Issue Details

Issue	#49
Published	April 1940
Cover Price	0.10
Pages	68
Editing	Vincent Sullivan
Notes	Last "generic" cover. Cover credits from Sheldon Moldoff himself in Alter Ego #52 (September 2005). Originally credited pencil and ink to "Creig Flessel?".

Cover Details

Characters	The Hourman (inset by Bernard Baily); the Sandman (inset)
Genre	adventure
Pencils	Sheldon Moldoff [signed as CR]
Inks	Sheldon Moldoff [signed as CR]
Notes	Last "generic" cover. Cover credits from Sheldon Moldoff himself in Alter Ego #52 (September 2005). Originally credited pencil and ink to "Creig Flessel?".

6 page The Hourman story "The Disappearance of Dr. Drew"

Characters	The Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Dr. Drew (intro); Miss Drew (intro); un-named gang of crooks (villains, intro, some death)
Synopsis	Rex Tyler's 2nd client is a Miss Drew, who asks that he help locate her missing father, whom she believes has been kidnapped because of his creation of a super type of cold pill.
Genre	superhero
Script	Ken Fitch
Pencils	Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks	Bernard Baily (signed)
Letters	Bernard Baily
Notes	Oddity: A detective questioning Rex Tyler about Miss Drew, inquires of him as to whether or not he is "Tick-Tock Tyler, The Hour-Man"! Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2008-2-10. Writer revision from Gardner Fox to Fitch by Craig Delich and verified by Martin O'Hearn 2009-4-18.
Reprinted	in JSA All Stars Archives, The (DC, 2007 series) #1

6 page Barry O'Neill story "Trap For Fang Gow"

Characters	Barry O'Neill; V: Fang Gow.
Genre	adventure
Script	Ed Winiarski
Pencils	Ed Winiarski
Inks	Ed Winiarski

4 page Federal Men story "Crime of a Criminologist"

Characters	Steve Carson; V: Kimola Lazara (I, D); Gabriel Torrence (I).
Genre	detective
Script	Jerry Siegel
Pencils	Chad Grothkopf
Inks	Chad Grothkopf

10 page The Sandman story "Cold Cures and Crime"

Characters	The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Dr. Lovejoy (intro)
Synopsis	The death of several assistants to a famed scientist, claiming to be able to cure the common cold, leads the Sandman into the fray to prevent criminals from exploiting that cure to their own financial advantage.
Genre	superhero
Script	Gardner F. Fox
Pencils	Chad Grothkopf
Inks	Chad Grothkopf
Letters	Chad Grothkopf
Notes	Credits updated 11/04 by Bob Hughes, art identification by Craig Delich. Art credits in Archives are wrong.
Reprinted	in Golden Age Sandman Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1

6 page Socko Strong story "Mr. Krieger Vanishes"

Characters	Socko Strong; V: Benjamin Krieger (I).
Genre	adventure; sports
Script	Albert Sulman
Pencils	Joseph Sulman
Inks	Joseph Sulman

2 page text story "A Sleepy Capture"

Genre	adventure
Script	Frank Thomas (signed)
Letters	typeset

6 page Steve Conrad Adventurer story "The Tiger-Men"

Characters	Steve Conrad; V: The Tiger-Men (I).
Genre	adventure
Script	Jack Lehti
Pencils	Jack Lehti
Inks	Jack Lehti

4 page Rusty and His Pals story "Mansion of Murder: Part 4"

Characters	Rusty; GS: John Rankin (fb); V: Tino, Karl, Zoroff (fb).
Genre	adventure
Script	Bill Finger
Pencils	Bob Kane
Inks	Bob Kane

6 page Anchors Aweigh! story "On the Track of Serge Kano"

Characters	V: Serge Kano (I, D).
Genre	adventure
Script	Bart Tumey
Pencils	Bart Tumey
Inks	Bart Tumey

6 page Cotton Carver story "At the Polar Zone"

Characters	Cotton Carver; GS: Deela; V: Red Mike (I).
Genre	adventure
Script	Gardner F. Fox
Pencils	Jack Lehti
Inks	Jack Lehti