Adventure Comics #77

(August 1942)

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

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

Little Oscar's First Air Raid by Lydia Mead (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

Josette Frank

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

It's hard to believe that anything about air raids can be funny---but this book is.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Finder's Keepers! (Table of Contents: 3)

Starman / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Gardner Fox

Pencils

Jack Burnley (signed)

Inks

Jack Burnley (signed); Ray Burnley (background inks)

Colors

Raymond Perry

Letters

Betty Bentley

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The cell! It--it's plumb disappeared!

Genre

superhero

Characters

Starman [Ted Knight]; Doris Lee; Woodley Allen; Honey Jenkins; the Mist (villain)

Synopsis

The Mist engages in a campaign using valuable items that people find on the street to hypnotize the finder, and later perpetrating thefts from those individuals.

Reprints

• in Wanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains (DC, 1972 series) #6 (February 1973)
• in Golden Age Starman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #2 ([August] 2009)
• in DC's Wanted: The World's Most Dangerous Super-Villains (DC, 2020 series) ([May] 2020)

Indexer Notes

Letterer and background ink credits by Craig Delich.

The Case of the Hi-Jacked Hep-Cats! (Table of Contents: 4)

Hourman and Thorndyke / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

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Pencils

Bernard Baily (signed)

Inks

Bernard Baily (signed)

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Bernard Baily (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Say, fellows--how about going over to the clubhouse and rehearsin' our band?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Thorndyke Tompkins; Minutemen of America [Red; one unnamed]; Hambone Hoskins (villain); Looey (villain)

Synopsis

When some thugs steal the Minute Men's musical instruments and replaces them with new examples, the Hourman investigates and discovers that the stolen clarinet plays several notes that opens a mystery safe left behind by a millionaire.

Indexer Notes

Ken Fitch script credit removed by Craig Delich. Letters credit also confirmed by Delich.

Note: Thorndyke wears a partial Hourman costume in this story (cape and hourglass).

Sharp Eyes (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Eric Carter (credited)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The melancholy song which had been accompanying the tinkling guitar stilled.

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

Gags / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff

Inks

Henry Boltinoff

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Letters

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ed - I had to do it...

Genre

humor

Another Big Issue of All-Star (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

All-Star Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Buddy / comic story / 0.44 page (report information)

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Your mom says for you to come right home...

Genre

humor; children

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

statement of ownership / 0.23 page (report information)

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Letters

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

advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

The Case of the Off-Key Crooner (Table of Contents: 11)

Genius Jones / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Alfred Bester

Pencils

Stan Kaye (signed)

Inks

Stan Kaye (signed)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Well, Johnny, our three year cruise has taken us all over the world.

Genre

teen

Characters

Genius Jones (introduction, origin)

The Horseless Cowboy (Table of Contents: 12)

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

Script

Henry Lynne Perkins

Pencils

Louis Cazeneuve

Inks

Louis Cazeneuve

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

In good sooth, my winged victory...

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]

Indexer Notes

Writer credit verified by Martin O'Hearn.

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

Laffs / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

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First Line of Dialogue or Text

Last one around is a sissy!

Genre

humor

Sure-Fire Formula! (Table of Contents: 14) (Expand) /

Leading Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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

Kool-Aid / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The Stone of Vengeance! (Table of Contents: 16)

Manhunter / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Kirby

Pencils

Jack Kirby

Inks

Joe Simon ?

Colors

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Letters

Howard Ferguson

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hah. hah hah... at last, it's mine!

Genre

superhero; detective-mystery

Characters

Manhunter [Paul Kirk]

Reprints

• in The New Gods (DC, 1971 series) #8 (April-May 1972)

Now on Sale (Table of Contents: 17) (Expand) /

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

Dreams of Doom (Table of Contents: 18)

Sandman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Kirby (signed)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (signed)

Inks

Joe Simon (signed)

Colors

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Letters

Howard Ferguson

First Line of Dialogue or Text

I won't be needing the car today Antoine.

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Monroe Alvin; Torchy Grogan (villain); Bugs Baron (villain); Doctor Hoak (villain)

Synopsis

One of America's richest men is afraid of the dark and turns to the Sandman to solve his problem and hopefully end his horrific nightmares. But the man's personal psychiatrist has different ideas.

Reprints

• in The Forever People (DC, 1971 series) #8 (April-May 1972)
• in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #496 (February 1983)
• in Sandman (Les Humanoïdes Associés, 1984 series) (septembre 1984) [N&B [B&W]]
• in The Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2009 series) ([October] 2009)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

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A special message to the boys and girls of America from Henry Morgenthau, Jr. - Secretary of the Treasury!

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

The Tootsie Roll of Honor (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page (report information)