Adventure Comics #79

(October 1942)

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

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

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

Script

?

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Tune of Terrific Toby (Table of Contents: 3)

Starman / comic story / 11 pages (report information)

Script

Alfred Bester

Pencils

Jack Burnley

Inks

Jack Burnley; Ray Burnley (background inks)

Colors

Raymond Perry

Letters

Betty Bentley

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Starman [Ted Knight]; Terrific Toby [Toby Weems]; the Soup-Gang [Nick Armstrong, Muley, Joey] (villains, introduction for all)

Synopsis

When Toby Weems stages a phony rescue of his office staff from a so-called bomb, he becomes a hero, which has some advantages with scaring underworld hoods. But his ego begins bothering him, so he seeks out Starman to help make him a real hero!

Reprints

• in Golden Age Starman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #2 ([August] 2009)

Indexer Notes

Background inks and letterer credits by Craig Delich.

The Stroke of Doom! (Table of Contents: 4)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Bernard Baily

Inks

Bernard Baily

Colors

?

Letters

Bernard Baily ?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Thorndyke Tompkins; Hans (bell maker, death); Gun Gunther (villain); Prof. Pitts (villain); Piper (villain)

Synopsis

Hourman must battle the murderous plan of a criminal combine that uses the destructive tone of a specially constructed large bell...sounds which cause death, destruction and madness for miles while the perpetrators are protected from the pulsations by vibro-mitters.

Indexer Notes

Ken Fitch script credit removed by Craig Delich. Letterer credit from Craig Delich.

Thorndyke wears a partial Hourman costume in this story (red cape with yellow trim and hourglass).

The Man from L. A. (Table of Contents: 5)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Dan Macy (house name)

Letters

typeset

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

Private Pete / comic story / 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

Wait here - I'll see if the sergeant will see you...

Genre

humor; military

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

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

Energy to Get There! (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Baby Ruth / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Case of the Love-Sick Submarine! (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Script

Alfred Bester

Pencils

Stan Kaye

Inks

Stan Kaye

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

teen

Characters

Genius Jones

The Mystery of the Shining Knight's Rival (Table of Contents: 10)

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

Script

?

Pencils

Louis Cazeneuve

Inks

Louis Cazeneuve

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]

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

Gertie / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

This is a camel, Gertie...

Genre

humor; children

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

advertisement / 0.25 page (report information)

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

Prize Comics / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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

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

Gosh - I thought the tree was a mirage!

Genre

humor

Biggest and Best! (Table of Contents: 15) (Expand) /

World's Finest Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

Manhunter Battles the Cobras of the Deep (Table of Contents: 16)

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 Detective Comics (DC, 1937 series) #440 (April-May 1974)
• in Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly (K. G. Murray, 1965 ? series) #116 ([December 1974] ?)

Footprints in the Sands of Time (Table of Contents: 17)

The Sandman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Jack Kirby (signed)

Pencils

Jack Kirby (signed)

Inks

Joe Simon ? (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

Howard Ferguson

Genre

superhero

Characters

The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; The Curio Man (villain); Ruffy (villain)

Synopsis

Sandman and Sandy track down the whereabouts of an hourglass, made in the days of the Greek Emperor, Michael Commenus [sic], onto which is engraved the lost formula for making water burn.

Reprints

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

Now on Sale (Table of Contents: 18) (Expand) /

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

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

Muscle Power Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20) (Expand) /

Webster's Comprehensive Encyclopedic Dictionary / advertisement / 1 page (report information)