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| Title               = Adventure Comics
| Image               = Adventure Comics 54.jpg
| Volume              = 1
| Issue               = 54
| Month               = 9
| Year                = 1940

| Executive Editor    = Vincent Sullivan
| CoverArtist1        = Bernard Baily

| Quotation           = 
| Speaker             = 

| StoryTitle1         = Hour-Man: "The Kidnapping of a Minute-Man"
| StoryTitle2         = Barry O'Neill: "Fang Gow's Challenge"
| StoryTitle3         = Mark Lansing: "The Dreaded Mokos"
| StoryTitle4         = Federal Men: "Death of a Borinquen Butler"
| StoryTitle5         = Cotton Carver: Cotton Carver and the Beast Men"
| StoryTitle6         = Too Clever
| StoryTitle7         = Socko Strong: "The Great I: Part 3"
| StoryTitle8         = Steve Conrad, Adventurer: "Adventure of the French Agent"
| StoryTitle9         = The Sandman: "Case of the Kidnapped Heiress"

| Synopsis1           =
The parents of Rodney Morvan force him to resign from the Minute Men of America.  A short time later Rodney is kidnapped, by Ricky Maffiri's gang.  Jimmy Martin calls Hourman for help.  He tries to reason with Mr. Morvan, the banker, who refuses to pay Rodney's ransom.  Hourman and the Minute Men help track down the crooks, who kidnap Mr. Morvan after he didn't pay the ransom.  Hourman finds Rodney, but the crooks surprise him and take him prisoner.  Using his radio, [[Rex Tyler (New Earth)|Hour-Man]] contacts Jimmy and gets him to bring a supply of Miraclo. Hourman frees himself and the Morvans, then he and the Minute Men capture the crooks. After seeing Hourman and the Minute Men in action, Mr. Morvan allows Rodney to rejoin the club.
| Synopsis2           = When Barry O'Neill and Inspector LeGrand learn of Fang Gow's attempt to poison a group of refugee children, Fang Gow takes control of O'Neill's mind. LeGrand makes a deal with Fang Gow for O'Neill's release and, upon Fang Gow's escape, the children are saved.  
| Synopsis3           = 
| Synopsis4           = Investigating an alleged murder at the Borinquen embassy, Steve Carson finds that the supposedly murdered butler is still alive. Upon returning to Federal Men headquarters, Carson learns that a photographer, who's been seen outside, is actually a Borinquen agent, and he returns to the embassy to bust the ambassador.   
| Synopsis5           = Escaping a group of Amazons with the aid of Qwar, Cotton Carver and Lupa the wolf-woman travel to the land of Ugar where (new character) Norlon reveals the fate of Atlantis to Cotton.  Cotton meets some lost people from the upper world, Nora Blake, her father, and her boyfriend Jim Bent.  Ugar is then attacked by Beast Men and Cotton is taken prisoner.
| Synopsis6           = Text story
| Synopsis7           = 
| Synopsis8           = 
| Synopsis9           = Heiress Nana Martin is kidnapped by a man seeking to marry her and gain her inheritance. Sandman and Dian Belmont rescue her, but while Sandman battles the original kidnapper, two more villains nab Dian and Nana.  Sandman contacts Dian's father the D.A., who allows him to help get Dian back.  Working with officer Jim Holt, the Sandman apprehends the kidnappers and forces them to reveal where the girls are held.  Holt and Nana then get married.  
* Dian Belmont is kidnapped for the 2nd time in this issue's story.  Her first abduction was in <u>World's Fair Comics #2</u>.
* Effective this issue, Sandman is now no longer hunted by the police.

| Editor1_1           = Vincent Sullivan
| Editor2_1           = Vincent Sullivan
| Editor3_1           = Vincent Sullivan
| Editor4_1           = Vincent Sullivan
| Editor5_1           = Vincent Sullivan
| Editor6_1           = Vincent Sullivan
| Editor7_1           = Vincent Sullivan
| Editor8_1           = Vincent Sullivan
| Editor9_1           = Vincent Sullivan

| Writer1_1           = 
| Writer2_1           = Ed Winiarski
| Writer3_1           = Howard Purcell
| Writer4_1           = Jerry Siegel
| Writer5_1           = Gardner Fox
| Writer6_1           = Clem Gordon
| Writer7_1           = Albert Sulman
| Writer8_1           = Jack Lehti
| Writer9_1           = Gardner Fox

| Penciler1_1         = Bernard Baily
| Penciler2_1         = Ed Winiarski
| Penciler3_1         = Howard Purcell
| Penciler4_1         = Chad Grothkopf
| Penciler5_1         = Jack Lehti
| Penciler6_1         = Kenney
| Penciler7_1         = Joseph Sulman
| Penciler8_1         = Jack Lehti
| Penciler9_1         = Creig Flessel

