Cover: Bernard Baily

Adventure Comics #57

Dec 1940 · DC · 0.10 USD; 0.15 CAD

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“The Menace of Dr. Togg”

In "The Menace of Dr. Togg," Sandman faces off against a deranged scientist wielding a terrifying new weapon—the Atom-Smasher—after a mysterious girl plummets from a flaming plane and becomes entangled in the crisis. Written by Gardner Fox and illustrated by Creig Flessel, with inks by Chad Grothkopf, this 1940 adventure blends pulp sci-fi suspense with the early days of the Sandman’s legacy, all capped by a striking cover by Bernard Baily.

writer Gardner Fox · artist Creig Flessel · inker, letterer Chad Grothkopf · cover Bernard Baily

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Cast · 9 characters

Chang Jimmy Martin Rex Tyler Steve Carson Steve Conrad The Chief The Hour-Man Thorndyke Tompkins Wesley Dodds

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writer Gardner Fox

artist Creig Flessel

inker, letterer Chad Grothkopf

cover pencils, inks Bernard Baily

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Sandman saves a girl who falls from the sky from a burning airplane, and who plays a role in the Sandman's battle against a crazed scientist who has invented the Atom-Smasher: a weapon that directs a stream of uranium atoms away from the Earth, then draws them back to pound against the Earth like a giant hammer!

Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).