Adventure Comics #77

(August 1942)

Finder's Keepers (Table of Contents)

Starman / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Jack Burnley (signed)

Inks:

Jack Burnley (signed)

Colors:

Raymond Perry

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Starman [Ted Knight]; Doris Lee; Woodley Allen; Honey Jenkins; the Mist (villain).

Synopsis:

The Mist engages in a campaign using valuable items that people find on the street to hypnotize the finder, and later perpetrating thefts from those individuals.

Reprints:

• in Wanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains (DC, 1972 series) #6 (February 1973)
• in Golden Age Starman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #2 ([June] 2009)

The Case of the Hi-Jacked Hep-Cats (Table of Contents)

Hourman and Thorndyke / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bernard Baily

Inks:

Bernard Baily

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bernard Baily?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Thorndyke Tompkins; Minutemen of America [Red, one un-named]; Hambone Hoskins (villain); Looey (villain)

Synopsis:

When some thugs steal the Minute Men's musical instruments and replaces them with new examples, the Hourman investigates and discovers that the stolen clarinet plays several notes that opens a mystery safe left behind by a millionaire.

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit changed from Bernard Baily? to Baily by Craig Delich 2010-2-6. Writer credit revised from Ken Fitch? to ? by Craig Delich 2010-2-6. Note: Thorndyke wears a partial Hourman costume in this story (cape and hourglass).

The Case of the Off-Key Crooner (Table of Contents)

Genius Jones / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Alfred Bester

Pencils:

Stan Kaye

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen

Characters:

Genius Jones (introduction, origin)

The Horseless Cowboy (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 credit verified by Martin O'Hearn.

The Stone of Vengeance (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) #8 (April-May 1972)

Dreams of Doom (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby (signed)

Pencils:

Jack Kirby (signed)

Inks:

Joe Simon (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Howard Ferguson

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Monroe Alvin; Torchy Grogan (villain); Bugs Baron (villain); Doctor Hoak (villain)

Synopsis:

One of America's richest men is afraid of the dark and turns to the Sandman to solve his problem and hopefully end his horrific nightmares. But the man's personal psychiatrist has different ideas.

Reprints:

• in The Forever People (DC, 1971 series) #8 (April-May 1972)
• in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #496 (February 1983)
• in The Sandman By Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2009 series) #[nn] ([August] 2009)