Adventure Comics #75

(June 1942)

The Strange Case of the Luckless Liars (Table of Contents: 1)

Starman / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script:

Gardner F. 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]; Liars' Club [Cliff Henry; Vardon; Carver; Everts]; The Veil [Vardon] (villain, introduction)

Synopsis:

Ted is inducted into the Liar's Club and immediately tells them that he is the Starman. And if that isn't enough, along comes a villain who uses the fantastic fibs of the members to weave a web of evil that snares the men's lives and fortunes.

Reprints:

• in Golden Age Starman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #1 (April 2000)

Indexer Notes

Letterer and background credits added by Craig Delich 2008-2-24.

Beware of Mr. Meek (Table of Contents: 2)

Manhunter / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script:

Jack Kirby

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Joe Simon ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Howard Ferguson

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

Manhunter [Paul Kirk]; Mr. Meek (villain)

Reprints:

• in The New Gods (DC, 1971 series) #6 (December 1971-January 1972)

[Tarsi the Tiger Boy Returns] (Table of Contents: 3)

Steve Conrad, Adventurer / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script:

Jack Lehti

Pencils:

Jack Lehti

Inks:

Jack Lehti

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

adventure

Characters:

Steve Conrad

The Wrecker (Table of Contents: 4)

The Shining Knight / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script:

Henry Lynne Perkins

Pencils:

Louis Cazeneuve

Inks:

Louis Cazeneuve

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; the Wrecker (villain)

Indexer Notes

Writer verified by Martin O'Hearn.

Mystery of the Missing Link (Table of Contents: 5)

The Hourman and Thorndyke the Minute Man / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script:

?

Pencils:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Inks:

Bernard Baily (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

Bernard Baily

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Hour-Man [Rex Tyler]; Thorndyke Tompkins; Mrs. Tompkins (Thorndyke's mother); Ed Tompkins (Thorndyke's father); Brick Barton (villain); Dopey Dann (villain); unnamed owner of the Gotham Milk Farm (villain, Ed Thompkin's boss)

Synopsis:

Thorndyke's father is shot by a criminal gang after his milk wagon horse, Daisy, and the milk bottles to be delivered, are taken on its normal run in a bad storm by a phony driver. This driver accidentally loses control of the wagon and it goes off on its merry way...it's cargo containing over $1 in cash!

Indexer Notes

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2008-2-24. Writer credit revised from Ken Fitch? to ? by Craig Delich 2010-2-3 as no writer credit has been verified to date. Thorndyke wears a version of the Hourman costume in this story (red cape wth yellow trim and an hourglass around neck).

The Villain from Valhalla (Table of Contents: 6)

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

Script:

Jack Kirby

Pencils:

Jack Kirby

Inks:

Joe Simon ?

Colors:

?

Letters:

Howard Ferguson

Genre:

superhero

Characters:

The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Police Chief Haines; Thor [Fairy Tales Fenton] (villain)

Synopsis:

A former Professor of Metallurgy, who has invented clothing of lucite that is bullet-proof, disguises himself and his men as ancient Vikings to commit crimes. They then challenge the Police and Sandman to discover their whereabouts after divesting themselves of their distinctive garb.

Reprints:

• in The Forever People (DC, 1971 series) #6 (December 1971-January 1972)
• in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #499 (May 1983)
• in The Best of Simon and Kirby (Titan, 2009 series) (May 2009)
• in The Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2009 series) ([August] 2009)
• in Super Adventure Comic (K. G. Murray, 1960 series) #69