Adventure Comics #68

(November 1941)

[The Blaze of Doom!] (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:

The Starman (Ted Knight); Doris Lee; Woodley Allen; Bill Baxter (villain); Classy and un-named lumberjacks (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis:

Starman reacts to the threat of mysterious forest fires in order to save a group of rangers trapped by the flames, and discovers a plot by dis-gruntled lumberjacks to hurt the nation's defense contracts that need the lumber.

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Writer credit per Craig Delich (November, 2004); letterer and background credits added by Craig Delich 2008-2-21.

[Movie-Making Menace] (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.

Death at the Opera (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 Hour-Man (Rex Tyler]; Regina Bannerman (Mr. Bannerman's niece); Ravel (conductor, death); The Mask [Frenessi](a conductor, introduction, death); Tony Fabbio (villain, death)

Synopsis:

Rex and Regina attend the opening performance of a new opera, not realizing that the former conductor of the old opera is seeking revenge on a variety of the patrons responsible for bringing in new faces and musicians.

[Tyrant of the Island of Tago-Tago] (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

Spies! The Destroyers of Modern Civilization! (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

Past Performance (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Norman Goss

Pencils:

Cliff

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Clean-Up (Table of Contents)

text story / 0.67 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Hilton

[The Spanish Banker] (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

[Crime on Ice] (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]; Dian Belmont; Distract Attorney Belmont; Harold Mossman; Lola; Edouard Ernst (villain, physicist); Slim Sam (villain); Tom Thomas (villain); Jim (villain)

Synopsis:

The criminal underworld approaches a noted physicist who is in great need of funds to continue his experiments. But there is a catch: the physicist must agree to encase the star witnesses in a criminal trial in blocks of ice until after the trial has concluded.

Indexer Notes

Art credits verified by Paul Norris per Craig Delich (November, 2004).