Adventure Comics Vol 1 57

Adventure Comics Vol 1 #57 Published Released December, 1940 November 7, 1940 Issue Details Pages 68 Original Price $0.10 Cover Artists Bernard Baily Publisher DC Comics Indicia Publisher Detective Comics, Inc. Brand/Imprint A DC Publication Hourman: "The Menace of Dr. Togg" Writers Ken Fitch Pencilers Bernard Baily Inkers Bernard Baily Letterers Bernard Baily Editors Vincent Sullivan "Barry O'Neill: "Fang Gow's Cut-Throats"" Writers Ed Winiarski Pencilers Ed Winiarski Inkers Ed Winiarski Editors Vincent Sullivan "Mark Lansing: "General Kosta's Subterfuge"" Writers Howard Purcell Pencilers Howard Purcell Inkers Howard Purcell Editors Vincent Sullivan "Federal Men: "The Problem of the Phony Newspaperman"" Writers Jerry Siegel Pencilers Chad Grothkopf Inkers Chad Grothkopf Editors Vincent Sullivan "Cotton Carver: "The Tree Folk"" Writers Gardner Fox Pencilers Jack Lehti Inkers Jack Lehti Editors Vincent Sullivan "Socko Strong: "Magna Cum Laude"" Writers Albert Sulman Pencilers Joseph Sulman Inkers Joseph Sulman Editors Vincent Sullivan "Steve Conrad: "Peril In Africa"" Writers Jack Lehti Pencilers Jack Lehti Inkers Jack Lehti Editors Vincent Sullivan "Flash Capture" Writers George Shute Editors Vincent Sullivan "Sandman: "To Hammer the Earth"" Writers Gardner Fox Pencilers Creig Flessel Inkers Chad Grothkopf Letterers Chad Grothkopf Editors Vincent Sullivan Previous Issue Next Issue Adventure Comics #56 Adventure Comics #58

Appearing in Hourman: "The Menace of Dr. Togg"

Featured Characters:

• The Hour-Man

Supporting Characters:

• Minute Men of America
  • Jimmy Martin
  • Thorndyke

Adversaries:

• Doctor Togg (Death)
• The Gombezi (Death)

Other Characters:

Locations:

• Earth-Two
  • Cosmos City

Items:

• Miraclo

Vehicles:

• None
  
  

Synopsis for Hourman: "The Menace of Dr. Togg"

[1] plot summary at dcindexes.com

Appearing in Barry O'Neill: "Fang Gow's Cut-Throats"

Featured Characters:

• Barry O'Neill

Supporting Characters:

• Inspector LeGrand

Adversaries:

• Fang Gow
• Perini (Only appearance; dies)

Other Characters:

Locations:

• France

Items:

• None

Vehicles:

• None
  
  

Synopsis for Barry O'Neill: "Fang Gow's Cut-Throats"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  
  

Appearing in Mark Lansing: "General Kosta's Subterfuge"

Featured Characters:

• Mark Lansing

Supporting Characters:

• Captain Sen (First appearance)
• King Talon

Adversaries:

• General Costa (First appearance)

Other Characters:

• Kit

Locations:

• Unknown

Items:

• None

Vehicles:

• None
  
  

Synopsis for Mark Lansing: "General Kosta's Subterfuge"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  
  

Appearing in Federal Men: "The Problem of the Phony Newspaperman"

Featured Characters:

• Steve Carson

Supporting Characters:

Adversaries:

• Aldo Serald (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• Senator Blast (Single appearance)

Locations:

• Unknown

Items:

• None

Vehicles:

• Plane
  
  

Synopsis for Federal Men: "The Problem of the Phony Newspaperman"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  
  

Appearing in Cotton Carver: "The Tree Folk"

Featured Characters:

• Cotton Carver

Supporting Characters:

• Deela

Adversaries:

• The Tree Folk (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

Locations:

• Unknown

Items:

• None

Vehicles:

• None
  
  

Synopsis for Cotton Carver: "The Tree Folk"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  
  

Appearing in Socko Strong: "Magna Cum Laude"

Featured Characters:

• Socko Strong (Final appearance)

Supporting Characters:

• Jerry Indutch (Final appearance)
• Tony Manetta (Single appearance)

Adversaries:

• Unnamed Thugs

Other Characters:

• Papa Manetta (Single appearance)

• Mrs. Ryan (Single appearance)
• Officer O'Rourke (Single appearance)

Locations:

• New York

Items:

• None

Vehicles:

• None
  
  

Synopsis for Socko Strong: "Magna Cum Laude"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  
  

Appearing in Steve Conrad: "Peril In Africa"

Featured Characters:

• Steve Conrad

Supporting Characters:

• Chang

Adversaries:

• Natives

Other Characters:

• Professor Sibley (Single appearance)

Locations:

• Africa

Items:

• None

Vehicles:

• None
  
  

Synopsis for Steve Conrad: "Peril In Africa"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  
  

Appearing in "Flash Capture"

Featured Characters:

• Patsy Allen (Single appearance)

Supporting Characters:

Adversaries:

• Louie Tonetti (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

Locations:

• Unknown

Items:

• None

Vehicles:

• None
  
  

Synopsis for "Flash Capture"

• Synopsis not yet written.
  
  

Appearing in Sandman: "To Hammer the Earth"

Featured Characters:

• Wesley Dodds (Flashback and main story)

Supporting Characters:

• Phoebe (Flashback and main story)

Adversaries:

• Unnamed Mad Scientist (Flashback and main story)

Other Characters:

• Bill Williams (Dies in flashback)

Locations:

• Unknown

Items:

• None

Vehicles:

• None
  
  

Synopsis for Sandman: "To Hammer the Earth"

• Synopsis not yet written.

Notes

• "The Menace of Dr. Togg" is reprinted in the 100-Page Super Spectacular #18.
• "To Hammer the Earth" is reprinted in the Golden Age Sandman Archives #1
• Socko Strong makes his final appearance in this issue.

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