Adventure Comics #40
DC Comics
United States
- Published
- July 1939
- Page count
- 68
- Cover price
- 0.10 USD
- Colour
- Colour
- Size
- Standard size
- Interior paper
- Newsprint
- Cover stock
- Glossy colour
- Binding
- Saddle-stitched
- Format
- Comic series
- GCD
- www.comics.org/issue/475
Credits
- Editing
- Vin Sullivan [as Vincent A. Sullivan]
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(The Sandman)
Cover, 1 page
Featuring
- Feature
- The Sandman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]
Credits
- Art
- Creig Flessel
- Letters
- typeset
1"It's all I need to go any place!"
Notes
Inside front cover.
2Featuring
- Feature
- The Sandman
- Genre
- Superhero
- Characters
- The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Vivian Dale; The Tarantula [Mr. Crossart] (villain, introduction)
Credits
- Script
- Gardner Fox [as Larry Dean]
- Art
- Bert Christman
Reprint history
- Also printed
-
Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #94 (November 1971) — The Tarantula Strikes
-
Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #30 ([1975]) — Untitled [The Tarantula Strikes]
-
Giant Batman Album (Colour Comics, 1962 series) #30 ([1975])
- From GCD
- from Adventure Comics #40 (July 1939)
Synopsis
The Sandman comes up against a very crafty and dangerous adversary while investigating the kidnapping of a famed actress and subsequent demand for $500,000 ransom.
Notes
Gardner Fox script per Bob Hughes. We previously credited the story to Christman, then to Christman from a Fox plot. Per Hughes' textual analysis, this story does not match Christman's stories in the three subsequent issues.
The Sandman wears orange business suit thru #43.
Sandman origin in Secret Origins (DC, 1986 series) #7.
3"Gosh! I'll bet I'm the toughest thing alive-!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Tiny
- Genre
- Humor
- Characters
- Tiny
Credits
- Script
- Fred Schwab
- Art
- Fred Schwab
- Letters
- Fred Schwab ?
Notes
Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.
4Featuring
- Feature
- Barry O'Neill
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Barry O'Neill; Count Guniff (villain, death)
Credits
- Script
- Ed Winiarski
- Art
- Ed Winiarski [as Win]
5Featuring
- Feature
- Federal Men
- Genre
- Detective-mystery
- Characters
- Mike (villain, counterfeiter); Jake (villain, counterfeiter); un-named counterfeiter (villain); Steve Carson
Credits
- Script
- Jerry Siegel
- Art
- Shuster Shop [as Joe Shuster]
Paul Cassidy (see notes)
Notes
According to Alter Ego #112 for August of 2012, Paul Cassidy did some of the art on this story.
6Credits
- Letters
- typeset
7Featuring
- Feature
- Peekin at Pictures
- Genre
- Non-fiction
Credits
- Script
- Sheldon Moldoff
- Art
- Sheldon Moldoff
8Featuring
- Feature
- Jack Woods
- Genre
- Detective-mystery
- Characters
- Jack Woods; Wolf Rucker (villain, death)
Credits
- Script
- Jim Chambers
- Art
- Jim Chambers
- Colours
- ? (red tones)
Notes
First two pages printed in red, black and white; last two in black and white.
9Featuring
- Feature
- Adventure in Stamps
Credits
- Author
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Second page includes several small ads from stamps dealers.
10Featuring
- Feature
- Captain Desmo
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Captain Desmo; Colonel Benback (villain)
Credits
- Script
- Ed Winiarski
- Art
- Ed Winiarski [as Win]
Notes
Story is in black and white, with only the feature logo in red tones.
11Featuring
- Feature
- Don Coyote
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Dan Coyote; William Shakespeare (guest appearance)
Credits
- Script
- Fred Schwab
- Art
- Fred Schwab
- Letters
- Fred Schwab ?
Notes
Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.
12Featuring
- Feature
- Bulldog Martin
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Bulldog Martin (introduction); Palfry (villain, introduction); Hefty (villain, introduction)
Credits
- Script
- Bart Tumey
- Art
- Bart Tumey
Notes
Story is in black and white, with only the feature logo in red tones.
Bulldog Martin's next appearance in More Fun Comics (DC, 1936 series) #47.
13Featuring
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Author
- Frank Thomas (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
14Featuring
- Feature
- Socko Strong
- Genre
- Adventure; sports
- Characters
- Socko Strong (introduction, a boxer); Jerry Indutch; The champ (villain); his manager (villain); gun-runners (villain)
Credits
- Script
- Joseph Sulman [as Koppy]
- Art
- Joseph Sulman [as Koppy]
Notes
Story is in black and white, with only the feature logo in red tones.
15Featuring
- Feature
- Skip Schuyler
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Skip Schuyler; Anthony Carnochan (introduction); Donna Carnochan (introduction)
Credits
- Script
- Tom Hickey
- Art
- Tom Hickey
16Featuring
- Feature
- Rusty and His Pals
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Rusty; Duchess (guest star); Ichabod Slade (villain, death)
Credits
- Script
- Bill Finger
- Art
- Bob Kane
- Letters
- Bob Kane
Notes
Letterer credit added by Craig Delich. Script credit changed from Kane to Finger by Bob Hughes.
17Featuring
- Feature
- Anchors Aweigh!
- Genre
- Adventure
- Characters
- Taurus the Bull
Credits
- Script
- Bart Tumey
- Art
- Bart Tumey
18Featuring
- Feature
- AiRecords
- Genre
- Non-fiction; aviation
Credits
- Script
- Terry Gilkison
- Art
- Terry Gilkison
19"Thanks again, boys and girls of America..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Movie Comics; All-American Comics
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Inside back cover.
20Featuring
- Feature
- Johnson Smith & Co.
Credits
- Letters
- typeset
Notes
Back cover.
Notes
The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing found in the Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 2, Periodicals, New Series, Volume 34, 1939, Number 3. Second class permit. Copyright number 421294.
Indicia
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