Comic Title: Adventure Comics #52
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: July 1940
Approx. On Sale Date: June 6, 1940 Copyright Date June 7, 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: (Wanted! Dead or Alive)
Pages: 10

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

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Artist: Creig Flessel

Reprinted In:
Golden Age Sandman Archives Vol. 1 HC (2004)

Feature Character(s)

• Sandman (last appearance in All-Star Comics #1; next appearance in Adventure Comics #53)

Supporting Character(s)

• Dian Belmont (last appearance in New York World's Fair Comics (#2); next appearance in Adventure Comics #54)

Villain(s)

• Claudia Norgan and the Amber Apple Gang (no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled; the title shown here was given on the contents page of The Golden Age Sandman Archives Vol. 1 in which this story is reprinted.

Synopsis:
A thief breaks into Dian Belmont's home and steals a pair of her gloves. He leaves behind an amber apple which leads Dian to Claudia Norgan. When Dian's glove later turns up at the scene of a gold robbery, she comes under suspicion.

The Sandman learns that Norgan is the leader of the gold bandits. He confronts the gang, but Claudia tries to make her escape with the gold. The Sandman and Dian catch her and retrieve Dian's other glove to protect her from suspicion.