Adventure Comics
#86
(June-July 1943)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1943-04-20
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Detective Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
A Superman DC Publication
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
Sandman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby ?
- Inks
- ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Sandman; Sandy; Starman (inset)
- Reprints
-
in Golden Age Starman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #2 ([August] 2009) - in The Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2009 series) ([October] 2009)
- in Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War (Fantagraphics, 2017 series) (2017)
-
The Boy Who Was Too Big for His Breeches
Sandman / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed)
- Inks
- Joe Simon ? (signed as Simon)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Howard Ferguson
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Bobby Beecham; Little Joe Grolich (villain); Firetop Fink (villain); Croker (villain)
- Synopsis
- A young boy, who continually complains to his parents that he doesn't have long pants to wear to school, meets up with the Sandman and Sandy, helping them round up four dangerous crooks. His reward: the long pants he always desired!
- Reprints
- in The Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2009 series) ([October] 2009)
-
The Battle of the Mental Marvels!
Genius Jones / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Genius Jones
Twist in Time!
The Shining Knight / comic story / 7.5 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; T. O. Morrow (only appearance)
[no title indexed]
All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
The Moonman's Muggs!
Starman / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Starman [Ted Knight]; The Moonman [Dennis Towns] (villain)
- Synopsis
- After losing all his money trying to break land speed records, Dennis Towns decides to fly off into space and to the Moon as a blind to cover for a series of robberies on Earth.
- Reprints
- in Golden Age Starman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #2 ([August] 2009)
-
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Sandman -
1.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
2.
The Big Eight
-
3.
The Boy Who Was Too Big for His Breeches
Sandman -
4.
[no title indexed]
Popsicle -
5.
The Battle of the Mental Marvels!
Genius Jones -
6.
Twist in Time!
The Shining Knight -
7.
[no title indexed]
All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America -
8.
The Moonman's Muggs!
Starman -
9.
Energy Is Ammunition!
Baby Ruth -
10.
Catalogue of Crime
Manhunter -
11.
A Vote for Sheriff
-
12.
Model Planes
The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co. -
13.
The Art of War!
Mike Gibbs, Guerrilla -
14.
["Be sure to get these top favorites for the best in comics!"]
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15.
[no title indexed]
Wonders of Science Simplified
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