Adventure Comics #85

(April 1943)

The Unholy Dreams of Gentleman Jack (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:

Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; "Gentleman Jack" Jarvis (villain); Gus (villain)

Synopsis:

Hounded by dreams of the Sandman, when Gentleman Jack Jarvis is released from prison he swears that he will one day live in a suite of cells, come and go as he pleases with guards waiting on him hand and foot......but the Sandman will suffer in a solitary cell and made to die slowly!

Reprints:

• in The Forever People (DC, 1971 series) #4 (August-September 1971)
• in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #492 (October 1982)
• in The Sandman By Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2009 series) #[nn] ([August] 2009)
• in Super Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #66

The Constellations of Crime! (Table of Contents)

Starman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Gardner F. Fox

Pencils:

Emil Gershwin

Inks:

Emil Gershwin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Starman [Ted Knight]; Woodley Allen; Doris Lee; Astra (villain)

Synopsis:

Starman faces the threat of a cunning astrologist whose gang commits their crimes under various signs of the zodiac.

Reprints:

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

The Scrap For Scrap (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Samachson

Pencils:

Louis Cazeneuve

Inks:

Louis Cazeneuve

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]

Way Down Yonder in the Corn Field (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 Mystery of the Monster Bird (Table of Contents)

Manhunter / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jack Kirby

Pencils:

Pierce Rice

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Howard Ferguson

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Manhunter [Paul Kirk]

The School For Heroes (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Samachson

Pencils:

Irving Tirman

Inks:

Irving Tirman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Indexer Notes

Writer and art credits, confirmed by Jerry Bails, added by Craig Delich 2009-12-13. Lettering credit revised to ? from Howard Ferguson by Craig Delich 2009-12-13.