Comic Title: Adventure Comics #57
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: December 1940
Approx. On Sale Date: November 7, 1940 Copyright Date November 6, 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

Title: (The Menace of Dr. Togg)
Pages: 8

Feature(s):
Hourman (of Earth-2)

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Artist: Bernard Baily

Reprinted In:
100-Page Super Spectacular DC-18 (1973)

Feature Character(s)

• Hourman (last appearance in Adventure Comics #56; next appearance in DC Special #29)

Supporting Character(s)

• Jimmy Martin (last appearance in Adventure Comics #56; next appearance in Adventure Comics #58)
• Thorndyke (last appearance in Adventure Comics #56; next appearance in Adventure Comics #58)
• Minute Men of America (last appearance in Adventure Comics #56; next appearance in Adventure Comics #58)

Villain(s)

• Dr. Togg and the Gombezi (no further appearances)
• Bank robbers (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
Hourman and the Minute Men defeat a group of bank robbers. Then they tackle the problem of the Gombezi, a genetically engineered race created and controlled by Dr. Togg. Using butterfly nets, Hourman and the boys catch all the creatures and are led to Togg’s lab. Hourman creates an explosion which destroys the lab and Togg’s creations.