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Issue: Adventure Comics #97
Publication Date: April 1945
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Issues: #97 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: 02/19/1945
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
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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BIG APPLE PEDIGREE CGC 9.4 NM
CGC 9.4 Near Mint example from the Big Apple Pedigree Collection is the second highest graded and one of the top 2 overall that CGC has ever certified!
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby [as Kirby] (signed)
Inker(s): Pen Shumaker ? [as 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 #2 published August 2009
In Issue: FlagThe Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #[nn] published October 2009
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Shumaker's mouths are very distinctive.
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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Letterer(s): typeset
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First Line: For spine-tingling action...
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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No Curtains for Cupid!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Samachson
Penciller(s): Pen Shumaker
Inker(s): Pen Shumaker
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sandman
Character(s): The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Tessie Du Val; Happy Harry Long; The Eraser Kid (villain)
Synopsis: The Eraser Kid is not one to allow a former crook like Harry Long go straight, so he devises a plot to force Harry back into the rackets. What Eraser doesn't count on are Harry's allies: the Sandman and Sandy!
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Pages: 10
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dick MacKay (signed)
Inker(s): Dick MacKay (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, war
Feature(s): Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries
First Line: Private Jones reporting...
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Pages: 1
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Barbs of Chivalry!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Samachson ?
Penciller(s): Louis Cazeneuve
Inker(s): Louis Cazeneuve
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Shining Knight
Character(s): The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]
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Pages: 8.67
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Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion
First Line: No kidding, kids...
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Pages: 0.33
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Circus Terror!

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola
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The Clue That Wasn't There!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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: 6
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Want to Be a Champion?

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 2
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Stolen Glory!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Samachson
Penciller(s): Emil Gershwin
Inker(s): Emil Gershwin
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Starman
Character(s): Starman [Ted Knight]; Jimmy Wells; Wesley Vanderloot (villain); Snipes Simpson (villain); Slabs Grogan (villain)
Synopsis: Brilliant astronomer Jimmy Wells needs money to buy an observatory, and wealthy Wesley Vanderloot agrees to buy it for him providing Wells allows Vanderloot to take credit for all of Jimmy's discoveries. When Ted Knight begins to suspect the true reasons behind Vanderloot's success, it nearly costs Wells and Starman their lives.
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In Issue: FlagGolden Age Starman Archives #2 published August 2009
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Pages: 8
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Mad Money

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Eddie Bell
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1.67
Disclose Notes: Second page on inside back cover.
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lit-Win
Penciller(s): Lit-Win (signed)
Inker(s): Lit-Win (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gags Giggles 'n Groans
First Line: No, no, lady!
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Pages: 0.5
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Look, Fellows...

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Ranger Helmet Co.
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Volto from Mars; Grape-Nuts Flakes
First Line: Careful, men, we are in dangerous South American jungles!
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Pages: 1
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The Life of Riley!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Samachson
Penciller(s): Maurice Del Bourgo
Inker(s): Maurice Del Bourgo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Mike Gibbs, Guerrilla
Character(s): Mike Gibbs
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Pages: 8
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Not to Be Repeated!

Public Service Announcement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Speedy Energy

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
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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