Adventure Comics #82

(January 1943)

Santa Fronts for the Mob (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]; F. P. Miller; Peter Aloysius Vandergilt III; Mountain Man Bearde; Slicky (villain); Max (villain); Smoothe (villain)

Synopsis:

A gang of crooks talk a dim-witted professional wrestler into playing Santa Claus at a local department store as a front for the commission of crimes.

Reprints:

• in Limited Collectors' Edition (DC, 1972 series) #C-43 (February-March 1976)
• in A DC Universe Christmas (DC, 2000 series) #[nn] ([November] 2000)
• in The Sandman By Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2009 series) #[nn] ([August] 2009)

Hitch a Wagon to The Stars? (Table of Contents)

Starman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner Fox

Pencils:

Mort Meskin [as Morton Jr.] (signed)

Inks:

George Roussos [as Roussos] (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Starman [Ted Knight]; Jim Hart; Isobelle Sandow; Norwood (villain); the Nazis (villains)

Synopsis:

Young Jim Hart, a failure in life because he believes in astrology, invents a submarine detector that Starman uses to capture enemy forces and the man who once convinced Hart to follow astrological signs.

Reprints:

• in Golden Age Starman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #2 ([June] 2009)

The Sorcerer's Apprentice (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]

Did I Ever See a Dream Walking? (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 Animal Murders (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]

Indexer Notes

Script previously credited to Jack Kirby.

The High-Powered Hoods (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Alfred Bester ?

Pencils:

Bernard Baily

Inks:

Bernard Baily

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bernard Baily

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Thorndyke Tompkins; Doc (villain, death); Slim (villain); Stumpy (villain)

Synopsis:

A group of thugs break into the apartment of Rex Tyler and steal the Miraclo Ray machine. Coupled with a series of acquisitive instinct injections they've been receiving, it seems that the Hourman has no chance of defeating them.

Indexer Notes

Writer credit by Bob Hughes. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-2-22. In the story, Thorndyke wears a partial Hourman costume (red cape with yellow trim and an hourglass about his neck). The last panel, illustrated and lettered by Bernard Baily, is a plug for the Americommando strip in Action Comics, and pictures the Americommando and his villain, the terrible Little One.