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36March 1939
$0.10

Adventure Comics #36

DC · March 1939 · on sale 1939-02-10

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Series
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#36
Publication date
March 1939
Key date
1939-03-00
On-sale date
1939-02-10
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: John Richard Flanagan; inks: John Richard Flanagan
1Young Adventurer Sails Around the World in Thirty Foot Boat!cartoon1script: Terry Gilkison; pencils: Terry Gilkison; inks: Terry Gilkison
2Fang Gow of China, Part 34comic story6script: Win; pencils: Win; inks: WinFang Gow (villain); Barry O'Neil; Jean Le Grand; Inspector LeGrand
3The Six-Shootercartoon0.5
5The White Warriorscomic story6script: Gardner Fox; pencils: George Newman; inks: George NewmanMagar; Alara; White Warriors (villain and introduction for all); Volor (introduction)
6-comic story4script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe ShusterSteve Carson, Red, Ralph Ventor
7-in-house column1script: ? (in character as Steve Carson); letters: typeset
8-text article0.67letters: typeset
10The God of the Ruby Eye, Part 10comic story4script: Jim Chambers; pencils: Jim Chambers; inks: Jim ChambersDante (villain and introduction); Tamir (villain and introduction)
11In Arabia, Part 4comic story2script: Fred Schwab; pencils: Fred Schwab; inks: Fred Schwab
12The Plantation Uprising, Part 5comic story6script: Will Ely; pencils: Will Ely; inks: Will Ely
13-comic story2script: Fred Schwab; pencils: Fred Schwab; inks: Fred Schwab
14Hidden Paradise [Part 1]comic story6script: Ed Winiarski; pencils: Ed Winiarski; inks: Ed Winiarski
15Stowawaytext story1.9script: Jack Anthony
17The Shai Poa Necklacecomic story6script: Jim Chambers; pencils: Jim Chambers; inks: Jim Chambers
18Episode 31comic story6script: Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Tom Hickey; pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom HickeyIan Murray; Doris; Torgadoff (dies); The Golden Dragon (dies); Reilly; Walker; Murphy; Pan Chi-Lou; Ken Cockerill (dies); Ja-Lama
19The Pirate Ship, Part 11comic story4script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob KaneIchabod Slade (villain); Rusty; Alfred P. Forrest; Steve
20El Diablo, Part 9comic story6script: Fred Guardineer; pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred GuardineerEl Diablo (villain)
21The First American to Win an International Balloon Racecartoon1script: Terry Gilkison; pencils: Terry Gilkison; inks: Terry Gilkison

Plus 2.93 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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DC Comics Before Superman: Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson's Pulp Comics #[nn]
ISBN 9781613451649
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