Issue | #57 |
Published | December 1940 |
Cover Price | 0.10 |
Pages | 68 |
Editing | Vincent Sullivan? |
Characters | The Hourman; Jimmy Martin; Thorndyke; The Sandman (inset) |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Bernard Baily (signed) |
Inks | Bernard Baily (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | The Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Guest Stars: Thorndyke; Jimmy Martin 3 un-named members of the Minute Men of America; Doctor Togg (villain, introduction, death?); Gombezi (villains, winged creatures; death) |
Synopsis | Hourman and the Minute Men must face an evil scientist, from his laboratory on Wide Island, who has created weird pets called the Gombezi out of wolves and buzzards that he uses to rob and kill. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Ken Fitch |
Pencils | Bernard Baily (signed) |
Inks | Bernard Baily (signed) |
Letters | Bernard Baily |
Notes | Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 20082-23. Writer revision from Gardner F. Fox to Fitch by Craig Delich & verified by Martin O'Hearn 2009-4-18. |
Reprinted | in 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1973 series) #DC-18 (July 1973) |
Characters | The Hourman |
Synopsis | The winners of the Hourman contest are announced, with the winner getting an original Hourman drawing by Bernard Baily. |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Vincent Sullivan? |
Pencils | Bernard Baily |
Inks | Bernard Baily |
Letters | Bernard Baily [some]; ? |
Characters | Barry O'Neill; Fang Gow (villain) |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Ed Winiarski |
Pencils | Ed Winiarski |
Inks | Ed Winiarski |
Characters | Mark Lansing; Captain Sen (introduction); General Kosta (villain, introduction) |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Howard Purcell |
Pencils | Howard Purcell |
Inks | Howard Purcell |
Characters | Steve Carson; Senator Blast (introduction); Aldo Serald and his spies (villains, introductgion for all) |
Genre | detective |
Script | Jerry Siegel |
Pencils | Chad Grothkopf |
Inks | Chad Grothkopf |
Characters | Cotton Carver; Guest Star: Deela; The Tree Folk (villains, introduction) |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Gardner F. Fox |
Pencils | Jack Lehti |
Inks | Jack Lehti |
Characters | Socko Strong; Papa Manetta (introduction); Tony Manetta (introduction) |
Genre | adventure; sports |
Script | Albert Sulman |
Pencils | Joseph Sulman |
Inks | Joseph Sulman |
Notes | Last appearance. |
Characters | Steve Conrad; Prof. Sibley (introduction) |
Genre | adventure |
Script | Jack Lehti |
Pencils | Jack Lehti |
Inks | Jack Lehti |
Genre | adventure |
Script | George Shute (signed) |
Letters | typeset |
Characters | The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Phoebe; Bill Williams (introduction, death); A mad scientist and his assistant (villains, introduction for both) |
Synopsis | Sandman saves a girl who falls from the sky from a burning airplane, and who plays a role in the Sandman's battle against a crazed scientist who has invented the Atom-Smasher: a weapon that directs a stream of uranium atoms away from the Earth, then draws them back to pound against the Earth like a giant hammer! |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Gardner F. Fox |
Pencils | Creig Flessel |
Inks | Chad Grothkopf |
Letters | Chad Grothkopf |
Notes | Credits updated 11/04 by Bob Hughes, identified by Craig Delich. |
Reprinted | in Golden Age Sandman Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 |