Adventure Comics #67

(October 1941)

The Menace of the Invisible Raiders! (Table of Contents)

Starman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Alfred Bester

Pencils:

Jack Burnley (signed)

Inks:

Jack Burnley (signed); Ray Burnley [backgrounds]

Colors:

Raymond Perry

Letters:

Betty Bentley

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Starman [Ted Knight]; Doris Lee; Woodley Allen; The Mist (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

Starman is mystified when he discovers crooks who are invisible in ordinary light, but soon learns of the man behind it: a man who is bitter at the government for rejecting his inviso-solution!

Reprints:

• in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #252 (June 1972)
• in DC 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1971 series) #DC-13 (June 1972)
• in The Greatest Golden Age Stories Ever Told (DC, 1990 series) #[nn] (1990)
• in Golden Age Starman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #1 (April 2000)

Indexer Notes

Writer credit from Martin O'Hearn. Background & letterer credits added by Craig Delich 2008-2-21.

[The Sky Pirates] (Table of Contents)

The Shining Knight / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Lynne Perkins

Pencils:

Creig Flessel

Inks:

Creig Flessel

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]

Indexer Notes

Writer verified by Martin O'Hearn.

[Reform School Racket] (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]; Willie Jones; un-named State Governor; Mr. Meade (villain); Big Red (villain)

Synopsis:

Rex Tyler, while delivering chemicals to the Meade Crop Dusters, discovers that boys from the State Reform School are being send to the company to learn trades. However, Hourman discovers that the boys are being made to fly the crop dusting planes themselves, some dying in fatal crashes.

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2008-2-21.

[Strange Secret of Greed] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Cliff Young

Inks:

Cliff Young

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Steve Conrad

[The Proving-Ground Spies] (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-mystery

Characters:

Steve Carson

[The Ten-Dollar Masterpiece] (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

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-1-17.

The Secret of the Man in Miniature (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Paul Norris

Inks:

Paul Norris

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; District Attorney Belmont; Dian Belmont; Mr. Hartford; Professor Doombie (villain)

Synopsis:

An evil professor succeeds in creating Serum One, a formula that compresses the atoms of the body, reducing it in size, and he uses that ability to not only carry out crime after crime, but to shrink the Sandman in the process so that he cannot interfer!

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Paul Norris per Craig Delich (November, 2004). Last story w/gas mask costume. Oddity: the splash page dialogue spell's the professor's name as "Doobie".