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Issue: Adventure Comics #74
Publication Date: May 1942
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Issues: #74 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: 03/24/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 22 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.

Actual editor 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
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Writer(s): ?
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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sandman
Character(s): The Sandman [Wesly Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Starman [Ted Knight] (inset)
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagGolden Age Starman Archives #1 published July 2000
In Content Item: FlagThe Forever People #9 published June 1972
as Adventure Comics #74 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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Hurricane Weather by Howard Pease

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Good Books Worth Reading
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Pages: 0.67
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The Case of the Monstrous Animal-Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Starman [Ted Knight]; Doris Lee; Woodley Allen; Ivan Caroff (introduction); The Panther Man [Klaw] (villain, introduction)
Synopsis: A evil man at the Carl Carey Research Clinic invents an electronic ray that turns the head of a man into a panther...and Starman's into a lion!
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In Issue: FlagGolden Age Starman Archives #1 published July 2000
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Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Story takes place in Gotham City.
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Case of the Highbrow Hoods

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Thorndyke; Professor Smythe; Jenkins; Gimpty Gowan (villain); Bugs Manders (villain); Johnny Ray (villain, a fence)
Synopsis: The Man of the Hour must outwit a pair of clever crooks who manage to steal rarities (like statues or rare books), and replace them with lookalikes, which explode one hour later, thus covering up their crime and netting them easy money.
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Old Thinker

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Genres: drama
Character(s): Old Hank Davis
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Boy, it's swell in the Navy...
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[Tarsi, the Tiger Boy]

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Steve Conrad, Adventurer
Character(s): Steve Conrad; Tarsi
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Rex
First Line: Gee, Rex - You're a good retriever!
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Feature(s): Prize Comics
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gags
First Line: Shall I carry your bags, sir?
Synopsis: three 1-panel jokes
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Feature(s): All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America
First Line: 500 years into the future with the Justice Society of America!
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Pages: 0.5
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The Castle in the Air

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]
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Pages: 11
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Rollin Stone
First Line: Sure - I've got charge of Peanut...
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Pages: 2
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Scavenger Hunt

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Manhunter
Character(s): Manhunter [Paul Kirk]
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In Content Item: FlagThe New Gods #5 published October 1971
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Pages: 9
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Feature(s): Morrow Coaster Brake
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Your 5 Favorite Features "Go to Town" Again!

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Feature(s): Leading Comics
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Pages: 0.5
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The Man Who Knew All the Answers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sandman
Character(s): The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Ed Porter (janitor); The Human Calculator [Professor Hiram Gaunt](villain, introduction)
Synopsis: Sandman and Sandy face the threat of a scientist who has invented a machine whose revitalizing vibrations allow a man to develop his unused brain cells, tripling his thinking power!
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #[nn] published October 2009
In Content Item: FlagThe Forever People #9 published June 1972
as The Man Who Knew All the Answers! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #498 [Direct Sales] published April 1983
as The Man Who Knew All the Answers [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 10
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Now on Sale

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Energy to Protect Your Welfare

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Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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