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.

[The Case of the Sinister 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 ([July] 2000)

Keywords

Gravity Rod

Indexer Notes

Letterer and background ink credits by Craig Delich. Story title from the Archives reprint.

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 (signed)

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 (signed)

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 (signed)

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 (signed)

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 (signed)

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 (signed)

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) ([October] 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)