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Issue: Adventure Comics #85
Publication Date: April 1943
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Issues: #85 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: 02/20/1943
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 25 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
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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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The Amazing Dreams of Gentleman Jack

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Sandman; Sandy; Gentleman Jack Jarvis; Starman (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 Forever People #4 published August 1971
as Adventure Comics #85 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Fisherman Four

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Feature(s): Good Books Worth Reading
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Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Unholy Dreams of Gentleman Jack

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; "Gentleman Jack" Jarvis (villain); Gus (villain)
Synopsis: Hounded by dreams of the Sandman, when Gentleman Jack Jarvis is released from prison he swears that he will one day live in a suite of cells, come and go as he pleases with guards waiting on him hand and foot...but the Sandman will suffer in a solitary cell and made to die slowly!
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In Issue: FlagThe Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #[nn] published October 2009
In Content Item: FlagThe Forever People #4 published August 1971
as The Unholy Dreams of Gentleman Jack [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #492 [Direct Sales] published October 1982
as The Unholy Dreams of Gentleman Jack [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagSuper Adventure Comic #66 published ?
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Pages: 10
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Meat on the table!
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gags
First Line: Bait? You mean you're supposed to put those awful worms...
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Pages: 0.5
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Hey! What Goes on Here?!?

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Feature(s): Leading Comics
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The Constellations of Crime!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Starman [Ted Knight]; Woodley Allen; Doris Lee; Astra (villain)
Synopsis: Starman faces the threat of a cunning astrologist whose gang commits their crimes under various signs of the zodiac.
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In Issue: FlagGolden Age Starman Archives #2 published August 2009
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Pages: 9
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Genres: humorous
First Line: There - Just a few more minutes work!
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Feature(s): All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America
First Line: The Justice Society goes into action again...
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Life's Little Laffs
First Line: I'm awfully tired this morning, dear...
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Laffs
First Line: Heads! I'm captain today!
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World's Finest Value!

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Feature(s): World's Finest Comics
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The Scrap for Scrap!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]
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Pages: 9
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Vasco Da Gama

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Feature(s): Stamps
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Genres: humorous
First Line: Baby Carriage for Sale
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Fast As a Bullet!

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Feature(s): Prize Comics; Headline Comics
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Way Down Yonder in the Corn Field!

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Genres: teen
Character(s): Genius Jones
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Pages: 8
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First Line: Be sure to get these top favorites for the best in comics!
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The Mystery of the Monster Bird!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): Manhunter [Paul Kirk]
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The Honorable Sword

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The School for Heroes!

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Mike Gibbs, Guerrilla
Character(s): Mike Gibbs
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Feature(s): Illinois Merchandise Mart
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Feature(s): Wonders of Science Simplified
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Energy to Battle Odds

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Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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