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Adventure Comics 48

ADVENTURE COMICS #48

Cover Date: March 1940
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Bernard Baily (signed)


Story: "Presenting Tick-Tock Tyler The Hour-Man" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryKen Fitch
ArtBernard Baily
LetteringBernard Baily
EditingVin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Hourman (Rex Tyler; also given as Hour-Man; first appearance; also in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #16/3 and Sandman Mystery Theatre #29-#32 between panels; last in flashback in Hourman #5; next in Sandman Mystery Theatre #69)

Supporting Character(s):

Mr. Bannermain (first appearance; head of Bannermain Chemical Company; Rex's boss; next in New York World's Fair Comics #2)

Villain(s):

gang of jewel thieves (first appearance)

Other Character(s):

John and Mrs. Kennedy (first appearance; a man who falls in with criminals and his wife who contacts Hourman to try and save him)
Marcia Van Shelton (first appearance; has her jewels stolen by a gang of jewel thieves)

Location(s):

New York City

Story Reprinted in:

Justice League of America #96/2 (February 1972)
The JSA All Stars Archives #1 (2007)


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Second Story: [No Title] (4 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtChad Grothkopf
LetteringChad Grothkopf
EditingVin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Steve Carson

Supporting Character(s):

The Chief of the FBI

Villain(s):

"Professor" Dirk (first appearance for all; runs a "crime college"; dies)

Other Character(s):

Bennie Mason (first appearance; a criminal who was helped by Steve Carson)

Location(s):

Washington, DC
Northville

Comment(s):

Chad Grothkopf credited as Chad


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Third Story: [No title] (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtOgden Whitney
EditingVin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Sandman

Supporting Character(s):

District Attorney Belmont
Dian Belmont

Villain(s):

Judge Quick, Mrs. Holt and Dr. Felton (first appearance, high society members behind a gang of extortionists)

Story Reprinted in:

Golden Age Sandman Archives #1 (2004)


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Fourth Story: "Cotton Carver and the Earth Passage" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtOgden Whitney
EditingVin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Cotton Carver

Supporting Character(s):

Deela

Villain(s):

First Ones

Location(s):

Upper Earth

Comment(s):

Cotton and Deela make their way to Earth's surface at last.


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