| Issue | #52 |
| Published | July 1940 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 |
| Pages | 68 |
| Editing | Vincent Sullivan? |
| Characters | The Hourman |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Bernard Baily (signed) |
| Inks | Bernard Baily (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Dian Belmont; Claudia Norgan (villain, intro); Amber Apple Gang (villains, intro for all) |
| Synopsis | While Wes is enjoying Dian's musical abilities at the piano, they hear, then encounter, a thief stealing some gloves from Dian's room belonging to Claudia Norgan and leaving an amber apple in its place. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Gardner F. Fox |
| Pencils | Creig Flessel [as Flessel] (signed) |
| Inks | Creig Flessel [as Flessel] (signed) |
| Notes | Flessel signed the strip in a newspaper found in the last panel on Page 4. Credits updated 11/04 by Bob Hughes, identified by Craig Delich. |
| Reprinted | in Golden Age Sandman Archives (DC, 2004 series) #1 |
| Characters | I: Farmer Doode |
| Genre | humor |
| Script | Bernard Baily |
| Pencils | Bernard Baily |
| Inks | Bernard Baily |
| Letters | Bernard Baily? |
| Notes | Only appearance. Lettering credit added by Craig Delich 2-18-08. |
| Characters | Rusty; V: Zoroff, Karl (both D), a trial chief (I). |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Bill Finger? |
| Notes | Last appearance. |
| Characters | Barry O'Neill; V: Fang Gow. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Ed Winiarski |
| Pencils | Ed Winiarski |
| Inks | Ed Winiarski |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Gardner F. Fox (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Characters | Steve Conrad; I: Col. Bentley and his daughter. |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Jack Lehti |
| Pencils | Jack Lehti |
| Inks | Jack Lehti |
| Characters | Steve Conrad; V: Jim Larkins and his gang (I for all). |
| Genre | detective |
| Script | Jerry Siegel |
| Pencils | Chad Grothkopf |
| Inks | Chad Grothkopf |
| Characters | Cotton Carver; GS: Lupa, Red Mike, Deela; I: Qwuar; V: The Sleebos (I; winged men). |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Gardner F. Fox |
| Pencils | Jack Lehti |
| Inks | Jack Lehti |
| Characters | Socko Strong; V: The Great I (I). |
| Genre | adventure; sports |
| Script | Albert Sulman |
| Pencils | Joseph Sulman |
| Inks | Joseph Sulman |
| Characters | V: Captain Desmond (I) |
| Genre | adventure |
| Script | Bart Tumey |
| Pencils | Bart Tumey |
| Inks | Bart Tumey |
| Notes | Last appearance. |
| Characters | The Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Bob Wallave (intro); Dr. Snegg (villain, intro, death) |
| Synopsis | Rex gets a new helper in the munitions lab, but is shocked to later discover that he has been hynotized by a Doctor Snegg into assuming the role of Hour-Man to bring the real Man of the Hour into the open so he could dispose of him! |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Ken Fitch |
| Pencils | Bernard Baily (signed) |
| Inks | Bernard Baily (signed) |
| Letters | Bernard Baily |
| Notes | Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2008-2-18. Writer revision from Gardner F. Fox to Fitch by Craig Delich & verified by Martin O'Hearn 2009-4-18. Story title taken from the Archive. |
| Reprinted | in JSA All Stars Archives, The (DC, 2007 series) #1 |