Adventure Comics #84

(March 1943)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Editorial Advisory Board (members: Josette Frank; Dr. C. Bowie Millican; Dr. W. W. D. Sones; Dr. Robert Thorndike; Com. Gene Tunney, U.S.N.R.); list of DC monthly, bi-monthly and quarterly magazines; Good Books Worth Reading (reviewed by Josette Frank (staff advisor), Child Study Association of America) review of "The Last of the Gauchos" by Thames Williamson (Wolf Staub, reviewer); Junior Justice Society of America coded message; indicia

Crime Carnival! (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]; Stretcho (villain); Presto (villain); Midge (villain); Samson (villain)

Synopsis:

Sandman and Sandy must solve a series of unusual crimes being committed by members of the Mammoth Circus, who seem to always elude members of the Police with a getaway car that converts into a truck.

Reprints:

• in The Forever People (DC, 1971 series) #5 (October-November 1971)
• in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #495 (January 1983)
• in The Sandman By Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2009 series) #[nn] ([August] 2009)

Gags (Table of Contents)

cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Gags

Indexer Notes

3 cartoons

["Another Meeting of the Justice Society!"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for All-Star Comics (DC, 1940 Series) #15 (February-March 1943)

The Doom From the Skies (Table of Contents)

Starman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Emil Gershwin

Inks:

Emil Gershwin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Starman [Ted Knight]; Slim Jordan (villain); Ratsy (villain)

Synopsis:

Starman's gravity rod is stolen from his wall safe and used by criminals to create a green death ray, a ray that strikes the Astral Avenger, resulting in a loss of memory.

Reprints:

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

["Yes.."] (Table of Contents)

Mr. Jitter / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Gags

Characters:

Mr. Jitter; Henrietta

The Junior Justice Society of America (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for The Junior Justice Society of America

["Gosh!"] (Table of Contents)

Shorty / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Gags

Characters:

Shorty

Riddle of the Rodeo (Table of Contents)

Shining Knight / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Ruth Lyons Kaufman [as Bunny Lyons]

Pencils:

Louis Cazeneuve

Inks:

Louis Cazeneuve

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Editing:

Jack Schiff

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]

Indexer Notes

Script credits from Ruth Lyons Kaufman & Bill Jourdain article in Alter Ego #27, August 2003. Script was heavily edited by editor Jack Schiff.

Stamps: Line of Tordesillas (Table of Contents)

filler / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Sidney M. Elias

Pencils:

? (photograph)

Inks:

? (photograph)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?; typeset

Indexer Notes

History article from a Brazilian stamp set (half page) and half page of stamp dealer advertisements.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Soldier Joe / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Gags

Characters:

Soldier Joe

["Whoosh!"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for Prize Comics (Prize, 1940 Series) #v3#5 [29] (March 1943) and Headline Comics (Prize, 1943 Series) #2 (March 1943)

The Adventure of the Runaway Calculating Machine (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

["This sure is an easy job I got at the carnival."] (Table of Contents)

Jerry the Jitterbug / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Gags

Characters:

Jerry the Jitterbug

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.33 page (report information)

Credits

Letters:

typeset

The Adventure of the Animal Assassins (Table of Contents)

Manhunter / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby

Pencils:

Pierce Rice

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Manhunter [Paul Kirk]

New Champ (Table of Contents)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Warner Blake

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Sports

Characters:

Dan Moran; Eddie Winters; Rudy Slade; Gamble Lacy

The Last Time They Saw Paris (Table of Contents)

Mike Gibbs, Guerilla / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Samachson

Pencils:

Irving Tirman

Inks:

Irving Tirman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Adventure; War

Characters:

Mike Gibbs; Captain Marie Hwart

Indexer Notes

1st appearance. Writer and artist credits verified by Jerry Bails and added by Craig Delich 2009-12-10.

["Be sure to get these top favorites for the best in comics!"] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

Advertisement for: Wonder Woman (DC, 1942 Series) #3 (February-March 1943); Mutt & Jeff (DC, 1939 Series) #8 (February-March 1943); Green Lantern (DC, 1941 Series) #6 (Winter 1942-43); Superman (DC, 1939 Series) #21 (March-April 1943); Comic Cavalcade (DC, 1942 Series) #1 (Winter 1942-43); Batman (DC, 1940 Series) #15 (February-March 1943); All-Flash (DC, 1941 Series) #8 (January-February 1943); Boy Commandos (DC, 1942 Series) #1 (Winter 1942-43)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

advertisement / 3.17 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Advertisements for: Baby Ruth candy bar (full page); couple of small ads, and war bonds and stamps ad (partial page); Webster's Complete Reference Dictionary and Encyclopedia (full page); American Seed Co. (full page)