Adventure Comics #53
| Cover Credits |
| Artist: Bernard Baily |
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Comic Title: Adventure Comics #53
Publisher: DC
(Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: August 1940
Approx. On Sale Date:
July 9, 1940 Copyright Date July 5, 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; House Ad | All-Star Comics #1, Superman, Batman, Action, Detective |
| 1 | The Hour-Man | by Bernard Baily |
| 2 | The Hour-Man | |
| 3 | The Hour-Man | |
| 4 | The Hour-Man | |
| 5 | The Hour-Man | |
| 6 | The Hour-Man | |
| 7 | The Hour-Man | |
| 8 | The Hour-Man | |
| 9 | House Ad | Mutt and Jeff #1 |
| 10 | Barry O'Neill | "Fang Gow's Daughter" |
| 11 | Barry O'Neill | |
| 12 | Barry O'Neill | |
| 13 | Barry O'Neill | |
| 14 | Barry O'Neill | |
| 15 | Barry O'Neill | |
| 16 | Filler | "Just for Fun" by Alger |
| 17 | Fact Feature | "Fantastic Facts" |
| 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 | Text Story | "Not So Sleepy" by Gordon Hall |
| 25 | Text Story | |
| 26 | Federal Men | by Chad and Jerry Siegel |
| 27 | Federal Men | |
| 28 | Federal Men | |
| 29 | Federal Men | |
| 30 | Text Feature | "Junior Federal Men Club" |
| 31 | Filler; Ad | "Jest Jokes"; Superman on Radio |
| 32 | Cotton Carver | "The Women Warriors" |
| 33 | Cotton Carver | |
| 34 | Cotton Carver | |
| 35 | Cotton Carver | |
| 36 | Cotton Carver | |
| 37 | Cotton Carver | |
| 38 | Steve Conrad Adventurer | by Jack Lehti |
| 39 | Steve Conrad Adventurer | |
| 40 | Steve Conrad Adventurer | |
| 41 | Steve Conrad Adventurer | |
| 42 | Steve Conrad Adventurer | |
| 43 | Steve Conrad Adventurer | |
| 44 | Sam the Porter | by Alger |
| 45 | Text Feature | "Adventure Stamp Page" |
| 46 | Socko Strong | by Al Sulman and Joseph Sulman |
| 47 | Socko Strong | |
| 48 | Socko Strong | |
| 49 | Socko Strong | |
| 50 | Socko Strong | |
| 51 | Socko Strong | |
| 52 | Ginger Snap | by Bob Kane |
| 53 | Ginger Snap | |
| 54 | Filler; Ad | "Give and Take"; Baby Ruth |
| 55 | The Sandman | (No Title) |
| 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 | The Sandman | |
| IBC | Ad | Johnson Smith Co. |
| BC | Ad | Book Coupon Exchange |
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