Adventure Comics #74

(May 1942)

The Case of the Monstrous Animal-Men (Table of Contents)

Starman / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

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; Ivan Caroff (introduction); The Panther Man [Klaw] (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

A evil man at the Carl Carey Research Clinic invents an electronic ray that turns the head of a man into a panther...and Starman's into a lion!

Reprints:

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

Indexer Notes

Story takes place in Gotham City. Letterer and background credits added by Craig Delich 2008-2-24.

Case of the Highbrow Hoods (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joseph Greene

Pencils:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Inks:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bernard Baily

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Thorndyke; Professor Smythe; Jenkins; Gimpty Gowan (villain); Bugs Manders (villain); Johnny Ray (villain, a fence)

Synopsis:

The Man of the Hour must outwit a pair of clever crooks who manage to steal rarities (like statues or rare books), and replace them with look alikes, which explode one hour later, thus covering up their crime and netting them easy money.

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2008-2-24. Writer credit verified by Martin O'Hearn. Oddity: on page 6, panel 4, Hourman called Thorndyke "Jimmy". In this story, Thorndyke wears a partial Hourman costume [red cape w/yellow trim, hourglass around neck].

Tarsi, the Tiger Boy (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; Tarsi

The Castle in the Air (Table of Contents)

The Shining Knight / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Lynne Perkins

Pencils:

Louis Cazeneuve

Inks:

Louis Cazeneuve

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]

Indexer Notes

Writer verified by Martin O'Hearn.

Scavenger Hunt (Table of Contents)

Manhunter / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Joe Simon?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Howard Ferguson

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Manhunter [Paul Kirk]

Reprints:

• in The New Gods (DC, 1971 series) #5 (October-November 1971)

The Man Who Knew All the Answers (Table of Contents)

The Sandman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Joe Simon ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Howard Ferguson

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Ed Porter; The Human Calculator [Professor Hiram Gaunt](villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

Sandman and Sandy face the threat of a scientist who has invented a machine whose revitalizing vibrations allow a man to develop his unused brain cells, tripling his thinking power!

Reprints:

• in The Forever People (DC, 1971 series) #9 (June-July 1972)
• in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #498 [Direct] (April 1983)
• in The Sandman By Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2009 series) #[nn] ([August] 2009)