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Issue: Adventure Comics #70
Publication Date: January 1942
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Issues: #70 of 472 Issues (530 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 11/25/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth [as F. W. Ellsworth] (editor)
Disclose Notes: Issue number and publication date missing from indicia. On-sale date from copyright registration.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.; digest size (5" x 6.75") #491-503
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior; thin cardboard stock cover (digest size)
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound #390, 416, 491-503
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Burnley
Inker(s): Jack Burnley
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Starman
Character(s): Starman
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In Issue: FlagGolden Age Starman Archives #1 published July 2000
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Superman Krypto-Raygun

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Superman Krypto-Raygun
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Adventure of the Ring of Hijackers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Jack Burnley (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Burnley (signed); Ray Burnley (backgrounds)
Colorist(s): Raymond Perry
Letterer(s): Betty Bentley
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Starman
Character(s): The Starman [Ted Knight]; Doris Lee; Woodley Allen; Baron X (villain, introduction); Slich (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: The Astral Avenger takes on Baron X, who attempts to hijacks trains, trucks and ships loaded with munitions heading for Great Britain.
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In Issue: FlagGolden Age Starman Archives #1 published July 2000
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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Energy to Do Big Things

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Pages: 1
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The Pirate Submarines

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Creig Flessel
Inker(s): Creig Flessel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Shining Knight
Character(s): The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]
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Pages: 13
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Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Josette Frank
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Good Books for Christmas
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Pages: 0.67
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Editorial Advisory Board of the Superman DC Comics!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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The Magic Carpet

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bernard Baily (signed)
Inker(s): Bernard Baily (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bernard Baily
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Hourman
Character(s): The Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Mr. Bannerman; Bert Izzel; Lucky Atlas; Walsh (Atlas' chauffeur); Globe-O (villain); Dodo (villain)
Synopsis: Several dwarfs, fired because they had used a man's factories for unlawful purposes, seek to ruin the man by kidnapping one of his scientist employees and using his invention to power a flying carpet.
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Pages: 8
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Jest Jokes
First Line: We find the defendant guilty before the trial starts!
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Pages: 0.67
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Chemcraft
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Pages: 0.33
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Treasure of the Galleon

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Lehti
Penciller(s): Jack Lehti
Inker(s): Jack Lehti
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Steve Conrad, Adventurer
Character(s): Steve Conrad
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Pages: 6
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Expensive Security

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Eric Carter
Penciller(s): Cliff Young [as Cliff] (signed)
Inker(s): Cliff Young [as Cliff] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Ali Ben Hassam
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Pages: 2
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Hot Metal Death!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Chad Grothkopf
Inker(s): Chad Grothkopf
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: mystery
Feature(s): Federal Men
Character(s): Steve Carson
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Pages: 4
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The Body on the Doorstep

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Moore
Penciller(s): Ed Moore
Inker(s): Ed Moore
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ed Moore
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Paul Kirk, Manhunter
Character(s): Paul Kirk
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Pages: 6
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Morrow Coaster Brake
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Pages: 0.5
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Prize Comics
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Pages: 0.33
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.17
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The Adventure of the Murderous Bookshop!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Mort Weisinger
Penciller(s): Paul Norris
Inker(s): Chad Grothkopf
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Chad Grothkopf
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sandman
Character(s): The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy (Sandy McGann); Mr. Conners (death); The Bookworm (villain, death); Butch (villain, death)
Synopsis: Sandman and Sandy come up against a villain who looks like a scholar but has the soul of a devil, and who is intent on getting his hands on a lost novel/manuscript penned by the late Edgar Allan Poe
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Norris was told to draw the story "in a Bob Kane style".
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): National Radio Institute
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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