Adventure Comics #64

(July 1941)

The Mystery of the Men with the Staring Eyes (Table of Contents)

Starman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Burnley (signed)

Inks:

Jack Burnley (signed); Ray Burnley (backgrounds)

Colors:

Raymond Perry

Letters:

Betty Bentley

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Starman [Ted Knight]; Woodley Allen; Doris Lee; Prince Ahmed (villain)

Synopsis:

The Astral Avenger becomes entangled in a sinister case involving a mysterious robed figure that uses his "Living Death" to create an army of mindless robotic slaves.

Reprints:

• in Golden Age Starman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #1 (April 2000)

Indexer Notes

Letterer and background credits added by Craig Delich 2008-2-10.

[The Rock Prison Poisonings] (Table of Contents)

Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Chad Grothkopf

Inks:

Chad Grothkopf

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

detective

Characters:

Steve Carson

[The Brazilian Vipers] (Table of Contents)

Steve Conrad Adventurer / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Lehti

Pencils:

Jack Lehti

Inks:

Jack Lehti

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Steve Conrad

The Little Men Who Weren't There (Table of Contents)

The Hourman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Inks:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bernard Baily?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Dr. Orr; Dr. Iker (villain); Normo (villain)

Synopsis:

The Man of the Hour faces a crazed genius, who has invented an ultra-sensory ray to create midget beings of a special composition in the 5th Dimension (having a cloud-like spidery texture), that he uses to rob. Hourman discovers they can only be seen by the use of infra-red glasses.

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2008-2-10. Dr. Iker is refered to by the beings as "The Swami", and Iker once calls these creatures "Fretties."

[Manhunter Behind Bars] (Table of Contents)

Paul Kirk, Manhunter / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ed Moore

Pencils:

Ed Moore

Inks:

Ed Moore

Colors:

?

Letters:

Ed Moore

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Paul Kirk

The Bears of Barok (Table of Contents)

Cotton Carver / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Jack Lehti

Inks:

Jack Lehti

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Cotton Carver; Guest Star: Deela

The Unseen Man (Table of Contents)

The Sandman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Creig Flessel

Inks:

Creig Flessel

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Dian Belmont; The Unseen Man (villain, un-named art store clerk)

Synopsis:

Dian has taken up art as a hobby, but when she visits an art shop to get more paint, she is given a box of paint that turns one of her fingers invisible!