Adventure Comics, #57
Published: December 1940
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Issue Contents:
Credits
- Pencils: Bernard Baily
- Inks: Bernard Baily
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
The Menace of Dr. Togg (1)
Storyline
Hourman and the Minute Men must face an evil scientist, from his laboratory on Wide Island, who has created weird pets called the Gombezi out of wolves and buzzards that he uses to rob and kill.
Credits
- Script: Ken Fitch
- Pencils: Bernard Baily
- Inks: Bernard Baily
- Letters: Bernard Baily
Story Notes
Fitch script credit by Craig Delich and Martin O'Hearn. We formerly credited Gardner Fox. Letterer credit also added by Delich.
Here Are the Winners of the Hour-Man Contest!
Storyline
The winners of the Hourman contest are announced, with the winner getting an original Hourman drawing by Bernard Baily.
Credits
- Pencils: Bernard Baily
- Inks: Bernard Baily
- Letters: Bernard Baily
Football Facts..
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
- Letters: Henry Boltinoff
Bernie Bierman Coaches Big Teams and Big Athletes
Fang Gow's Cut-Throats
Credits
- Script: Ed Winiarski
- Pencils: Jerzy Młynarczyk
- Inks: Jerzy Młynarczyk
Story Notes
Several small ads.
"When writing to advertisers, please say you saw the ad in this magazine!"
"We're having a safety campaign!"
Featuring Goofigags
"Sorry - No parts for gunmen today!"
Flames of Death Leaped Upwards!
General Kosta's Subterfuge (1)
Credits
- Script: Howard Purcell
- Pencils: Howard Purcell
- Inks: Howard Purcell
"Boss wants to see you, Mr. Carson"
Characters
- Steve Carson (mainstream Universe)
- The Chief (mainstream Universe)
Credits
- Script: Jerry Siegel
- Pencils: Jackie Flook
- Inks: Jackie Flook
Story Notes
Aldo Serald's last name is spelled "Seraldo" on page 1. A box below the final panel on the last page promotes the recurring feature: "Follow 'Federal Men' in every issue of Adventure Comics!"
"Hello again, Members! One of the Members of the Steve Carson Junior Federal Men Club has written in to ask about what future might lie in store for a member of the Federal Bureau of Investigation."
Storyline
The column talks about what positions are available as an agent advances through the ranks of the FBI.
Story Notes
The page includes a clip-and-mail coupon that could be sent, along with 10 cents, to "enlist" in the Junior Federal Men Club. Those who joined received a badge, certificate and Operator's number.
Trains - Big & Little!
Only with Flex-i-Track...
The Tree Folk
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Jack Lehti
- Inks: Jack Lehti
Adventure Stamp Page
Story Notes
Definition of "approvals" surrounded by ads from stamp dealers.
Magna Cum Laude
Credits
- Script: Jehan Sennep
- Pencils: Norman Boyd
- Inks: Norman Boyd
Story Notes
Last appearance.
The Colossal All-Electric Erector
Peril in Africa (1)
Credits
- Script: Jack Lehti
- Pencils: Jack Lehti
- Inks: Jack Lehti
Flash Capture
Credits
- Script: George Shute
"The Superman Radio Program is now heard over the following stations:"
Story Notes
The ad promotes eight stations in the United States and one in the Philippine Islands (misspelled as "Phillipine") airing the Superman radio show, along with their sponsors. At the bottom of the first page of the text story.
Story Notes
A few small ads on the second page of the text story.
To Hammer the Earth (1)
Storyline
Sandman saves a girl who falls from the sky from a burning airplane, and who plays a role in the Sandman's battle against a crazed scientist who has invented the Atom-Smasher: a weapon that directs a stream of uranium atoms away from the Earth, then draws them back to pound against the Earth like a giant hammer!
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Creig Flessel
- Inks: Chad Grothkopf
- Letters: Chad Grothkopf
Story Notes
Art credits by Craig Delich. We previously suggested Grothkopf for both pencils and inks.
Here It Is -- Better Than Ever!
Featuring All-Star Comics
Be a Superman! Carry This Official Superman Krypto-Raygun
Story Notes
Inside back cover.