Adventure Comics #81

(December 1942)

A Drama in Dreams (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]; Mr. Bright; Mr. Stark; Actor (villain); Mopey (villain)

Synopsis:

Threatening to kill Sandy, Wesley Dodds is kidnapped and forced to sign papers turning over the rights to his gold mine stock and fortune.

Reprints:

• in 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1973 series) #DC-15 (March 1973)
• in The Sandman By Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2009 series) #[nn] ([August] 2009)

Starman's Lucky Star (Table of Contents)

Starman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Mort Meskin [as Mort Morton Jr.] (signed)

Inks:

George Roussos [as Inky Roussos] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Starman [Ted Knight]; Woodley Allen; Doris Lee; Professor Leland Brown; Ray Talbot; Mr. Cord; Rufus Cord; Hunch Haggard (villain); Muggsy (villain); un-named astrologer (villain)

Synopsis:

A blind young astronomer is mistakenly kidnapped and held for ransom, but when Starman arrives on the scene to round up the felons, a stray bullet brings sight back to the lad.

Reprints:

• in Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #112 (July-August 1974)
• in All Star Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #92 ([April 1975])
• in Golden Age Starman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #2 ([June] 2009)

The Enigma of the Nonagenarian Natator (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

The Adventure of the Queen's Jades (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Louis Cazeneuve

Inks:

Louis Cazeneuve

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]

The Case of the Crying Cat (Table of Contents)

Manhunter / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Pierce Rice

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Manhunter [Paul Kirk]

Time Out For Hitler (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Al Bester

Pencils:

Bernard Baily

Inks:

Bernard Baily

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bernard Baily

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Thorndyke Tompkins; Mr. Bannerman; Baron Glantz (villain); Hans (villain); Adolf (villain)

Synopsis:

Hourman has exactly one hour to stop a group of Nazis from retrieving secret orders that have accidently been dropped by airplane into Central Park Lake.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit revised from Ken Fitch ? to ? and letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-2-22. New writer credit of Bester by Martin O'Hearn. In the story, Thorndyke wears a partial Hourman costume with red cape having yellow trim and an hourglass about his neck. The last panel of the story is a plug for the Americommando strip in Action Comics.