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Issue: Adventure Comics #79
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Publisher: FlagDC
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/22/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth [as F. W. Ellsworth] (credited)
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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
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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Cobras of the Deep!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Jack Kirby [as Kirby] (signed)
Joe Simon ? [as Simon] (signed)
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typeset
Subject Matter
superhero
Manhunter
Manhunter [Paul Kirk]; Starman [Ted Knight] (inset)
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FlagGolden Age Starman Archives #2 published August 2009
FlagThe Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #[nn] published October 2009
 
Miscellaneous
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Miscellaneous
0.33
Inside front cover.
[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Good Books Worth Reading
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Miscellaneous
0.67
Inside front cover.
The Tune of Terrific Toby

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Alfred Bester
Jack Burnley
Jack Burnley; Ray Burnley (background inks)
Raymond Perry
Betty Bentley
Subject Matter
superhero
Starman
The Starman [Ted Knight]; Terrific Toby [Toby Weems]; the Soup-Gang [Nick Armstrong, Muley, Joey] (villains, introduction for all)
When Toby Weems stages a phony rescue of his office staff from a so-called bomb, he becomes a hero, which has some advantages with scaring underworld hoods. But his ego begins bothering him, so he seeks out Starman to help make him a real hero!
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FlagGolden Age Starman Archives #2 published August 2009
 
Miscellaneous
11
Background inks and letterer credits by Craig Delich.
The Stroke of Doom!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Bernard Baily
Bernard Baily
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Bernard Baily ?
Subject Matter
superhero
Hourman and Thorndyke
The Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Thorndyke Tompkins; Hans (bell maker, death); Gun Gunther (villain); Prof. Pitts (villain); Piper (villain)
Hourman must battle the murderous plan of a criminal combine that uses the destructive tone of a specially constructed large bell...sounds which cause death, destruction and madness for miles while the perpetrators are protected from the pulsations by vibro-mitters.
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Miscellaneous
8
The Man from L. A.

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Dan Macy
typeset
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Miscellaneous
2
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Henry Boltinoff
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
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Subject Matter
humorous, military
Private Pete
Wait here - I'll see if the sergeant will see you...
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Miscellaneous
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[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America
Here it is again!
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Energy to Get There!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Baby Ruth
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Miscellaneous
1
The Case of the Love-Sick Submarine!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Alfred Bester
Stan Kaye
Stan Kaye
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?
Subject Matter
teen
Genius Jones
Genius Jones
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Miscellaneous
8
The Mystery of the Shining Knight's Rival

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Louis Cazeneuve
Louis Cazeneuve
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?
Subject Matter
superhero
The Shining Knight
The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]
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Miscellaneous
11
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
childrens, humorous
Gertie
This is a camel, Gertie...
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Miscellaneous
0.25
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Several small ads.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Subject Matter
Prize Comics
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Miscellaneous
0.5
[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Henry Boltinoff
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Henry Boltinoff (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Laffs
Gosh - I thought the tree was a mirage!
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0.5
Biggest and Best!

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Subject Matter
World's Finest Comics
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Manhunter Battles the Cobras of the Deep

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby
Joe Simon ?
?
Howard Ferguson
Subject Matter
superhero
Manhunter
Manhunter [Paul Kirk]
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FlagDetective Comics #440 published April 1974
as Cobras of the Deep! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagSuperman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly #116 published December 1974
as Battles the Cobras of the Deep [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
9
Footprints in the Sands of Time

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jack Kirby (signed)
Jack Kirby (signed)
Joe Simon ? (signed)
?
Howard Ferguson
Subject Matter
superhero
The Sandman
The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; The Curio Man (villain); Ruffy (villain)
Sandman and Sandy track down the whereabouts of an hourglass, made in the days of the Greek Emperor, Michael Commenus [sic], onto which is engraved the lost formula for making water burn.
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FlagThe Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #[nn] published October 2009
 
Miscellaneous
10
Now on Sale

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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typeset
Subject Matter
Muscle Power Co.
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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typeset
Subject Matter
Webster's Comprehensive Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Miscellaneous
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Back cover.

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