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ADVENTURE COMICS #53
Cover Date: August 1940
Cover Price: $.10
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Cover Credits:
Art: Bernard Baily (signed)
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Credits:
| Art | Bernard Baily |
| Lettering | Bernard Baily |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Hourman (next in flashback in All-Star Comics #3)
Supporting Character(s):
- Alexander Bannermain (next in flashback in All-Star Comics #3)
- Regina Bannermain (first appearance; Mr. Bannermain's niece)
- Minute-Man Martin (Jimmy Martin; first appearance; a young boy who helps organize the Minute-Men of America, a group of ham radio operators who alert Hourman to crime)
Villain(s):
- Mr. Tareff (first appearance; owns factory that works young boys to death)
Other Character(s):
- Billy Martin (first appearance; Jimmy Martin's brother; dies)
Location(s):
- Appleton City
Comment(s):
- Hourman's home town is given as Appleton City, rather than New York City.
- Hourman builds a mini-receiver and transmitter for his belt buckle.
Credits:
| Story | Howard Purcell |
| Art | Howard Purcell |
| Lettering | Howard Purcell |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Mark Lansing (first appearance; an explorer and soldier of fortune)
Supporting Character(s):
- Koda (first appearance; Mark's faithful mute manservant)
- Kit and Tony (first appearance; two young people on a safari)
Villain(s):
- Vas Onga (first appearance; a mastermind from a subsurface civilization who wants to use a vibration machine to take over the surface world; dies)
Other Character(s):
- Jada (first appearance; a slave of Vas Onga)
Location(s):
- Africa
- Mikishawm (first appearance; a craggy subsurface world with two moons)
Comment(s):
- Vas Onga and his people are blue skinned.
Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Art | Chad Grothkopf |
| Lettering | Chad Grothkopf |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- The Chief of the FBI
Villain(s):
- Helman (first appearance; working with a group of radium thieves)
Location(s):
- Washington, DC
Comment(s):
- Chad Grothkopf credited as Chad
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Jack Lehti |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Lupa
Villain(s):
- A tribe of Gorgons (first appearance)
- A tribe of Amazons (first appearance; see Comments)
Comment(s):
- This story continues directly from the last issue and into the next issue.
- This tribe of Amazons may be related to the subterranean Amazons to which the mother of Dumb Bunny belonged.
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Craig Flessel |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Sandman (last in flashback in All-Star Comics #3)
Villain(s):
- loan sharks (first appearance; Gorilla Gus named)
- Gunny (first appearance; a hired gun)
Other Character(s):
- Bill Jenks (first appearance; dies)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
Story Reprinted in:
- Golden Age Sandman Archives #1 (2004)