Adventure Comics, #49
Published: April 1940
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Credits
- Pencils: Bernard Baily
- Pencils: Sheldon Moldoff
- Inks: Bernard Baily
- Inks: Sheldon Moldoff
Story Notes
Last "generic" cover. Cover credits from Sheldon Moldoff himself in Alter Ego #52 (September 2005). Art originally tentatively credited to Creig Flessel.
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
The Disappearance of Dr. Drew (1)
Storyline
Rex Tyler's 2nd client is a Miss Drew, who asks that he help locate her missing father, whom she believes has been kidnapped because of his creation of a super type of cold pill.
Credits
- Script: Ken Fitch
- Pencils: Bernard Baily
- Inks: Bernard Baily
- Letters: Bernard Baily
Story Notes
Fitch script credit by Craig Delich and verified by Martin O'Hearn. We previously credited Gardner Fox. Letterer credit by Craig Delich. Oddity: A detective questioning Rex Tyler about Miss Drew, inquires of him as to whether or not he is "Tick-Tock Tyler, The Hour-Man"!
"The World's Largest City"
Trap for Fang Gow (1)
Credits
- Script: Ed Winiarski
- Pencils: Jerzy Młynarczyk
- Inks: Jerzy Młynarczyk
"Schoolboy Ace Scored Over Forty Victories Before He Was Twenty Years Old!"
Credits
- Script: Terry Gilkison
- Pencils: Terry Gilkison
- Inks: Terry Gilkison
Issue from Turkey; Housing Projects Honored; Brief Notes (1)
Story Notes
Page surrounded by many small ads from stamps dealers.
"May I step in? I wish to discuss a matter of vital importance to you!"
Characters
- Steve Carson (mainstream Universe)
Credits
- Script: Jerry Siegel
- Pencils: Jackie Flook
- Inks: Jackie Flook
"Hello again, Members! This month I want to tell you about an average you man who wanted to be a G-Man -- and who actually accomplished his ambition."
Storyline
The column talks about the steps a young man had to take in order to fulfill his aspirations of becoming a G-man.
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.
Red Grange, Sir Malcolm Campbell, L. E. Peevey (1)
Featuring Sport Stuff!
Boys Build This Cape Cod Cottage
Cold Cures and Crime (1)
Storyline
The death of several assistants to a famed scientist, claiming to be able to cure the common cold, leads the Sandman into the fray to prevent criminals from exploiting that cure to their own financial advantage.
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Chad Grothkopf
- Inks: Chad Grothkopf
- Letters: Chad Grothkopf
Story Notes
Art credits by Craig Delich. We previously credited Bernard Baily in error. Creig Flessel credits in Archives are also in error. On page 5, panel 2, the door has lettering for this story's writer, G. Fox. The last panel of the story, on page 10, has two mysterious interlocked initials, apparently a "C" over an "F." May be for Fox (writer) and Chad (artist).
No. 1 - Call of the Wild, by Jack London
Boys! I'll Help You Get a Daisy Air Rifle
"Halt! Which side are you on??"
Boys Print
Mr. Krieger Vanishes (1)
Credits
- Script: Jehan Sennep
- Pencils: Norman Boyd
- Inks: Norman Boyd
A Sleepy Capture
Credits
- Script: Frank Thomas
Boys Earn Money and Big Prizes
The Tiger-Men (1)
Credits
- Script: Jack Lehti
- Pencils: Jack Lehti
- Inks: Jack Lehti
Story Notes
Steve Conrad Adventurer
Mansion of Murder, Part 4 (1)
Credits
- Script: Bill Finger
- Pencils: Bob Kane
- Inks: Bob Kane
On the Track of Serge Kano (1)
Credits
- Script: Bart Tumey
- Pencils: Bart Tumey
- Inks: Bart Tumey
At the Polar Zone
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Jack Lehti
- Inks: Jack Lehti
Six Big Headline Features for the "Big Six" Comic Magazines!
Featuring Action Comics; Adventure Comics; All-American Comics; Detective Comics; Flash Comics; More Fun Comics
Pick Your Prize
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
A Sensational Offer to Readers of Adventure Comics
Storyline
Ad for The Complete Works of Shakespeare.
Story Notes
Back cover.