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Issue: Adventure Comics #79
Publication Date: October 1942
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Issues: #79 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: 08/22/1942
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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Cobras of the Deep!

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Manhunter
Character(s): 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
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Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Letterer(s): typeset
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[untitled]

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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 Tune of Terrific Toby

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Starman [Ted Knight]; Terrific Toby [Toby Weems]; the Soup-Gang [Nick Armstrong, Muley, Joey] (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: When Toby Weems stages a phony rescue of his office staff from a so-called bomb, he becomes a hero, which has some advantages with scaring underworld hoods. But his ego begins bothering him, so he seeks out Starman to help make him a real hero!
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In Issue: FlagGolden Age Starman Archives #2 published August 2009
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Pages: 11
Disclose Notes: Background inks and letterer credits by Craig Delich.
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The Stroke of Doom!

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Hourman and Thorndyke
Character(s): The Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Thorndyke Tompkins; Hans (bell maker, death); Gun Gunther (villain); Prof. Pitts (villain); Piper (villain)
Synopsis: Hourman must battle the murderous plan of a criminal combine that uses the destructive tone of a specially constructed large bell...sounds which cause death, destruction and madness for miles while the perpetrators are protected from the pulsations by vibro-mitters.
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Pages: 8
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The Man from L. A.

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 2
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[untitled]

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Genres: humorous, military
First Line: Wait here - I'll see if the sergeant will see you...
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Feature(s): All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America
First Line: Here it is again!
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Energy to Get There!

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Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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The Case of the Love-Sick Submarine!

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Genius Jones
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The Mystery of the Shining Knight's Rival

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]
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Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Gertie
First Line: This is a camel, Gertie...
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Pages: 0.25
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Feature(s): Prize Comics
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Laffs
First Line: Gosh - I thought the tree was a mirage!
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Biggest and Best!

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Feature(s): World's Finest Comics
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Manhunter Battles the Cobras of the Deep

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Manhunter
Character(s): Manhunter [Paul Kirk]
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In Content Item: FlagDetective Comics #440 published April 1974
as Cobras of the Deep! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuperman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly #116 published December 1974
as Battles the Cobras of the Deep [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 9
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Footprints in the Sands of Time

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sandman
Character(s): The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; The Curio Man (villain); Ruffy (villain)
Synopsis: Sandman and Sandy track down the whereabouts of an hourglass, made in the days of the Greek Emperor, Michael Commenus [sic], onto which is engraved the lost formula for making water burn.
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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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Feature(s): Muscle Power Co.
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Feature(s): Webster's Comprehensive Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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