Adventure Comics #57 is an issue of the series Adventure Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of December, 1940.
Synopsis for Hourman: "The Menace of Dr. Togg"
A series of crimes are carried out by a pack of monstrous chimerical beasts, called "Gombezi," a genetically engineered race of talking winged dogs, created and controlled by Dr. Rocco Togg, from his secret laboratory on Wide Island, off the New England coast. The gombezis also have a thick slippery hide, making them immune to some projectiles and difficult to hold on to, and police are stymied. Hourman and the Minute Men tackle the case.
Hourman and the boys catch all the creatures, and Hourman improvises an explosive from Togg's own lab materials, which destroys the lab and Togg's creations.
Appearing in Hourman: "The Menace of Dr. Togg"
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Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Doctor Togg (Apparent Death)
Locations:
- Wide Island (off the New England Coast)
Items:
- Miraclo
- Togg's Radiofoto system
Animals:
- five or more Gombezi
- several Wolf/Buzzard hybrid beasts
Synopsis for Barry O'Neill: "Fang Gow's Cut-Throats"
Appearing in Barry O'Neill: "Fang Gow's Cut-Throats"
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Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Fang Gow
- Perini (Single appearance; dies)
Locations:
Synopsis for Mark Lansing: "General Kosta's Subterfuge"
Appearing in Mark Lansing: "General Kosta's Subterfuge"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Captain Sen (First appearance)
- King Talon
Antagonists:
- General Costa (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Kit
Locations:
Synopsis for Federal Men: "The Problem of the Phony Newspaperman"
Appearing in Federal Men: "The Problem of the Phony Newspaperman"
Featured Characters:
Antagonists:
- Aldo Serald (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- Senator Blast (Single appearance)
Locations:
Synopsis for Cotton Carver: "The Tree Folk"
Appearing in Cotton Carver: "The Tree Folk"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Deela
Antagonists:
- The Tree Folk (Single appearance)
Locations:
Synopsis for Socko Strong: "Magna Cum Laude"
Appearing in Socko Strong: "Magna Cum Laude"
Featured Characters:
- Socko Strong (Final appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Jerry Indutch (Final appearance)
- Tony Manetta (Single appearance)
Antagonists:
- thugs
Other Characters:
- Papa Manetta (Single appearance)
- Mrs. Ryan (Single appearance)
- Officer O'Rourke (Single appearance)
Locations:
Synopsis for Steve Conrad, Adventurer: "Peril In Africa"
Appearing in Steve Conrad, Adventurer: "Peril In Africa"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Chang
Antagonists:
- Natives
Other Characters:
- Professor Sibley (Single appearance)
Locations:
Synopsis for Sandman: "To Hammer the Earth"
Appearing in Sandman: "To Hammer the Earth"
Featured Characters:
- Wesley Dodds (Flashback and main story)
Supporting Characters:
- Phoebe (Flashback and main story)
Antagonists:
- Mad Scientist (Flashback and main story)
Other Characters:
- Bill Williams (Dies in flashback)
Notes
- Published monthly by Detective Comics, Inc.
- Hourman: "The Menace of Dr. Togg" is reprinted in the 100-Page Super Spectacular #18.
- Hourman still carries tear-gas.
- Sandman: "To Hammer the Earth" is reprinted in The Golden Age Sandman Archives Vol. 1
- Last issue for Socko Strong by Albert Sulman and Joseph Sulman.
- Also appearing in this issue of Adventure Comics was: "Flash Capture" (text story) by George Shute.
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