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ADVENTURE COMICS #57
Cover Date: December 1940
Cover Price: $.10
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Cover Credits:
Art: Bernard Baily (signed)
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Credits:
| Story | Ken Fitch |
| Art | Bernard Baily |
| Lettering | Bernard Baily |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Hourman (Rex Tyler)
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Doctor Togg (first appearance; creates hybrid monsters to do his bidding; next in flashback in Hourman #5)
- Wolf-Buzzards (first appearance; hybrid monsters used by Dr. Togg as watchdogs; all destroyed)
- Gombezi (first appearance; hybrid monsters used by Dr. Togg to carry out robberies of monies and equipment; all destroyed)
Credits:
| Story | Howard Purcell |
| Art | Howard Purcell |
| Lettering | Howard Purcell |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Kit and Tony (behind the scenes)
- King Talon
Villain(s):
- Mokan, the Monster (behind the scenes)
- Costa (first appearance; a spy for Mokan among Talon's officers; uses the call sign X-7)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- Continued from last issue and into next issue.
- A week has passed between issues.
Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Art | Chad Grothkopf |
| Lettering | Chad Grothkopf |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Chief of the F.B.I.
Villain(s):
- Aldo Serald (first appearance; a spy disguised as Cordial a newspaperman)
Location(s):
- Washington, DC
- California coast
Comment(s):
- Chad Grothkopf credited as Chad
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Jack Lehti |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Deela
Villain(s):
- King Treeda and the Tree Men (first appearance; a group of archers living in the treetops of large trees)
Comment(s):
- This story continues directly from the last issue.
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Pencils | Craig Flessel |
| Inks | Chad Grothkopf |
| Lettering | Chad Grothkopf |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Sandman (Wesley Dodds)
Villain(s):
- An unnamed scientist and his assistant (first appearance for both; threatens to destroy Earth with a uranium beam)
Other Character(s):
- Phoebe (first appearance; the unnamed scientist's niece)
- Bill Williams (first appearance; a friend of Wes'; a newspaper reporter; dies)
Story Reprinted in:
- Golden Age Sandman Archives #1 (2004)
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