Adventure Comics #71

(February 1942)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Lancaster County Seed Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Invaders from the Future! (Table of Contents: 2)

Starman / comic story / 13 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Jack Burnley (signed)

Inks

Jack Burnley (signed); Ray Burnley (backgrounds)

Colors

Raymond Perry

Letters

Betty Bentley

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Starman [Ted Knight]; Doris Lee; Woodley Allen; Police Captain Ryan; Professor Juniper Grimm; The Unknown (The Light in disguise, villain); Slugger (villain)

Synopsis

A kindly professor creates a steel time-sphere, which is stolen and used by a gang of crooks to travel into the future, who then unleash flaming thunderbolts and giants in bullet-proof suits to terrorize the citizens of today.

Reprints

• in Golden Age Starman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #1 ([July] 2000)

Indexer Notes

Letterer and background credits added by Craig Delich.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ah - I see a girl...

Genre

humor; teen

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

"Super" Duper; Canada Dry Ginger Ale / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Stronghold of Savarr! (Table of Contents: 5)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Creig Flessel

Inks

Creig Flessel

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Laffs / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The doctor told me to smoke only one cigar a day!

Genre

humor

Wow and Double Wow! (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Leading Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Rollin Stone / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Ray McGill (signed)

Pencils

Ray McGill (signed)

Inks

Ray McGill (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I gotta get outta this one-horse town...

Genre

humor

[Jungle Search] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

Jack Lehti

Pencils

Jack Lehti

Inks

Jack Lehti

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

adventure

Characters

Steve Conrad

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Jerry the Jitterbug / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Whew, it's hot!

Genre

humor

The Justice Society Invites You to Their Next Meeting! (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

Ken Fitch ?

Pencils

Bernard Baily (signed)

Inks

Bernard Baily (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Bernard Baily (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The stars look down on murder...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Dr. Destiny; Jimmy Martin; Thorndyke; Minute Men of America; Henry Marshall (death); Darius Carter; Mr. Stone (villain)

Synopsis

An astrologist is fired from radio station WHON for poor ratings, but he swears revenge against the station owner and the Board Of Directors of the Century Syndicate, which operates the station.

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich. This story features the first appearance of Jimmy Martin in his specially made Hourman costume, plus the first appearance of the Miraclo Ray device, which allows Hourman to absorb Miraclo externally rather than internally with a pill.

Fall Guy (Table of Contents: 13)

text story / 1.67 pages (report information)

Script

Norman Goss

Letters

typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

[Crime Strikes at Home] (Table of Contents: 15)

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

Script

Ed Moore

Pencils

Ed Moore

Inks

Ed Moore

Colors

?

Letters

Ed Moore

Genre

superhero

Characters

Paul Kirk

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Stagecoach Sam by Sanford Tousey (Table of Contents: 17)

Books Worth Reading / text article / 0.67 page (report information)

Script

Josette Frank

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Jokes / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

All I keep hearing is...

Genre

humor

The "Big Seven" Is Now the "Big Eight"! (Table of Contents: 19) (Expand) /

Sensation Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Adventure of the Road of No Return (Table of Contents: 20)

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

Script

Mort Weisinger

Pencils

Paul Norris

Inks

Chad Grothkopf

Colors

?

Letters

Chad Grothkopf

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy McGann]; Satan (villain, death)

Synopsis

While traveling, Wes and Sandy stop for the night at an inn, but are intrigued by a story told by the inn-keeper. In it, he mentions that the road near the inn has been traveled by many people over the last twenty years, but no one has ever returned from their journey on it, including his son.

Indexer Notes

Pencil credit verified by Paul Norris per Craig Delich, inker credit confirmed by Grothkopf, and writer identified by Jerry Bails. Norris was told to draw the story "in a Bob Kane style."

Now on Sale (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 22) (Expand) /

Daisy Air Rifles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Energy to Move a Mountain (Table of Contents: 23) (Expand) /

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)