- Script
- Gardner Fox
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley (signed)
- Inks
- Jack Burnley (signed); Ray Burnley (backgrounds)
- Colors
- Raymond Perry
- Letters
- Betty Bentley
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Starman [Ted Knight]; Woodley Allen; Doris Lee; Clifford Taylor (death); Colonel Matt Taylor; Jim Taylor; The Hooded Hunchback [Lt. Governor Morgan]; his gang [Muggsy; Rasp; others unnamed] (villains, introduction)
- Synopsis
- When Hetty Taylor died during the Gold Rush in California, his will specifically excluded any relative who lived or died in the state. Now the Astral Avenger must figure out the causes for the mysterious deaths of some of those relatives.
- Reprints
Letterer and background credits added by Craig Delich.
- Script
- Jack Kirby
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby
- Inks
- Joe Simon ?
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Howard Ferguson
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Manhunter [Paul Kirk] (origin, introduction); Mrs. Marston; Inspector Donovan (death); the Buzzard and his gang (villains, introduction)
- Synopsis
- Inspired by the death of Inspector Donovan, big-game hunter Paul Kirk decides to don a costume and hunt down the notorious Buzzard and his gang who are plaguing Empire City.
- Reprints
Oddity: Manhunter is called Rick Nelson once in this story.
- Script
- Henry Lynne Perkins
- Pencils
- Louis Cazeneuve
- Inks
- Louis Cazeneuve
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]
Writer verified by Martin O'Hearn.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Bernard Baily
- Inks
- Bernard Baily
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Bernard Baily
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Jimmy Martin; Professor Q [David Manders] (villain, WABX Radio President)
- Synopsis
- A sinister voice over the radio airwaves every evening asks a seemingly innocent question of the listening public, but, as the Hourman and Jimmy discover, this question is followed up the very next day with a major crime that answers the question!
Jimmy Martin wears his Hourman costume in the story, which also states that the Miraclo Ray gives the Hourman the strength of 50 men. Oddity: although the villain's name is called David Manders, the door to his office reads "J. J. Manders".