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50May 1940
$0.10

Adventure Comics #50

DC · May 1940 · on sale 1940-04-05

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Identification plate

Series
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#50
Publication date
May 1940
Key date
1940-05-00
On-sale date
1940-04-05
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard BailyWesley Dodds, The Sandman, Hourman, Rex Tyler
2The Dark Horsecomic story6script: Ken Fitch; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Bernard BailyHourman, Rex Tyler
3Selman's Record!cartoon1script: Terry Gilkison; pencils: Terry Gilkison; inks: Terry Gilkison
4Fang Gow and the Stolen Planescomic story6script: Win; pencils: Win; inks: WinBarry O'Neill; Fang Gow (villain)
5-comic story1script: Fred Schwab; pencils: Fred Schwab; inks: Fred Schwab; letters: Fred SchwabShorty
6Miniature Sheet; Item from Chinatext article0.25letters: typeset
8-comic story4script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Chad-; inks: Chad-Steve Carson
9-in-house column1script: ? [as Steve Carson] (written as the character); letters: typesetSteve Carson
10Fantastic Factscartoon1script: George Papp; pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp
11Tuffy and Limpy's Revenge Plotcomic story10script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Creig Flessel; inks: Creig FlesselWesley Dodds, The Sandman, Dian Belmont
12No. 2 - The Scarlet Pimpernel, by Baroness Orczytext article1letters: typeset
15Boxing Glove Versus Fiddlecomic story6script: Albert Sulman; pencils: Joseph Sulman; inks: Joseph SulmanSocko Strong; Papa Manetta (introduction); Joe Manetta (introduction); Eddie Garr (villain, introduction)
16Dead Reckoningtext story1.33script: Tex Horton
19Spy of the South Seascomic story6script: Jack Lehti; pencils: Jack Lehti; inks: Jack LehtiSteve Conrad
20Mansion of Murder, Part 5comic story4script: Bill Finger; pencils: Bob Kane; inks: Bob KaneRusty; Tino (villain); Karl (villain); Zoroff (villain)
21Search for Captain Milescomic story6script: Bart Tumey; pencils: Bart Tumey; inks: Bart TumeyCaptain Miles (introduction, death); an unnamed bad guy (villain, introduction)
22In the City of Glasscomic story6script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Jack Lehti; inks: Jack LehtiCotton Carver; Red Mike (guest); Deela (guest); King John (villain, introduction); Druids (villains, introduction); Henry Smith (introduction)
23The 'Big Six' Comic Magazines Still Lead the Field!promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset

Plus 5.42 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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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 ›

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