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Publisher: DC

Title: Adventure Comics
Issue: 40
Page Count: 68
Publish Date: July 1939
Volume: 4

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Adventure Comics #40
Owner: walclark

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


Story Title: [ no title ] - promo (ad from the publisher)
Pages:1


Story Title: The Tarantula Strikes - comic story
Features:The Sandman
Pages:6
Genre:superhero
Characters:The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Vivian Dale; The Tarantula [Mr. Crossart] (villain, introduction)
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.


Story Title: [ no title ] - comic story
Features:Tiny
Pages:1
Genre:humor
Characters:Tiny


Story Title: The Suicide of Major Duval, Part 3 - comic story
Pages:6
Genre:adventure
Characters:Barry O'Neill; Count Guniff (villain, death)


Story Title: The Tarryville Counterfeiters - comic story
Pages:4
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Mike (villain, counterfeiter); Jake (villain, counterfeiter); un-named counterfeiter (villain); Steve Carson


Story Title: Junior Federal Men Club - promo (ad from the publisher)
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


Story Title: James Cagney, Mickey Rooney, Groucho Marx - cartoon
Pages:1
Genre:non-fiction


Story Title: Wolf Ruckson's Trap, Part 2 - comic story
Pages:4
Colors:? (red tones)
Genre:detective-mystery
Characters:Jack Woods; Wolf Rucker (villain, death)


Story Title: [ no title ] - text article
Features:Adventure in Stamps
Pages:2
Letters:typeset


Story Title: Captured By Col. Benback, Part 2 - comic story
Pages:6
Genre:adventure
Characters:Captain Desmo; Colonel Benback (villain)


Story Title: A Playboy In King Arthur's Court, Part 3 - comic story
Pages:2
Genre:adventure
Characters:Dan Coyote; William Shakespeare (guest appearance)


Story Title: Slow Motion's Double - comic story
Features:Bulldog Martin
Pages:6
Genre:adventure
Characters:Bulldog Martin (introduction); Palfry (villain, introduction); Hefty (villain, introduction)


Story Title: Money Makers - text story
Pages:2
Letters:typeset
Genre:adventure


Story Title: The Flying Dutchman, Part 1 - comic story
Pages:6
Genre:adventure; sports
Characters:Socko Strong (introduction, a boxer); Jerry Indutch; The champ (villain); his manager (villain); gun-runners (villain)


Story Title: The Kidnapping of Donna Carnochan - comic story
Pages:6
Genre:adventure
Characters:Skip Schuyler; Anthony Carnochan (introduction); Donna Carnochan (introduction)


Story Title: The Pirate Ship, Conclusion - comic story
Pages:4
Genre:adventure
Characters:Rusty; Duchess (guest star); Ichabod Slade (villain, death)


Story Title: Taurus the Bull - comic story
Pages:6
Genre:adventure
Characters:Taurus the Bull


Story Title: Constructed and Flew the First Balloon - 1783 - cartoon
Features:AiRecords
Pages:1
Genre:non-fiction; aviation
Characters:Joseph Montgolfier; Etienne Montgolfier; Lincoln Beachey; Walter Hinton; Ernest Udet; John Wise


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


Story Title: [ no title ] - advertisement
Features:Johnson Smith & Co.
Pages:1
Letters:typeset


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