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Issue: Adventure Comics #76
Publication Date: July 1942
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Issues: #76 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: 05/23/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 23 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth [as F. W. Ellsworth] (credited)
Disclose Notes: 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 Kirby (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Simon ? (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sandman
Character(s): The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Starman [Ted Knight] (inset)
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In Issue: FlagGolden Age Starman Archives #1 published July 2000
In Issue: FlagThe Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #[nn] published October 2009
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Western Star

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Josette Frank
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Good Books Worth Reading
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Starman Eclipses the Sun

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; The Sun and His Satellites [aka The Moroni Gang: The Sun [Moroni]; The Moon; Comet; Saturn; Mercury] (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: Starman faces a dire threat from the Moroni Gang, now outfitted with fantastic weapons and a rocketship, as they take on the personas of the Sun and some of the orbiting satellites which line up with the names and weapons they have chosen.
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In Issue: FlagGolden Age Starman Archives #1 published July 2000
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Pages: 11
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The Million Dollar Orphan

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 Hour-Man [Rex Tyler]; Danny McGrew; Thorndyke Tompkins; Joe (villain)
Synopsis: Rex Tyler visits an orphanage and tries to impress the kids with several scientific experiments, and all are impressed...that is, except one, who is suddenly kidnapped by thugs. But when the Hourman tries to rescue the young boy, he refuses to be saved and seems to want to have a ransom paid for his safe return!
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Pages: 8
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Eagle Eye

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Edgar Weston
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: western
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Pages: 2
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Clancy the Cop
First Line: Hmm - Maybe a little culture will do me some good...
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Popsicle
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Pages: 1
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The Origin of Tarsi the Tiger Boy

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; Tarsi
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Pages: 6
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.23
Disclose Notes: A few small ads.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Shorty
First Line: I'm going on submarine duty today!
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Pages: 0.44
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Prize Comics
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Pages: 0.33
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Three Badmen on a Horse

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Lynne Perkins
Penciller(s): Louis Cazeneuve
Inker(s): Louis Cazeneuve
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: 11
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Chief Hot Foot
First Line: Me go to big city...
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Laffs
First Line: Officer Reilly isn't here...
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Pages: 0.5
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"Now, look, Rover...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ray McGill
Penciller(s): Ray McGill (signed)
Inker(s): Ray McGill (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gee Man
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Pages: 0.5
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America
First Line: War calls the Justice Society into action!
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Pages: 0.5
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The Legend of the Silent Bear

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Joe Simon ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Howard Ferguson
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Manhunter
Character(s): Manhunter [Paul Kirk]
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In Content Item: FlagThe New Gods #7 published February 1972
as The Legend of the Silent Bear [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Mr. Noah Raids the Town!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Joe Simon ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Howard Ferguson
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sandman
Character(s): The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Mr. Noah [Noah Barton] (villain)
Synopsis: Noah Barton's disturbing dream leads him to discover a way to make himself wealthy, yet avert suspicion from himself and his gang by posing as a modern-day Noah, predicting doom and gloom for mankind.
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In Issue: FlagThe Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #[nn] published October 2009
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Pages: 10
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Now on Sale

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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The Tootsie Roll of Honor

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Tootsie Roll
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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