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Issue: Adventure Comics #78
Publication Date: September 1942
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Issues: #78 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: 07/21/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.

Actual editor credit 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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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sandman; Manhunter
Character(s): The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Manhunter [Paul Kirk]; 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
In Content Item: FlagThe New Gods #9 published June 1972
as Adventure Comics #78 Cover [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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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 Tamer of Beasts

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Good Books Worth Reading
First Line: This is a story of the days before history began -
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Little Man Who Wasn't There!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Character(s): Starman [Ted Knight]; Mike Muggins; Sonnie Hail (villain); Hartley Manners (villain); Van Camp (villain)
First Line: You can't see him --
Synopsis: Starman and Mike Muggins look into a case where people stage an act, pretending to be attacked by "the little man who wasn't there", and robbed of valuable gems, only to be discovered in the end as perpetrating the act themselves!
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In Issue: FlagGolden Age Starman Archives #2 published August 2009
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Oddity: Starman seems to "adopt" Muggins in the last panel to be a partner of his in future adventures, but he never appears again.

Background inks and letterer credits by Craig Delich.
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The Man Who Played Death!

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Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Hourman and Thorndyke
Character(s): The Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Thorndyke Tompkins; John Ward (death); Dr. Paul Hollman; Sir John Falstaff [Walker Cornell] (villain); Quanto (villain, Falstaff's butler)
First Line: Sixty seconds make a minute...
Synopsis: A criminal, having been committed to a mental hospital by two acquaintances of his, swears revenge on both of them after he escapes.
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Pages: 8
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Funny Face

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
First Line: The air was thin and sharp...
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Pages: 2
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
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Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gags
First Line: Can I have your autograph, Mr. Fellows?
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Pages: 0.5
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Another Big Issue of All-Star

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Feature(s): All-Star Comics
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Pages: 0.5
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Writer(s): ? [as Sherman]
Penciller(s): ? [as Sherman]
Inker(s): ? [as Sherman]
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Sam the Inventor
First Line: A holdup!
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Pages: 0.5
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Feature(s): Wonder Woman
First Line: Here it is, boys and girls!
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Pages: 0.5
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The Case of the Slap-Happy Jappy!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: teen
Character(s): Genius Jones
First Line: We went down to Genius Jones' information booth...
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Pages: 8
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The Black Baron!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; The Black Baron (villain)
First Line: From out of a forgotten age...
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Pages: 11
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): No Use Talking
First Line: When the boss gets his dander up...
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Pages: 0.44
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Growing Fast!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): More Fun Comics
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Pages: 0.23
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Several small ads.
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Subject Matter
Feature(s): Kool-Aid
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Pages: 1
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The Lady and the Tiger!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Manhunter
Character(s): Manhunter [Paul Kirk]
First Line: Out of the underworld springs The Tiger...
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In Content Item: FlagThe New Gods #9 published June 1972
as The Lady and the Tiger [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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The Miracle Maker

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sandman
Character(s): The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Beezer Banos (villain); Magno [Mugger Magoon] (villain); Slippery Smith (villain); Hard Luck Hogan (villain)
First Line: Weirder than your wildest dreams...
Synopsis: A modern Houdini taxes the wits of the Sandman and Sandy, as the man accomplishes impossible feats while looting millions in riches and having airtight alibis.
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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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Now on Sale

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Wonders of Science Simplified
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Modern Concise Encyclopedia
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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