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Issue: Adventure Comics #83
Publication Date: February 1943
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Issues: #83 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: 12/19/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 27 (13 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
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby [as Kirby] (signed); Stan Kaye (Genius Jones)
Inker(s): Joe Simon ? [as Simon] (signed); Stan Kaye (Genius Jones)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sandman
Character(s): The Sandman; Sandy; Genius Jones (inset); Starman (inset)
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In Issue: FlagThe Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #[nn] published October 2009
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Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Inside Front Cover (IFC)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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Black Fire by Corvelle Newcomb

Text Article  on  Inside Front Cover (IFC)
Credits
Writer(s): Ronald Langly
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Good Books Worth Reading
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Pages: 0.67
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The Lady and the Champ!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby (signed)
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Simon ? (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Howard Ferguson
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sandman
Character(s): The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Jimmy Maddox; Valerie Lee; Candy Kid Kohler (villain); Topper (villain); Muggsey (villain); Tiger Toliver; Sledgehammer Slattery; Tornado Tomkins
Synopsis: Fighter Jimmy Maddox's fight manager decides to double cross his boxer when he meets the champ in the ring, but the Sandman's advice to Maddox's sweetheart saves the day.
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In Issue: FlagThe Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #[nn] published October 2009
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Pages: 9.33
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Everybody Reads the Boy Commandos

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  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
Feature(s): Boy Commandos
Character(s): Adolf Hitler; Benito Mussolini; Hideki Tojo
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Disclose Notes: A Boy Commandos ad in story form that portrays Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Hideki Tojo reading a copy of Detective Comics, and Hitler deciding to order a year's subscription.
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Little Tom
First Line: No, you dim-wit!
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Another Meeting of the Justice Society!

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Feature(s): All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America
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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: My, what lovely fish...
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Wish Upon a Star!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Emil Gershwin
Inker(s): Emil Gershwin
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Starman
Character(s): Starman [Ted Knight]; Doris Lee; Red; Whitey Walsh; Freckles; Charley French; Fred Martini; Rooley Royce (villain)
Synopsis: Against all odds, Starman helps make the wishes of three young boys at the Perry Preparatory School come true.
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In Issue: FlagGolden Age Starman Archives #2 published August 2009
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Pages: 9
Disclose Notes: French's first name is spelled both as Charley and Charlie in the story.
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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 out like ancestor and hunt...
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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, military
Feature(s): Private Pete
First Line: Boy - Do I get their goat!
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Pages: 0.44
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Victory Picture Frames
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Brand New!

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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Comic Cavalcade
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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): Private Pete
First Line: That's very annoying!
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Checkmate to Chivalry!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
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: 9
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San Martin

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Sidney M. Elias
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Stamps
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): This Won't Hurt
First Line: Now, Junior - You've got to have your teeth fixed...
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The Case of the Haunted Opera!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alfred Bester
Penciller(s): Stan Kaye
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Genius Jones
Character(s): Genius Jones
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Pages: 8
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Extra!

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Feature(s): Headline Comics; Prize Comics
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Feature(s): Shorty
First Line: Hmm - Boy - This is like old times!
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Justice Was Taken for a Joy Ride!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Pierce Rice
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Manhunter
Character(s): Manhunter [Paul Kirk]
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Pages: 9
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Scientific Vengeance

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Grant Ball
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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The Riddles in Rhyme!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Bester
Penciller(s): Bernard Baily (signed)
Inker(s): Bernard Baily (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bernard Baily
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Hourman with Thorndyke
Character(s): The Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Thorndyke Thompkins; The Jingle Mob (villains)
Synopsis: Crooks pattern their crimes after an old nursery rhyme, planning to use the resulting publicity to convince the underworld that they can commit a crime any time, any place, thus giving them more business than before.
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Pages: 8
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First Line: Be sure to get these top favorites for the best in comics!
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Advertisement  on  Inside Back Cover (IBC)
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): National Radio Institute
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High in Energy

Advertisement  on  Cover, Back
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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