Today in Comics History, December 31, 1939, New Year's Eve: Like sands through the hourglass

So, if Roy Thomas says that Hourman debuted on New Year's Eve...


from "The Secret Origin of the Golden Age Hourman" in Secret Origins (1986 series) #16 (DC, July 1987), script by Roy Thomas and Dann Thomas, pencils by Michael Bair, inks by Mike Gustovich, colors by Carl Gafford, letters by David Cody Weiss and Agustin Más
...then that means it's also when this story take place:


cover of Adventure Comics #48 (DC, March 1940), pencils and inks by Bernard Baily



Sporting pearls? Uh oh! Tonight....the Waynes die again!


Oh no! It's 11:40 PM, and someone is thievin' dose poils!


Boldly, Rex Tyler leaps into action!


I said leaps...oh, okay, just walk in the door.


Anyway, Happy New Year, you lovable substance-abusing superhero.