Adventure Comics #92

(June-July 1944)

The Tough Guy (Table of Contents)

The Sandman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Pen Shumaker

Inks:

Pen Shumaker

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Broadway Joe; Wandering Willie; Horace (Willie's cousin); James Malloy (Mike's brother); Tough Guy [Mike Malloy](villain); Eddie (villain); Snake (villain)

Synopsis:

A notorious crook, known as the Tough Guy, has a soft spot in his heart for his brother Jim, whom he does not want to see follow in his footsteps, so he enrolls Jim in a military school. However, when people discover that Mike Malloy is Jim's brother, he is nearly expelled from the school. But a quirk of fate, along with the Sandman, overcomes that problem and Mike reforms.

Indexer Notes

Art identifications made by Jerry Bails 2000-2-9, and confirmed to John Fallon by Gil Kane.

The Saving Scot and the Gypsy Gyp (Table of Contents)

Genius Jones / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Alfred Bester

Pencils:

Stan Kaye

Inks:

Stan Kaye

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

teen

Characters:

Genius Jones

The Bookworm That Turned (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]

The Three Comets (Table of Contents)

Starman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Samachson

Pencils:

Emil Gershwin

Inks:

Emil Gershwin

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Starman [Ted Knight]; Mr. Quinn; Mr. Bingley; The Three Comets (villains)

Synopsis:

Starman suspects three famed circus acrobats of the theft of some sapphires, but is puzzled how they knew who the person was who was carrying them.

Reprints:

• in Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #98 (May 1972)
• in All Star Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1959 series) #80 ([April 1973] ?)
• in Golden Age Starman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #2 ([June] 2009)

The Spirit of Korea (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Joe Samachson

Pencils:

Edmond Good

Inks:

Edmond Good

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

adventure

Reprints:

• Mike Gibbs

Indexer Notes

Writer and inker credits, verified by Jerry Bails, added by Craig Delich 2009-12-23.

The Hand of Doom (Table of Contents)

Manhunter / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Edmond Good

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Manhunter [Paul Kirk]; Oberleutnant Wolff (villain); Fritz Spahn (villain, death)

Synopsis:

Manhunter is hard pressed to halt Nazi efforts to sabotage American factories in Maine.