Adventure Comics #76

(July 1942)

[Starman Eclipses the Sun] (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]; 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 out-fitted with fantastic weapons and a rocketship, as they take on the personnas 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 (2008-2-24).

The Million Dollar Orphan (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2008-2-24. Writer credit revised from Ken Fitch? to ? by Craig Delich 2010-2-6.

[The Origin of Tarsi the Tiger Boy] (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; Tarsi

Three Badmen on a Horse (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]

Indexer Notes

Writer credit verified by Martin O'Hearn.

The Legend of the Silent Bear (Table of Contents: 5)

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: 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]; 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)