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38May 1939
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Adventure Comics #38

DC · May 1939 · on sale 1939-04-03

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Series
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#38
Publication date
May 1939
Key date
1939-05-00
On-sale date
1939-04-03
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 American Sailor Adventurer Became Captain When Only 17-Years Oldcartoon1script: Terry Gilkison; pencils: Terry Gilkison; inks: Terry Gilkison
2The Suicide of Major Duval, Part 1comic story6script: Ed Winiarski; pencils: Win; inks: WinBarry O'Neill; Major André Duval (introduction, death); Count Guniff (villain, introduction)
3The Batman appears every month in Detective Comics!promo (ad from the publisher)0.05colors: ? (red & black letters); letters: typeset
4Woe Is Mecomic story0.7script: Charles Biro; pencils: Charles Biro; inks: Charles Biro
6Theft of the Volker Planscomic story6script: George Newman; pencils: George Newman; inks: George NewmanInspector Kent; The Colonel; The Raven (villain); Captain Sutter; Agent K-4
7-comic story4script: Siegel; pencils: Shuster; inks: ShusterSteve Carson, The Chief
8-in-house column1script: ? (in character as Steve Carson); letters: typeset
9New Air Mails; Red Cross Stamps; More Japanese Scenics; Leeward Island Issuetext article0.6letters: typeset
11The God of the Ruby Eye, Part 12comic story4script: Jim Chambers; pencils: Jim Chambers; inks: Jim ChambersDante (villain)
12A Playboy in King Arthur's Court, Part 2comic story2script: Fred Schwab; pencils: Fred Schwab; inks: Fred SchwabDon Coyote
13The Armored Truck Robberycomic story6script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Don Lynch; inks: Don LynchSteve Malone
14Emergency Casetext story1.75script: Jack Anthony
17Battle with Tartarscomic story6script: Ed Winiarski; pencils: Ed Winiarski; inks: Ed WiniarskiCaptain Desmo
18-comic story2script: Bob Kane; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob KaneProfessor Doolittle
19Mystery of the Exploding Shipscomic story6script: Jim Chambers; pencils: Jim Chambers; inks: Jim ChambersTom Brent
20The Rebel Pancho Velezcomic story6script: Tom Hickey; pencils: Tom Hickey; inks: Tom HickeySkip Schuyler; Pancho Velez (villain, introduction)
21The Pirate Ship, Part 13comic story4script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob KaneRusty; Long Sin (villain); Ebenezer Slade (villain); Duchess (guest)
22Wang Ku of Shanghaicomic story6script: Fred Guardineer; pencils: Fred Guardineer; inks: Fred GuardineerWang Ku (villain, introduction)
23-cartoon1script: George Papp; pencils: George Papp; inks: George PappIra Ball; Joe Coburn; Jem Nace
24All-American Comics; Movie Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Jon Blummer, Harry Lampert, Sheldon Mayer; inks: Jon Blummer, Harry Lampert, Sheldon Mayer

Plus 1.9 pages of advertisements and other matter across 5 sequences, as published.

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