Adventure Comics #56
| Cover Credits |
| Artist: Bernard Baily |
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Comic Title: Adventure Comics #56
Publisher: DC
(Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: November 1940
Approx. On Sale Date:
October 8, 1940 Copyright Date October 4, 1940
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1940
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.
Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Editor: Fredric Whitney Ellsworth
| Pages | Feature | Note |
| FC | Hourman | Bernard Baily (a) |
| IFC | Indicia; Ad | Daisy Manufacturing |
| 1 | Hour-Man | by Bernard Baily |
| 2 | Hour-Man | |
| 3 | Hour-Man | |
| 4 | Hour-Man | |
| 5 | Hour-Man | |
| 6 | Hour-Man | |
| 7 | Hour-Man | |
| 8 | Hour-Man | |
| 9 | House Ad | All-Star Comics #2, World's Fair #2 |
| 10 | Barry O'Neill | "Fang Gow's Ruse" |
| 11 | Barry O'Neill | |
| 12 | Barry O'Neill | |
| 13 | Barry O'Neill | |
| 14 | Barry O'Neill | |
| 15 | Barry O'Neill | |
| 16 | Ad | Superman on Radio |
| 17 | Ad; Text Feature | American Specialty Co.; Book Review |
| 18 | Mark Lansing of Mikishawm | by Howard Purcell |
| 19 | Mark Lansing of Mikishawm | |
| 20 | Mark Lansing of Mikishawm | |
| 21 | Mark Lansing of Mikishawm | |
| 22 | Mark Lansing of Mikishawm | |
| 23 | Mark Lansing of Mikishawm | |
| 24 | Federal Men | by Chad and Jerry Siegel |
| 25 | Federal Men | |
| 26 | Federal Men | |
| 27 | Federal Men | |
| 28 | Text Feature | "Junior Federal Men Club" |
| 29 | Fact Feature | "Fantastic Facts" by Geo Papp |
| 30 | Cotton Carver | "At Grips with the Kraken" |
| 31 | Cotton Carver | |
| 32 | Cotton Carver | |
| 33 | Cotton Carver | |
| 34 | Cotton Carver | |
| 35 | Cotton Carver | |
| 36 | Filler | "Just Like Junior" |
| 37 | Filler | |
| 38 | Socko Strong | by Al Sulman and Joseph Sulman |
| 39 | Socko Strong | |
| 40 | Socko Strong | |
| 41 | Socko Strong | |
| 42 | Socko Strong | |
| 43 | Socko Strong | |
| 44 | Text Story | "Strange Trail" by Gardner Fox |
| 45 | Text Story | |
| 46 | Steve Conrad Adventurer | by Jack Lehti |
| 47 | Steve Conrad Adventurer | |
| 48 | Steve Conrad Adventurer | |
| 49 | Steve Conrad Adventurer | |
| 50 | Steve Conrad Adventurer | |
| 51 | Steve Conrad Adventurer | |
| 52 | Text Feature | "Adventure Stamp Page" |
| 53 | Filler; Ad | "Silly Situations" by Hal Sherman; Home Recording Co. |
| 54 | The Sandman | (No Title) |
| 55 | The Sandman | |
| 56 | The Sandman | |
| 57 | The Sandman | |
| 58 | The Sandman | |
| 59 | The Sandman | |
| 60 | The Sandman | |
| 61 | The Sandman | |
| 62 | The Sandman | |
| 63 | The Sandman | |
| 64 | House Ad | Big Six |
| IBC | Ad | Daisy Rifles |
| BC | Ad | Baby Ruth |
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