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Issue: Adventure Comics #100
Publication Date: October 1945
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Issues: #100 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: 08/21/1945
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 [as F. W. Ellsworth] (credited); Jack Schiff (actual)
Disclose Notes: Some information for this index from Hank Heynman.

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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 [as Kirby] (signed)
Inker(s): Gil Kane ? [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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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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A Is for Antelope

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
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Pages: 0.67
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Sweets for Swag!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Marvin Stein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sandman
Character(s): The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Helen Devereaux; Ginny Devereaux; unnamed Devereaux brother; Sweet Tooth Sanders (villain)
Synopsis: Sweet Tooth and his gang steal a fortune in diamonds, then hide them from the Police and Sandman in the bottoms of candy being shipped to the Devereaux residence.
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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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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Michael Berry (signed)
Inker(s): Michael Berry (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, military
Feature(s): Lighter Moments with Fresh Eveready Batteries
First Line: Just a minute, sarge...
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Pages: 1
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Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Dave Gerard (signed)
Inker(s): Dave Gerard (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, sports
Feature(s): Wheaties
First Line: Boy! What an improvement...
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Pages: 1
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The Hard-Headed League!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kellogg's Pep
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Pages: 1
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The Royal Revival!

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): The Shining Knight
Character(s): The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]
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Pages: 7.67
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Hingees
First Line: Come on!
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Pages: 0.33
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Volto from Mars; Grape-Nuts Flakes
First Line: Volto unleashes his magnetic powers...
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Pages: 1
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Life and Death of a Star!

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]; Finch (astronomer); Puggy Randall (villain); Ginzo (villain)
Synopsis: The "discovery" of a new star by a friend of Ted Knight leads Starman to discover that this star is actually an ordinary electric light bulb suspended in the air by a balloon filled with light gas! And it's being used to send information to Puggy Randall's old pals in the state prison in regards to a break-out.
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In Issue: FlagGolden Age Starman Archives #2 published August 2009
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Pages: 8
Disclose Notes: Oddity: Artist Gershwin mistakenly shows Starman's Gravity Rod holster on his left hip rather than the right hip in panel 6.
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Your Coach: Bernie Bierman

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 1
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Lights Out!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Eddie Bell (credited)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: war
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Pages: 2
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Bazooka Lullaby!

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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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Meet a Bit-o-Honey
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Pages: 1
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How Thom McAn Saved the Flaming "40"

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Thom McAn
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Pages: 1
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Writer(s): ?
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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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