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37April 1939
$0.10

Adventure Comics #37

DC · April 1939 · on sale 1939-03-10

First appearance: Shorty
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Identification plate

Series
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#37
Publication date
April 1939
Key date
1939-04-00
On-sale date
1939-03-10
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Shorty - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: John Richard Flanagan; inks: John Richard Flanagan
2Fang Gow of China, Part 35comic story6script: Ed Winiarski; pencils: Win; inks: WinFang Gow (villain)
3Detective Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.05letters: typeset
4-comic story0.7script: Fred Schwab; pencils: Fred Schwab; inks: Fred SchwabShorty First
6The White Witchcomic story6script: Gardner Fox; pencils: George Newman; inks: George NewmanVolor (guest, introduction); Queen Kothe (villain, introduction); the Reed Men (introduction)
7-comic story4script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Joe Shuster; inks: Joe ShusterSteve Carson, Red, Ralph Ventor
8-in-house column1script: ? (in character as Steve Carson); letters: typeset
9Pacific Island Stampstext article0.5letters: typeset
11The God of the Ruby Eye, Part 11comic story4script: Jim Chambers; pencils: Jim Chambers; inks: Jim ChambersDante (villain); Tamir (villain)
12A Playboy in King Arthur's Court, Part 1comic story2script: Fred Schwab; pencils: Fred Schwab; inks: Fred Schwab
13The Plantation Uprising, Part 6comic story6script: Will Ely; pencils: Will Ely; inks: Will Ely
14-comic story1script: Alger; pencils: Alger; inks: Alger
15Betty Furness, Errol Flynn, Dick Powell, Boris Karloffcartoon1script: Moldoff; pencils: Moldoff; inks: MoldoffBetty Furness; Errol Flynn; Boris Karloff; Dick Powell
16Hidden Paradise [Part 2]comic story6script: Ed Winiarski; pencils: Ed Winiarski; inks: Ed Winiarski
17Gunrunnertext story1.7script: Terry Keane
21The Missionary's Daughtercomic story6script: Jim Chambers; pencils: Jim Chambers; inks: Jim Chambers
22The Count and the Countesscomic story6script: Tom Hickey; pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom HickeySkip Schuyler (introduction); Count Sarnousky (villain, introduction); the Countess [Hedi Lasky] (villain, introduction); Ian Murray; Doris Murray
23The Pirate Ship, Part 12comic story4script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob KaneIchabod Slade (villain); Rusty; Steve; Alfred Forrest
24El Diablo, Part 10comic story6script: Fred Guardineer; pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred GuardineerEl Diablo (villain)
25Movie Comics; All-American Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Sheldon Mayer; inks: Sheldon Mayer

Plus 4.05 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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Sources

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