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49April 1940
$0.10

Adventure Comics #49

DC · April 1940 · on sale 1940-03-08

First appearance: Steve Conrad
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Identification plate

Series
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#49
Publication date
April 1940
Key date
1940-04-00
On-sale date
1940-03-08
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Steve Conrad - 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: Bernard Baily, Sheldon Moldoff; inks: Bernard Baily, Sheldon MoldoffWesley Dodds, Hourman, The Sandman, Rex Tyler
2The Disappearance of Dr. Drewcomic story6script: Ken Fitch; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Bernard BailyHourman, Rex Tyler
3-cartoon1pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp
4Trap for Fang Gowcomic story6script: Ed Winiarski; pencils: Win; inks: WinBarry O'Neill; Fang Gow (villain)
5-cartoon1script: Terry Gilkison; pencils: Terry Gilkison; inks: Terry Gilkison
6Issue from Turkey; Housing Projects Honored; Brief Notestext article0.3letters: typeset
8-comic story4script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Chad-; inks: Chad-Steve Carson
9-in-house column1script: ? (in character as Steve Carson); letters: typeset
10Red Grange, Sir Malcolm Campbell, L. E. Peeveycartoon0.67
12Cold Cures and Crimecomic story10script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Chad Grothkopf; inks: Chad Grothkopf; letters: Chad GrothkopfWesley Dodds, The Sandman
13No. 1 - Call of the Wild, by Jack Londontext article0.75letters: typeset
15-cartoon0.5script: Whitney Ellsworth; pencils: Whitney Ellsworth; inks: Whitney Ellsworth
17Mr. Krieger Vanishescomic story6script: Albert Sulman; pencils: Joseph Sulman; inks: Joseph SulmanSocko Strong; Benjamin Krieger (villain, introduction)
18A Sleepy Capturetext story1.25script: Frank Thomas
21The Tiger-Mencomic story6script: Jack Lehti; pencils: Jack Lehti; inks: Jack LehtiSteve Conrad First
22Mansion of Murder, Part 4comic story4script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob KaneRusty; John Rankin (guest, flashback); Tino (villain); Karl (villain); Zoroff (villain, flashback)
23On the Track of Serge Kanocomic story6script: Tumey; pencils: Tumey; inks: TumeySerge Kano (villain, introduction, death)
24At the Polar Zonecomic story6script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Jack Lehti; inks: Jack LehtiCotton Carver; Deela (guest); Red Mike (villain, introduction)
25Six Big Headline Features for the "Big Six" Comic Magazines!promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset

Plus 5.53 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Golden Age Sandman Archives #1
ISBN 1-4012-0155-5
2004On eBay ›
The JSA All Stars Archives #1
ISBN 978-1-4012-1472-2; 1-4012-1472-X
2007On eBay ›
Alter Ego #41999On eBay ›

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Series context

Sources

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