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Adventure Comics 44

ADVENTURE COMICS #44

Cover Date: November 1939
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Craig Flessel (signed)


Story: "The Sandman Meets The Face" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
PencilsCraig Flessel
InksCraig Flessel, Fred Guardineer
LetteringFred Guardineer
EditingVin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Sandman

Villain(s):

Face (first appearance; a master of disguise)

Other Character(s):

Billy Winnslow (first appearance; a childhood friend of Wes'; dies)
Feathers (first appearance; Wes' butler; may actually be Leslie Humphries)

Location(s):

New York

Comment(s):

Creators credited in story as "Larry Dean".
Wes Dodds grew up in Hilltown.
It is not yet known if this adventure takes place before, after or replaced by the story in Sandman Mystery Theatre #5-#8.

Story Reprinted in:

Golden Age Sandman Archives #1 (2004)


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Second Story: [No Title] (4 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJerry Siegel
ArtMart Bailey
EditingVin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Steve Carson

Supporting Character(s):

The Chief of the FBI

Villain(s):

Fletcher (first appearance; a jewelry smuggler)

Location(s):

Washington, DC


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Third Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEd Winiarski
ArtEd Winiarski
LetteringEd Winiarski
EditingVin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Captain Desmo

Supporting Character(s):

Gabby

Villain(s):

Count Ogreoff (probably dies)

Location(s):

Skull Island (destroyed)

Comment(s):

Winiarski credited as "Win".
This story continues from the last issue.


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Fourth Story: "Cotton Carver and the Magnetic Peril" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtGeorge Newman
EditingVin Sullivan

Feature Character(s):

Cotton Carver

Supporting Character(s):

King Marl
Deela (gives Carver a sword)

Villain(s):

Jagar (dies)

Comment(s):

This story continues in from the last issue.


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