Adventure Comics #76

(July 1942)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Western Star (Table of Contents: 2)

Good Books Worth Reading / text article / 0.67 page (report information)

Script:

Josette Frank

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

[Starman Eclipses the Sun] (Table of Contents: 3)

Starman / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

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]; Doris Lee; Woodley Allen; The Sun and His Satellites [aka The Moroni Gang: The Sun [Moroni]; The Moon; Comet; Saturn; Mercury] (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis:

Starman faces a dire threat from the Moroni Gang, now outfitted with fantastic weapons and a rocketship, as they take on the personas of the Sun and some of the orbiting satellites which line up with the names and weapons they have chosen.

Reprints:

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

Keywords:

Gravity Rod

Indexer Notes

Letterer and background ink credits by Craig Delich.

The Million Dollar Orphan (Table of Contents: 4)

The Hourman / 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]; Danny McGrew; Thorndyke Tompkins; Joe (villain)

Synopsis:

Rex Tyler visits an orphanage and tries to impress the kids with several scientific experiments, and all are impressed...that is, except one, who is suddenly kidnapped by thugs. But when the Hourman tries to rescue the young boy, he refuses to be saved and seems to want to have a ransom paid for his safe return!

Indexer Notes

Ken Fitch credit removed by Craig Delich. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.

Eagle Eye (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script:

Edgar Weston

Letters:

typeset

Genre:

western-frontier

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Clancy the Cop / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text:

Hmm - Maybe a little culture will do me some good...

Genre:

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Popsicle / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[The Origin of Tarsi the Tiger Boy] (Table of Contents: 8)

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; Tarsi

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.23 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Shorty / comic story / 0.44 page (report information)

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text:

I'm going on submarine duty today!

Genre:

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Prize Comics / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

Three Badmen on a Horse (Table of Contents: 12)

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]

Indexer Notes

Writer credit verified by Martin O'Hearn.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13)

Chief Hot Foot / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text:

Me go to big city...

Genre:

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Morrow Coaster Brake / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Laffs / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script:

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks:

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text:

Officer Reilly isn't here...

Genre:

humor

["Now, look, Rover...] (Table of Contents: 16)

Gee Man / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script:

Ray McGill

Pencils:

Ray McGill (signed)

Inks:

Ray McGill (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Genre:

humor

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

The Legend of the Silent Bear (Table of Contents: 18)

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]

Reprints:

• in The New Gods (DC, 1971 series) #7 (February-March 1972)

Mr. Noah Raids the Town! (Table of Contents: 19)

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]; Mr. Noah [Noah Barton] (villain)

Synopsis:

Noah Barton's disturbing dream leads him to discover a way to make himself wealthy, yet avert suspicion from himself and his gang by posing as a modern-day Noah, predicting doom and gloom for mankind.

Reprints:

• in The Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2009 series) ([August] 2009)

Now on Sale (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21) (Expand) /

Daisy Air Rifles / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Tootsie Roll of Honor (Table of Contents: 22) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page (report information)