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Issue: Adventure Comics #92
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics, Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/23/1944
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 15 (8 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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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Jack Kirby [as Kirby] (signed)
? [as Simon] (signed)
?
Subject Matter
superhero
The Sandman
The Sandman; Starman (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
1
Tops in Comics!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside front cover.
The Tough Guy!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Pen Shumaker
Pen Shumaker
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
The Sandman
The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Broadway Joe; Wandering Willie; Horace (Willie's cousin); James Malloy (Mike's brother); Tough Guy [Mike Malloy](villain); Eddie (villain); Snake (villain)
A notorious crook, known as the Tough Guy, has a soft spot in his heart for his brother Jim, whom he does not want to see follow in his footsteps, so he enrolls Jim in a military school. However, when people discover that Mike Malloy is Jim's brother, he is nearly expelled from the school. But a quirk of fate, along with the Sandman, overcomes that problem and Mike reforms.
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Miscellaneous
10
Escape from Two-Way Death!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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Subject Matter
Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola
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Miscellaneous
1
The Saving Scot and the Gypsy Gyp!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Alfred Bester
Stan Kaye
Stan Kaye
?
?
Subject Matter
teen
Genius Jones
Genius Jones
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Miscellaneous
6
The Bookworm That Turned!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Samachson
Louis Cazeneuve
Louis Cazeneuve
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
The Shining Knight
The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]
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Miscellaneous
9
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
?
Subject Matter
Wheaties
Stick around fellas...
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Miscellaneous
1
The Three Comets!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Samachson
Emil Gershwin
Emil Gershwin
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Starman
Starman [Ted Knight]; Mr. Quinn; Mr. Bingley; The Three Comets (villains)
Starman suspects three famed circus acrobats of the theft of some sapphires, but is puzzled how they knew who the person was who was carrying them.
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FlagGolden Age Starman Archives #2 published August 2009
FlagJustice League of America #98 published May 1972
as The Three Comets! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
FlagAll Star Adventure Comic #80 published April 1973
as The Three Comets! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
8
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ray Houlihan (signed)
Ray Houlihan (signed)
Ray Houlihan (signed)
?
?
Subject Matter
humorous
Molly
I wouldn't mind carryin' water for therm!!
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Miscellaneous
1
Strong Medicine

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Tex Palmer
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
2
The Spirit of Korea

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Joe Samachson
Edmond Good
Edmond Good
?
?
Subject Matter
adventure
Mike Gibbs, Guerrilla
Mike Gibbs
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Miscellaneous
8
Yours Free!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Wheaties
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Miscellaneous
1
The Hand of Doom!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Edmond Good
?
?
?
Subject Matter
superhero
Manhunter
Manhunter [Paul Kirk]; Oberleutnant Wolff (villain); Fritz Spahn (villain, death)
Manhunter is hard pressed to halt Nazi efforts to sabotage American factories in Maine.
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Miscellaneous
9
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
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?
typeset
Subject Matter
Charles Atlas
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Miscellaneous
1
Inside back cover.
[untitled]

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Louis Priscilla (signed)
Louis Priscilla (signed)
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Eveready
You're violating the blackout, Sergeant.
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Miscellaneous
1
Back cover.

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