(December 2000)
DC,
2000 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 3.95 USD; 6.25 CAD
- Pages
- 68
- On-sale Date
- 2000-10-18
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
DC Comics Millennium Editions
- Barcode
- 761941227658 00111
- Printer
- Printed in Canada
- Editing
- Adam Philips (credited) (editor - collected edition); Nick Napolitano (credited as Nick J. Napolitano) (associate editor - collected edition); Whitney Ellsworth (credited) (editor - original series)
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock
- glossy cover; newsprint interior
- Binding
- saddle-stitched
- Publishing Format
- one-shot
Issue Notes
This issue was selected for reprinting by readers in online voting for Millennium Editions, as noted at the bottom of the front cover.
Starman Soars into Comics Legend
Starman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley (credited)
- Inks
- Jack Burnley (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Starman [Ted Knight]; Sandman [Wesley Dodds] (inset)
- Reprints
- from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #61 (April 1941)
-
Adventure Comics #61 The Arrival of Starman
Remembering the Millennium / text article / 2 pages
- Script
- Robert Greenberger (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Details the creation and career of the Golden Age Starman.
Indexer Notes
Printed on inside front and back covers.
[The Amazing Starman]
Starman / comic story / 9 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox
- Pencils
- Jack Burnley (credited)
- Inks
- Jack Burnley (credited); Ray Burnley (backgrounds)
- Colors
- Raymond Perry
- Letters
- Betty Bentley
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Starman [Ted Knight]; Miss Lee; Chief Allen; Dr. Doog
- Synopsis
- Starman fights to restore electricity, diverted by Dr. Doog.
- Reprints
- from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #61 (April 1941)
-
Indexer Notes
Creator credits from GCD index of Adventure Comics #61. Script credited to unknown and complete art credited to Jack Burnley in this issue.
[no title indexed]
Mark Lansing / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Howard Purcell (credited)
- Pencils
- Howard Purcell (credited)
- Inks
- Howard Purcell (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Lishak the gladiator has been sent...
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Lishak; Costa; Kit; Mark Lansing; King Talon
- Synopsis
- King Talon helps Mark escape from Lishak and free Kit from Costa.
- Reprints
- from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #61 (April 1941)
-
[no title indexed]
Facts / text article / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (credited)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (credited)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Approximately 100,000,000 chickens...
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Presents two facts about chicken and coal.
- Reprints
- from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #61 (April 1941)
-
[no title indexed]
Federal Men / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Jerry Siegel (credited)
- Pencils
- Chad Grothkopf (credited)
- Inks
- Chad Grothkopf (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Chad Grothkopf
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Like some ghostly bird...
- Genre
- detective-mystery; crime
- Synopsis
- The Federal Men must stop a plane from harassing border patrol agents.
- Reprints
- from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #61 (April 1941)
-
Indexer Notes
Lettering credit from GCD index of Adventure Comics #61.
[no title indexed]
Steve Conrad, Adventurer / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Jack Lehti (credited)
- Pencils
- Jack Lehti (credited)
- Inks
- Jack Lehti (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, Chang, Singapore hasn't changed a bit...
- Genre
- adventure
- Synopsis
- A friend of Steve finds a treasure, but also finds himself murdered.
- Reprints
- from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #61 (April 1941)
-
[no title indexed]
Peter and His Pup / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's a swell day, Whiskers!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Peter; Whiskers
- Synopsis
- Peter and Whiskers go fishing.
- Reprints
- from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #61 (April 1941)
-
Indexer Notes
McGill incorrectly listed as McGirk in the credits. Corrected by Jim Stangas via the GCD Errors list, February 2010.
[no title indexed]
The Quiz Page / activity / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (credited as Bolty)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (credited as Bolty)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (credited as Bolty)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Henry Boltinoff
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How did Death Valley get its name?
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Real fact page in quiz format.
- Reprints
- from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #61 (April 1941)
-
[no title indexed]
The Hourman / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Ken Fitch (credited)
- Pencils
- Bernard Baily (credited)
- Inks
- Bernard Baily (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Hour-Man, famed defender of the right, is really Rex Tyler...
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Hourman; Mr. Whistle; Thorndyke
- Synopsis
- With the help of the Minute-Men of America, Hourman puts an end to The Whistler and his mechanical dinosuars.
- Reprints
- from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #61 (April 1941)
-
[no title indexed]
Manhunter / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What's cookin', Chief?
- Genre
- detective-mystery; superhero
- Characters
- Paul Kirk
- Synopsis
- Paul Kirk solves the supposed kidnapping of a banker.
- Reprints
- from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #61 (April 1941)
-
[no title indexed]
Cotton Carver, Defender of Barlunda / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Jack Lehti (credited)
- Pencils
- Jack Lehti (credited)
- Inks
- Jack Lehti (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- After overcoming Xargon's revolt...
- Genre
- adventure; science fiction
- Characters
- Cotton Carver; Deela; Nardak; Orko
- Synopsis
- Cotton saves Deela from Orko.
- Reprints
- from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #61 (April 1941)
-
Case of the Black Cat
Detective Jimmy Owen / text story / 1.5 pages
- Script
- T. C. O’Neil
- Pencils
- Fred Ray (signed as Ray) (illustration)
- Inks
- Fred Ray (signed as Ray) (illustration)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- detective-mystery
- Characters
- Jimmy Owen
- Synopsis
- Detective Jimmy Owen must protect the life of a cat.
- Reprints
- from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #61 (April 1941)
-
Indexer Notes
Text story with illustration.
Superman Is on the Radio
Superman / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Genre
- superhero
- Reprints
- from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #61 (April 1941)
-
Indexer Notes
Ad for Superman radio program.
The Menace of the Metal Gun!
Sandman / comic story / 10 pages
- Script
- Gardner Fox (credited)
- Pencils
- Creig Flessel (credited)
- Inks
- Creig Flessel (credited)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Sandman; Dian Belmont; Ivan Borloff
- Synopsis
- Sandman must stop a ray that dissolves metal.
- Reprints
- from Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #61 (April 1941)
-
Editing
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Table of Contents
-
0.
Starman Soars into Comics Legend
Starman -
1.
Adventure Comics #61 The Arrival of Starman
Remembering the Millennium -
2.
[The Amazing Starman]
Starman -
3.
["Lishak the gladiator has been sent..."]
Mark Lansing -
4.
["Approximately 100,000,000 chickens..."]
Facts -
5.
["Like some ghostly bird..."]
Federal Men -
6.
["Well, Chang, Singapore hasn't changed a bit..."]
Steve Conrad, Adventurer -
7.
["It's a swell day, Whiskers!"]
Peter and His Pup -
8.
["How did Death Valley get its name?"]
The Quiz Page -
9.
["The Hour-Man, famed defender of the right, is really Rex Tyler..."]
The Hourman -
10.
["What's cookin', Chief?"]
Manhunter -
11.
["After overcoming Xargon's revolt..."]
Cotton Carver, Defender of Barlunda -
12.
Case of the Black Cat
Detective Jimmy Owen -
13.
Superman Is on the Radio
Superman -
14.
The Menace of the Metal Gun!
Sandman
This issue was modified by, among others
- Ray Bottorff Jr
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Dan Kocher
- Pat Lang
- Donald Dale Milne
- Jim Stangas
- Andrew S. Troth
- Jim Van Dore
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