Adventure Comics #45

(December 1939)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[The Golden Gusher] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Creig Flessel

Inks

Creig Flessel

Colors

?

Letters

Fred Guardineer ?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Gloria Gordon (villain, introduction); Rendle (villain, introduction); Doug Nye (introduction); Charley Jones (death)

Synopsis

A female singer is threatened to be kidnapped, but Sandman discovers she is in on the plot to do so in order to fleece an insurance company.

Reprints

• in Golden Age Sandman Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 ([December] 2004)

Indexer Notes

Art credits by Craig Delich; credits in Archives reprint are wrong. Letterer credit and synopsis also added by Delich.

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

Little Willie / comic story / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Bob Kane

Pencils

Bob Kane

Inks

Bob Kane

Colors

?

Letters

Bob Kane ?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Sorry, young man, but you're too young to buy your own ticket!

Genre

humor

Characters

Little Willie (introduction, only appearance)

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.

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

Chemcraft / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[Fang Gow Has Risen from the Grave, Part 1] (Table of Contents: 5)

Barry O'Neill / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Ed Winiarski

Pencils

Ed Winiarski (as Win)

Inks

Ed Winiarski (as Win)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Barry O'Neill; Fang Gow (villain)

In Hollywood (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script

Bob Kane

Pencils

Bob Kane

Inks

Bob Kane

Colors

?

Letters

Bob Kane ?

Genre

humor

Characters

Professor Doolittle

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.

[Rutska the Racketeer] (Table of Contents: 7)

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

Script

Jerry Siegel (signed)

Pencils

Mart Bailey (signed)

Inks

Mart Bailey (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

detective-mystery; crime

Characters

Rutska (villain, introduction, death); Steve Carson

Junior Federal Men Club (Table of Contents: 8)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Fantastic Facts / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Sure is hot...

Genre

non-fiction

[Odds Bodkins's Big Score] (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

Joe Sulman (as Koppy) (signed)

Pencils

Joe Sulman (as Koppy) (signed)

Inks

Joe Sulman (as Koppy) (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; sports

Characters

Socko Strong; Odds Bodkins (villain, introduction)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Trial by Water (Table of Contents: 12)

text story / 1.33 pages (report information)

Script

Frank Thomas (signed)

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[The Cholera Crisis] (Table of Contents: 14)

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

Script

Ed Winiarski

Pencils

Ed Winiarski

Inks

Ed Winiarski

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Captain Desmo; Dr. Hillhouse (introduction)

[Kills Snarling Beast with Bare Hands] (Table of Contents: 15)

AdventurEvents / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

non-fiction

French Revolution Issue (Table of Contents: 16)

Adventure Stamp Page / text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Page includes several small ads from stamps dealers.

[Search for Captain Wade, Part 2] (Table of Contents: 17)

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

Script

Tom Hickey

Pencils

Tom Hickey

Inks

Tom Hickey

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Skip Schuyler; Peter Wade (guest); Igook (villain)

[The Menace of Chen Fu, Part 5] (Table of Contents: 18)

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

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Bob Kane

Inks

Bob Kane

Colors

?

Letters

Bob Kane

Genre

adventure; children

Characters

Rusty; Chen Fu (villain, death); The Duchess (guest)

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich. Finger script credit from Bob Hughes; we previously credited Bob Kane, but that is unlikely according to Hughes.

[Satan's Sister] (Table of Contents: 19)

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

Script

Bart Tumey

Pencils

Bart Tumey

Inks

Bart Tumey

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure; military

Characters

"Satan's sister" (villain, introduction, death, a female gun-runner); Gen. Hari (introduction, death)

Indexer Notes

Story title taken from next issue blurb in previous issue.

Rebellion! (Table of Contents: 20)

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

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Ogden Whitney

Inks

Ogden Whitney

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Cotton Carver; Deela; King Marl

Synopsis

Cotton Carver and Queen Deela are in Barlinda. Her pirate captains reject her new alliance and rebel against her. Carver uses air warfare tactics to defeat them and establish peace.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

Flash Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23) (Expand) /

Wilson Chem. Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)