Adventure Comics #49

(April 1940)

[The Disappearance of Dr. Drew] (Table of Contents)

The Hourman / comic story / 6 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]; Dr. Drew (intro); Miss Drew (intro); un-named gang of crooks (villains, intro, some death)

Synopsis:

Rex Tyler's 2nd client is a Miss Drew, who asks that he help locate her missing father, whom she believes has been kidnapped because of his creation of a super type of cold pill.

Reprints:

• in The JSA All Stars Archives (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([October] 2007)
• in Continuum (JMF, 2007 series) #7 (No Date [circa January 2009])

Indexer Notes

Oddity: A detective questioning Rex Tyler about Miss Drew, inquires of him as to whether or not he is "Tick-Tock Tyler, The Hour-Man"! Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2008-2-10. Writer revision from Gardner Fox to Fitch by Craig Delich and verified by Martin O'Hearn 2009-4-18.

[Trap For Fang Gow] (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; V: Fang Gow.

Reprints:

• in Collection Fantôme (Editions Mondiales, 1945 series) #[A574] [A] (mars 1945)

[Crime of a Criminologist] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jerry Siegel

Pencils:

Chad Grothkopf

Inks:

Chad Grothkopf

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Steve Carson; V: Kimola Lazara (I, D); Gabriel Torrence (I).

[Cold Cures and Crime] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Chad Grothkopf

Inks:

Chad Grothkopf

Colors:

?

Letters:

Chad Grothkopf

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Dr. Lovejoy (intro)

Synopsis:

The death of several assistants to a famed scientist, claiming to be able to cure the common cold, leads the Sandman into the fray to prevent criminals from exploiting that cure to their own financial advantage.

Reprints:

• in Continuum (JMF, 2007 series) #7 (No Date [circa January 2009])
• in Golden Age Sandman Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 (October 2004)

Indexer Notes

Credits updated 11/04 by Bob Hughes, art identification by Craig Delich. Art credits in Archives are wrong.

[Mr. Krieger Vanishes] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Albert Sulman

Pencils:

Joseph Sulman

Inks:

Joseph Sulman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure; sports

Characters:

Socko Strong; V: Benjamin Krieger (I).

A Sleepy Capture (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Thomas (signed)

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

[The Tiger-Men] (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; V: The Tiger-Men (I).

[Mansion of Murder: Part 4] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger

Pencils:

Bob Kane

Inks:

Bob Kane

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Rusty; GS: John Rankin (fb); V: Tino, Karl, Zoroff (fb).

[On the Track of Serge Kano] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Bart Tumey

Pencils:

Bart Tumey

Inks:

Bart Tumey

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

V: Serge Kano (I, D).

[At the Polar Zone] (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; GS: Deela; V: Red Mike (I).