| Inker1_1            = Bernard Baily
| Inker2_1            = Ed Winiarski
| Inker3_1            = Howard Purcell
| Inker4_1            = Chad Grothkopf
| Inker5_1            = Jack Lehti
| Inker6_1            = Kenney
| Inker7_1            = Joseph Sulman
| Inker8_1            = Jack Lehti
| Inker9_1            = Creig Flessel

| Appearing1          = 
'''Featured Characters:'''
* {{apn|[[Rex Tyler (New Earth)|Hour-Man]]||All-Star Comics #2}}
'''Supporting Characters:'''
* {{a|[[Minute Men of America|The Minute Men of America]]}}
** {{a|[[James Martin (Earth-Two)|Jimmy Martin]]}}
'''Antagonists:'''
* Ricky Maffiri
'''Other Characters:'''
* Rodney Morvan
* Mrs. Morvan
* Mr. Morvan
'''Locations:'''
* Appleton City
'''Items:'''
* {{a|[[Miraclo]]}}

| Appearing2          = 
'''Featured Characters:'''
* {{a|[[Barry O'Neill (Earth-Two)|Barry O'Neill]]}}
'''Supporting Characters:'''
* {{a|[[Inspector Le Grand (Earth-Two)|Inspector LeGrand]]}}
'''Antagonists:'''
* {{a|[[Fang Gow (Earth-Two)|Fang Gow]]}}
'''Other Characters:'''
* Agent Fornet
* Folette Fornet
'''Locations:'''
* {{a|[[France]]}}

| Appearing3          = 
'''Featured Characters:'''
* {{a|[[Mark Lansing (Earth-Two)|Mark Lansing]]}}
'''Supporting Characters:'''
* Koda
* Jada
'''Antagonists:'''
* The Mokos {{1st}}
* Mokan the Monster {{1st}}
* The Trad Man {{1st}}
'''Other Characters:'''
* Tony
* Kit
'''Locations:'''
* Mikishawm

| Appearing4          = 
'''Featured Characters:'''
* {{a|[[Steve Carson (Earth-Two)|Steve Carson]]}} 
'''Antagonists:'''
* The Borinquen Ambassador {{Only}}
* Williams {{Only}}
'''Other Characters:'''
* Tommy Watkins {{Only}}
* Ann Carr {{Only}}

| Appearing5          = 
'''Featured Characters:'''
* {{a|[[Cotton Carver (Earth-Two)|Cotton Carver]]}}
'''Supporting Characters:'''
* Lupa
* Nora Blake
* Jim Bent
'''Antagonists:'''
* The Amazons
* The Beast Men
'''Other Characters:'''
* Norlon
* Qwar
'''Locations:'''
* {{a|[[Kingdoms of the Underworld]]}}
** Ugar

| Appearing6          = 
'''Featured Characters:'''
* Jim Norman
'''Antagonists:'''
* Thieves
'''Other Characters:'''
* Tom Larsen
'''Locations:'''
* {{a|[[Atlantic Ocean]]}}

| Appearing7          = 
'''Featured Characters:'''
* {{a|[[Socko Strong (Earth-Two)|Socko Strong]]}}
'''Supporting Characters:'''
* Jerry Indutch
'''Antagonists:'''
* The Great I {{Final Dies}}
'''Other Characters:'''
* Professor Watson
'''Locations:'''
* {{a|[[New York City]]}}

| Appearing8          = 
'''Featured Characters:'''
* {{a|[[Steve Conrad (Earth-Two)|Steve Conrad]]}}
'''Supporting Characters:'''
* Chang
'''Antagonists:'''
* Pierre {{Only}}
* Fifi {{Only}}
'''Locations:'''
* {{a|[[Paris, France]]}}

| Appearing9          = 
'''Featured Characters:'''
* {{a|[[Wesley Dodds (New Earth)|The Sandman]]}}
'''Supporting Characters:'''
* {{a|[[Dian Belmont (New Earth)|Dian Belmont]]}}
'''Antagonists:'''
* Kidnappers
'''Other Characters:'''
* {{a|[[Lawrence Belmont (New Earth)|Larry Belmont]]}}
* Nana Martin 
* Jim Holt 
* Jeffers
'''Locations:'''
* {{a|[[New York City]]}}
** {{a|[[Manhattan]]}}
'''Items:'''
* {{a|[[Sandman's Gas Gun]]}}
'''Vehicles:'''
* Dodd's Roadster

| Notes               = 
* "Case of the Kidnapped Heiress" is reprinted in the {{co|The Golden Age Sandman Archives Vol. 1 (Collected)}}
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