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56November 1940
$0.10

Adventure Comics #56

DC · November 1940 · on sale 1940-10-04

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Series
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#56
Publication date
November 1940
Key date
1940-11-00
On-sale date
1940-10-04
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard BailyWesley Dodds, Hourman, The Sandman, Rex Tyler
2Dr. Slight's Living Statuescomic story8script: Ken Fitch; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Bernard BailyHourman, Jimmy Martin, Thorndyke Tompkins, Rex Tyler
3Here It Is -- Better Than Ever!promo (ad from the publisher)0.5pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Howard Purcell
4Now on Salepromo (ad from the publisher)0.5pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Jack Burnley
5Fang Gow's Rusecomic story6script: Win; pencils: Win; inks: WinBarry O'Neill; Fang Gow (villain)
8"Ramona" by Mrs. Helen Jacksontext article0.5letters: typeset
9Death Behind the Wavescomic story6script: Howard Purcell; pencils: Howard Purcell; inks: Howard PurcellMark Lansing; Mokan (villain)
10-comic story4script: Jerry Siegel; pencils: Chad-; inks: Chad-Steve Carson, The Chief
11-in-house column1script: ? (in character as Steve Carson); letters: typeset
12Monkey-Faced Owlcartoon1script: George Papp; pencils: George Papp; inks: George Papp
13At Grips with the Krakencomic story5.9script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Jack Lehti; inks: Jack LehtiCotton Carver; Guest Stars: Red Mike; Lupa; Della; Klo (introduction); Queen Slya (introduction); The Kraken (a monster, villain, introduction, death)
15-comic story2script: Stan Asch; pencils: Stan Asch; inks: Stan Asch
16Bodyguardcomic story6script: Albert Sulman; pencils: Joseph Sulman; inks: Joseph SulmanSocko Strong; Joseph B. Meek (introduction); Natty Lew Schultz (villain, introduction)
17Strange Trailtext story1.67script: Gardner Fox
19Shipwreckedcomic story6script: Jack Lehti; pencils: Jack Lehti; inks: Jack LehtiChang, Steve Conrad
21-cartoon0.5script: Hal Sherman; pencils: Hal Sherman; inks: Hal Sherman
23The Crook Who Knew the Sandman's Identitycomic story10script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Creig Flessel; inks: Chad Grothkopf; letters: Chad GrothkopfDian Belmont, Wesley Dodds, The Sandman
24The 'Big Six' Comic Magazines Still Lead the Field!promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset

Plus 6.43 pages of advertisements and other matter across 9 sequences, as published.

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