Adventure Comics
#95
(December 1944-January 1945)
DC,
1938 Series
- Price
- 0.10 USD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1944-10-17
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Detective Comics Inc.
- Brand
-
A Superman DC Publication
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited as F. W. Ellsworth) (editor)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from copyright registration.
[no title indexed]
Sandman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Jack Kirby (signed as Kirby)
- Inks
- Pen Shumaker ? (signed as Simon)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Sandman; Sandy; Starman (inset)
- Reprints
-
in Men of Mystery Comics (AC, 1999 series) #41 (2003) - in Golden Age Starman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #2 ([August] 2009)
- in The Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2009 series) ([October] 2009)
-
Indexer Notes
Shumaker's mouths are very distinctive.
The Riddle of the Rembrandt!
Sandman / comic story / 10 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Goro (villain); Pork Barrel Repp (villain)
- Synopsis
- Wes and Sandy, while visiting a museum, discover a fake Rembrandt hanging on the wall, so Wes offers to buy the piece from the curator. When this piece is stolen from the Dodd's residence, the Sandman discovers that a criminal artist has been hired to touch-up real Rembrandts, then buy them as fakes, thus benefiting the felon behind the scenes.
Indexer Notes
Artist identification made by Jerry Bails.
Capturing the Counterfeiters
Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola / advertisement / 1 page
Victory Makes Hay!
The Shining Knight / comic story / 8.67 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]
The Professor Plays Safe!
Starman / comic story / 8 pages
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Starman [Ted Knight]; Professor Lathrop Q. Barnes; G. Granville Lathrop; Terrible Toby (villain); Spike (villain)
- Synopsis
- Professor Barnes is on his way to the annual Astronomer's Convention, but accidentally attends the Eastern Banker's Convention and is locked in a supposed burglar-proof safe. When Barnes fails to show up at the Astronomer's Convention, Ted Knight switches to Starman to look for the missing professor.
- Reprints
- in Golden Age Starman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #2 ([August] 2009)
-
[no title indexed]
Shorty / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Pencils
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Inks
- Henry Boltinoff (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look smoke rings!
- Genre
- humor; military
Soda Boy
text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Jack Miller (credited as Jesse Merlan)
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Second page on inside back cover.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Sandman -
1.
Editorial Advisory Board
-
2.
["Only in a Superman DC publication..."]
Batman; The Boy Commandos; Superman -
3.
The Riddle of the Rembrandt!
Sandman -
4.
Capturing the Counterfeiters
Adventures of "R. C." and Quickie; Royal Crown Cola -
5.
Victory Makes Hay!
The Shining Knight -
6.
["Say, General..."]
Buzzy -
7.
["If you fellows would all eat Wheaties..."]
Wheaties -
8.
The Professor Plays Safe!
Starman -
9.
["Look smoke rings!"]
Shorty -
10.
Capt. Tootsie and the Toy Cannon
Captain Tootsie; Tootsie Roll -
11.
Soda Boy
-
12.
The Honest Crook!
Genius Jones -
13.
Flying Models of Famous Fighter Planes
Wheaties -
14.
Conquest Doesn't Pay!
Mike Gibbs, Guerrilla -
15.
[no title indexed]
Metro Publications -
16.
["It just comes natural to me, sir..."]
Eveready Batteries
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