Adventure Comics Vol 1 56

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Hourman: "Dr. Slight's Living Statues"
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Adventure Comics Vol 1 #56
November, 1940
Executive Editor	Vincent Sullivan
Cover Artists	Bernard Baily
Hourman: "Dr. Slight's Living Statues"
Writers	Ken Fitch
Pencilers	Bernard Baily
Inkers	Bernard Baily
Letterers	Bernard Baily
Editors	Vincent Sullivan
Barry O'Neill: "Fang Gow's Ruse"
Writers	Ed Winiarski
Pencilers	Ed Winiarski
Inkers	Ed Winiarski
Mark Lansing: "Death Behind the Waves"
Writers	Howard Purcell
Pencilers	Howard Purcell
Inkers	Howard Purcell
Federal Men: "The Menacing Midget"
Writers	Jerry Siegel
Pencilers	Chad Grothkopf
Inkers	Chad Grothkopf
Cotton Carver: "At Grips With the Kraken"
Writers	Gardner Fox
Pencilers	Jack Lehti
Inkers	Jack Lehti
Socko Strong: "Bodyguard"
Writers	Albert Sulman
Pencilers	Joseph Sulman
Inkers	Joseph Sulman
Steve Conrad, Adventurer: "Shipwrecked"
Writers	Jack Lehti
Pencilers	Jack Lehti
Inkers	Jack Lehti
Sandman: "The Crook Who Knew the Sandman's Identity"
Writers	Gardner Fox
Pencilers	Creig Flessel
Inkers	Chad Grothkopf
Letterers	Chad Grothkopf
Previous Issue	Adventure Comics # 55
Next Issue	Adventure Comics # 57

Adventure Comics #56 is an issue of the series Adventure Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of November, 1940.

Appearing in Hourman: "Dr. Slight's Living Statues"

Featured Characters:

• The Hour-Man

Supporting Characters:

• Minute Men of America
  • Jimmy Martin
  • Thorndyke (First appearance)

Antagonists:

• Dr. Slight (Single appearance; dies)
• Sandor (Single appearance; dies)
• Midge (Single appearance; dies)

Locations:

• Lonely Island
• Castle Doom

Items:

• Miraclo
  

Appearing in Barry O'Neill: "Fang Gow's Ruse"

Featured Characters:

• Barry O'Neill

Supporting Characters:

• Inspector LeGrand

Antagonists:

• Fang Gow

Locations:

• Paris, France
  

Appearing in Mark Lansing: "Death Behind the Waves"

Featured Characters:

• Mark Lansing

Supporting Characters:

• King Talon
• Koda
• Kit

Antagonists:

• Mokan

Other Characters:

• Captain Lin (Single appearance; dies)
• Tony
• Vulcan (Final appearance; dies)
• General Towa (Single appearance; dies)
• Manchuck

Locations:

• Kingdoms of the Underworld
  • Mikishawm
    • Kingdom of Talon

Vehicles:

• Submarine
  

Appearing in Federal Men: "The Menacing Midget"

Featured Characters:

• Steve Carson

Supporting Characters:

• Mr. Lynch (First appearance)

Antagonists:

• Orlaff (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• Donald Byron (Single appearance)
• Doren Byron (Single appearance)

Locations:

• 
  

Appearing in Cotton Carver: "At Grips With the Kraken"

Featured Characters:

• Cotton Carver

Supporting Characters:

• Deela

Antagonists:

• The Kraken (Single appearance; dies)

Other Characters:

• Lupa
• Red Mike
• Klo (First appearance)
• Queen Slya (First appearance)

Locations:

• Kingdoms of the Underworld
  • Ugar
  • Underwater City
    

Appearing in Socko Strong: "Bodyguard"

Featured Characters:

• Socko Strong

Antagonists:

• Natty Lew Schultz (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• Joseph B. Meek (Single appearance)

Locations:

• New York City
  

Appearing in Steve Conrad, Adventurer: "Shipwrecked"

Featured Characters:

• Steve Conrad

Supporting Characters:

• Chang

Antagonists:

• Peter Van Mire (Single appearance; dies)

Other Characters:

• Major Stanley (Single appearance)
• Helen Stanley (Single appearance)

Locations:

• 
  

Appearing in Sandman: "The Crook Who Knew the Sandman's Identity"

Featured Characters:

• Wesley Dodds

Supporting Characters:

• Dian Belmont

Antagonists:

• Squat Stacey (Single appearance)

Locations:

• Manhattan, New York City

Items:

• Sandman's Gas Gun

Notes

• Published monthly by Detective Comics, Inc.
• Sandman: "The Crook Who Knew the Sandman's Identity" is reprinted in the The Golden Age Sandman Archives Vol. 1.
• Also appearing in this issue of Adventure Comics was:
  • "Strange Trail" (text story) by Gardner Fox

Trivia

• Dian Belmont dons the Sandman costume in order to fool some crooks.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Adventure Comics series
• Images from Adventure Comics Vol 1 56

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