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Issue: Adventure Comics #66
Publication Date: September 1941
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Issues: #66 of 472 Issues (530 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/01/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 19 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.

Boltinoff info per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Boltinoff
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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 (5" x 6.75") (#491-503)
Paper Stock: glossy cover (#32-490); cardstock cover (#491-503); newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#390, 416, 491-503)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Starman [Ted Knight]
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In Issue: FlagGolden Age Starman Archives #1 published July 2000
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Pages: 1
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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Johnson Smith & Company
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Case of the Camera Curse!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Starman [Ted Knight]; Woodley Allen; Doris Lee; Police Captain Ryan; Cuthbert Cain (villain, introduction, death)
Synopsis: Starman must face a man who uses a forbidden voodoo formula, combined with the properties of photo-electric cells, to capture the souls of men and control the will of anyone whose image he captures in his camera!
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In Issue: FlagGolden Age Starman Archives #1 published July 2000
In Content Item: Flag100-Page Super Spectacular #DC-20 published September 1973
as The Case of the Camera Curse! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAll Star Adventure Comic #94 published August 1975
as The Case of the Camera Curse! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 13
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The Shining Knight

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Shining Knight [Sir Justin] (1st appearance and origin)
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Pages: 13
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-And This Is It!

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Feature(s): Star Spangled Comics
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Pages: 1
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Counterfeit Coal

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Jimmy Martin; Thorndyke; Minute Men of America; Councilman Drew; Big Benny (villain); un-named town Mayor (villain)
Synopsis: Hourman and the Minute Men of America must deal with ruthless racketeers in a crime-ridden town who are extorting the poor.
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Pages: 8
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The Black Tanker by Howard Pease

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Feature(s): Books Worth Reading
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Pages: 0.5
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Hear Superman on the Radio!

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First Line: Listen to the thrilling adventures of the Man of Steel over the following stations:
Synopsis: The ad promotes 31 stations in the United States airing the Superman radio show, along with their sponsors. It also mentions there are 25 stations in Canada sponsored by Ogilvie Flour Mills Co., Ltd.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Below the Books Worth Reading article. This ad is similar to the one that ran originally in Action Comics #37 but with additional U.S. stations.
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Okay, Sarge! Imagine! Someone caught a burglar...
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Pages: 1
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Trouble in Tibet

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Steve Conrad Adventurer
Character(s): Steve Conrad
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Pages: 6
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The Girl Behind the Wall

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Princess Alvara
First Line: Back in Washington after a series of exciting adventures, Steve Carson, ace F.B.I. investigator, is attending an embassy party...................
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: A box beneath the final panel on the last page promotes the recurring feature: "Steve Carson, ace of the F.B.I appears in every issue of Adventure Comics!"
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Feature(s): Syncro Devices, Inc.
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Pages: 0.33
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Lucky Music

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Pages: 1.22
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Pages: 0.45
Disclose Notes: Several small ads.
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Danger from Train to Plane

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Paul Kirk, Manhunter
Character(s): Paul Kirk
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Pages: 6
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The Comet-Ray

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sandman
Character(s): The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Dian Belmont; Edgar Edley (villain)
Synopsis: As Dian is returning home, her train is suddenly derailed and drawn toward a weird ball-tank object, whose comet-ray is violently drawing all the gold aboard the train to it. When Sandman investigates, he finds the scientist behind it, and learns that this object draws its amazing power from the the tail of a comet, power which also enables the mad scientist to become young again!
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Pages: 8
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Action! Thrills! Adventure!

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Feature(s): Modern Concise Encyclopedia
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Take a Tip from a Navy Torpedo

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): United States Rubber Company
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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