed)

Pencils:

Bert Christman

Inks:

Bert Christman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Sandman [Wesley Dodds](Origin details); Teeter Sneed (Villain; Intro; Death); Dr. Clyde Dunlap (Intro; form "The Three Sandmen" with Wes Dodds); Happy O'Shea (Intro; form "The Three Sandmen" with Wes Dodds); Steve Weber

Synopsis:

Wes joins up with two of his former service buddies to discover if Teeter Sneed has a hand in the killing of several of their old chums and threatening to do the same to several others.

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Sandman's origin mentions that he was in the service six years ago; Wesley Dodds does not appear as Sandman in this story. Credits updated 11/04 by Bob Hughes. Synopsis added by Craig Delich 2-4-08.

[The Suicide of Major Duval: Part 5] (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; Krull (Villain)

[Cal Grant's Payroll Robbery] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Wayne Boring

Inks:

Wayne Boring

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Cal Grant (Villain; Intro); Lennie Trask (Villain; Intro); their mob (Villain; Intro)

[The Fiddler and the Bank Robbers: Part 2] (Table of Contents)

Jack Woods / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jim Chambers

Pencils:

Jim Chambers

Inks:

Jim Chambers

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective-mystery

Characters:

Jack Woods; Stomp McHenry; Sheriff Henkle; Slash Morlin (Villain; Death)

Indexer Notes

Story printed in 3-color [red, white and black]; last appearance.

[The Flying Dutchman: Part 3] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joseph Sulman [as Koppy] (signed)

Pencils:

Joseph Sulman [as Koppy] (signed)

Inks:

Joseph Sulman [as Koppy] (signed)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; sports

Characters:

Socko Strong; Bennie (Intro; a Neanderthal man)

Indexer Notes

Story printed in black and white.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Professor Doolittle / filler / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bob Kane

Pencils:

Bob Kane

Inks:

Bob Kane

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bob Kane?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Professor Doolittle

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2-4-08.

[Revolt of the Thugs: Part 2] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Ed Winiarski

Pencils:

Ed Winiarski

Inks:

Ed Winiarski

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Captain Desmo; Abdul Hassan (Villain); the Thugs (Villain; Death)

Indexer Notes

Story printed in 3-color [red, black and white].

Quest In India [Part 2] (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Terry Keane (signed)

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

[Admiral Cato's Underwater Base] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Bart Tumey

Pencils:

Bart Tumey

Inks:

Bart Tumey

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Admiral Cato (Villain; Intro; Death)

Indexer Notes

Story printed in black and white.

[Kidnapping in the Orient] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Tom Hickey

Pencils:

Tom Hickey

Inks:

Tom Hickey

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Skip Schuyler; Hawkins (Villain; Intro); Lung Yen (Intro); Diana Allen (Intro)

[The Menace of Chen Fu: Part 2] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Bob Kane

Pencils:

Bob Kane

Inks:

Bob Kane

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bob Kane

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Rusty; Chen Fu (Villain)

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2-4-08.

In the Pit of Dagan (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Ogden Whitney

Inks:

Ogden Whitney

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Cotton Carver; Elara; Kothe; Volar; Narol (Villain; Intro; Death?); Jagar (Villain; Intro); King Marl (Intro); Captain Kandul (Intro); Marlmen (Intro)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

This Doggone World / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Fred Schwab

Pencils:

Fred Schwab

Inks:

Fred Schwab

Colors:

?

Letters:

Fred Schwab

Content Information

Genre:

anthropomorphic-funny animals

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2-4-08; last appearance.