Adventure Comics
#92
(June-July 1944)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1944-04-23
- 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]
The Sandman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed as Kirby)
- Inks
- Joe Simon ? (signed as Simon)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Sandman; 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)
-
The Tough Guy!
The Sandman / comic story / 10 pages
- 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 credits by Jerry Bails and confirmed to John Fallon by Gil Kane.
Escape from Two-Way Death!
Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola / advertisement / 1 page
The Saving Scot and the Gypsy Gyp!
Genius Jones / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Genius Jones
The Bookworm That Turned!
The Shining Knight / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]
The Three Comets!
Starman / comic story / 8 pages
- 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 ([August] 2009)
-
[no title indexed]
Molly / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Ray Houlihan (signed)
- Pencils
- Ray Houlihan (signed)
- Inks
- Ray Houlihan (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I wouldn't mind carryin' water for therm!!
- Genre
- humor
The Spirit of Korea
Mike Gibbs, Guerrilla / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Mike Gibbs
Indexer Notes
Writer and inker credits verified by Jerry Bails.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
The Sandman -
1.
Tops in Comics!
-
2.
The Tough Guy!
The Sandman -
3.
Escape from Two-Way Death!
Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola -
4.
The Saving Scot and the Gypsy Gyp!
Genius Jones -
5.
The Bookworm That Turned!
The Shining Knight -
6.
["Stick around fellas..."]
Wheaties -
7.
The Three Comets!
Starman -
8.
["I wouldn't mind carryin' water for therm!!"]
Molly -
9.
Strong Medicine
-
10.
The Spirit of Korea
Mike Gibbs, Guerrilla -
11.
Yours Free!
Wheaties -
12.
The Hand of Doom!
Manhunter -
13.
[no title indexed]
Charles Atlas -
14.
["You're violating the blackout, Sergeant."]
Eveready
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- Gregory Fischer
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- Mike Nielsen
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