Adventure Comics #52

(July 1940)

[Wanted! Dead Or Alive] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Creig Flessel [as Flessel] (signed)

Inks:

Creig Flessel [as Flessel] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Dian Belmont; Claudia Norgan (villain, intro); Amber Apple Gang (villains, intro for all)

Synopsis:

While Wes is enjoying Dian's musical abilities at the piano, they hear, then encounter, a thief stealing some gloves from Dian's room belonging to Claudia Norgan and leaving an amber apple in its place.

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Flessel signed the strip in a newspaper found in the last panel on Page 4. Credits updated 11/04 by Bob Hughes, identified by Craig Delich.

none (Table of Contents)

Farmer Doode / filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Bernard Baily

Pencils:

Bernard Baily

Inks:

Bernard Baily

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bernard Baily?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

I: Farmer Doode

Indexer Notes

Only appearance. Lettering credit added by Craig Delich 2-18-08.

[Mansion of Murder: Part 7] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Bill Finger?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Rusty; V: Zoroff, Karl (both D), a trial chief (I).

Indexer Notes

Last appearance.

[Fang Gow and the Spoiler Ray] (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.

The Red Metal (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox (signed)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

[The Kidnapping of Col. Bentley's Daughter] (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; I: Col. Bentley and his daughter.

[The Canadian Dope Smuggling Plot] (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-mystery

Characters:

Steve Conrad; V: Jim Larkins and his gang (I for all).

The Flying Men (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: Lupa, Red Mike, Deela; I: Qwuar; V: The Sleebos (I; winged men).

[The Great I: Part 1] (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: The Great I (I).

[Gun-Runners of the WASP] (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: Captain Desmond (I)

Indexer Notes

Last appearance.

[The Phony Hourman] (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]; Bob Wallave (intro); Dr. Snegg (villain, intro, death)

Synopsis:

Rex gets a new helper in the munitions lab, but is shocked to later discover that he has been hynotized by a Doctor Snegg into assuming the role of Hour-Man to bring the real Man of the Hour into the open so he could dispose of him!

Reprints:

• in The JSA All Stars Archives (DC, 2007 series) #1 ([October] 2007)

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2008-2-18. Writer revision from Gardner F. Fox to Fitch by Craig Delich & verified by Martin O'Hearn 2009-4-18. Story title taken from the Archive.