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Publisher: DC

Title: Adventure Comics
Issue: 42
Page Count: 68
Publish Date: September 1939
Volume: 4

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Adventure Comics #42
Owner: walclark

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Story Title: [ no title ] - cover
Pages:1
Letters:typeset
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]


Story Title: [ no title ] - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:All-American Comics; Movie Comics
Pages:1


Story Title: The Three Sandmen - comic story
Pages:6
Genre:superhero
Characters:Sandman [Wesley Dodds] (origin details); Teeter Sneed (villain, intro, Death); Dr. Clyde Dunlap (intro, forms "The Three Sandmen" with Wes Dodds); Happy O'Shea (intro, forms "The Three Sandmen" with Wes Dodds); Steve Weber
Synopsis:Wes joins up with two of his former service buddies to discover if Teeter Sneed has a hand in the killing of several of their old chums and threatening to do the same to several others.


Story Title: Scientists Honored by Danzig - text article
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: The Suicide of Major Duval, Part 5 - comic story
Pages:6
Genre:adventure
Characters:Barry O'Neill; Krull (villain)


Story Title: Cal Grant's Payroll Robbery - comic story
Pages:4
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Cal Grant (villain, introduction); Lennie Trask (villain, introduction); their mob (villain, introduction); Steve Carson


Story Title: Junior Federal Men Club - text article
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - cartoon
Pages:1
Genre:non-fiction; sports


Story Title: The Fiddler and the Bank Robbers, Part 2 - comic story
Pages:4
Colors:? (red tones)
Genre:detective-mystery; western-frontier
Characters:Jack Woods; Stomp McHenry; Sheriff Henkle; Slash Morlin (villain, death)


Story Title: Awakened by 500-Pound Man-Eating Tiger Ready to Attack Him!! - cartoon
Pages:1
Genre:non-fiction


Story Title: [ no title ] - cartoon
Pages:1
Genre:non-fiction


Story Title: The Flying Dutchman, Part 3 - comic story
Pages:6
Genre:adventure; sports
Characters:Socko Strong; Bennie (introduction, a Neanderthal man)


Story Title: Miss America - comic story
Pages:2
Genre:humor
Characters:Professor Doolittle


Story Title: Revolt of the Thugs, Part 2 - comic story
Pages:6
Colors:? (see notes)
Genre:adventure
Characters:Captain Desmo; Abdul Hassan (villain); the Thugs (villain, death)


Story Title: Quest in India [Part 2] - text story
Pages:2
Letters:typeset
Genre:adventure


Story Title: Admiral Cato's Underwater Base - comic story
Pages:6
Colors:? (see notes)
Genre:adventure
Characters:Admiral Cato (villain, introduction, death)


Story Title: Kidnapping in the Orient - comic story
Pages:6
Genre:adventure
Characters:Skip Schuyler; Hawkins (villain, intro); Lung Yen (intro); Diana Allen (intro)


Story Title: The Menace of Chen Fu, Part 2 - comic story
Pages:4
Genre:adventure
Characters:Rusty; Chen Fu (villain)


Story Title: In the Pit of Dagan - comic story
Pages:6
Genre:adventure
Characters:Cotton Carver; Elara; Kothe; Volar; Narol (villain, introduction, death?); Jagar (villain, introduction); King Marl (introduction); Captain Kandul (introduction); Marlmen (introduction)


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Pages:1
Genre:anthropomorphic-funny animals


Story Title: The Comic Book of Tomorrow Is Here Today!! - promo (ad from the publisher)
Features:New York World's Fair Comics
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


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