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ADVENTURE COMICS #58
Cover Date: January 1941
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; next in JSA: All Stars #5/2)
Supporting Character(s):
- Alexander Bannermain (last in issue #56; next in issue #61/4)
- Minute-Man Martin
- Thorndyke
Villain(s):
- Nick Remis (first appearance; a gang boss)
- Viller (first appearance; one of his thugs)
- Sam (first appearance; the other train clerk who tipped off the crooks)
Other Character(s):
- Minute-Man Burns (first appearance; the young brother of a wrongly accused train clerk)
Credits:
| Story | Howard Purcell |
| Art | Howard Purcell |
| Lettering | Howard Purcell |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Kit (behind the scenes)
- King Talon
Villain(s):
- Mokan, the Monster (behind the scenes)
- Kosta (revealed as a spy)
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):
Villain(s):
- Blackbeard (first appearance; a spy)
Other Character(s):
- Ranger (first appearance; an FBI agent; dies)
Location(s):
- Lisbon, Spain
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):
- Gargo (first appearance; regent of Emeralda and Lalla's stepfather; dies)
Other Character(s):
- Crown Princess Lalla of Emeralda (first appearance)
Comment(s):
- This story continues directly from the last issue.
- The airships of Emeralda are powered by emeralds.
Credits:
| Story | Ed Moore |
| Art | Ed Moore |
| Lettering | Ed Moore |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Paul Kirk (first appearance; a freelance investigator)
Villain(s):
- John Small and Stormy Weathers (first appearance; two crooks)
Comment(s):
- This Paul Kirk is not known to be related to the mystery man Paul Kirk, the Manhunter
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Pencils | Craig Flessel |
| Inks | Chad Grothkopf |
| Lettering | Chad Grothkopf |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Sandman (Wesley Dodds; next in DC Special #29/Secret Origins Vol. 2 #31)
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Pedro Nogades (first appearance; a botanist who uses a deadly orchid to try and blackmail the US)
Other Character(s):
- Darla Nogades (first appearance; his daughter)
- Bill Williams (first appearance; a friend of Wes'; a newspaper reporter; dies)
Story Reprinted in:
- Golden Age Sandman Archives #1 (2004)
Solicitation: