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Issue: Adventure Comics #68
Publication Date: November 1941
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Issues: #68 of 472 Issues (530 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: A Superman DC PublicationView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 09/30/1941
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration. On-sale date of October 1 in house ad in Action Comics #42.

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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Golden Age U.S.; standard Silver Age U.S.; standard Modern Age U.S.; digest (5" x 6.75") (#491-503)
Paper Stock: glossy cover (#32-490); cardstock cover (#491-503); newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched; squarebound (#390, 416, 491-503)
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Starman
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In Issue: FlagGolden Age Starman Archives #1 published July 2000
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Pages: 1
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Another Message to Our Readers

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The Blaze of Doom!

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Starman [Ted Knight]; Doris Lee; Woodley Allen; Bill Baxter (villain); Classy; un-named lumberjacks (villains, introduction for all)
Synopsis: Starman reacts to the threat of mysterious forest fires in order to save a group of rangers trapped by the flames, and discovers a plot by disgruntled lumberjacks to hurt the nation's defense contracts that need the lumber.
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In Issue: FlagGolden Age Starman Archives #1 published July 2000
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Pages: 13
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Movie-Making Menace

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]
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Superman Krypto-Raygun

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Feature(s): Superman Krypto-Raygun
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Death at the Opera

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Genres: superhero
Character(s): The Hour-Man (Rex Tyler]; Regina Bannerman (Mr. Bannerman's niece); Ravel (conductor, death); The Mask [Frenessi] (a conductor, introduction, death); Tony Fabbio (villain, death)
Synopsis: Rex and Regina attend the opening performance of a new opera, not realizing that the former conductor of the old opera is seeking revenge on a variety of the patrons responsible for bringing in new faces and musicians.
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Action! Thrills!

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Feature(s): Lionel
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Tyrant of the Island of Tago-Tago

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Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Steve Conrad, Adventurer
Character(s): Steve Conrad
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The Jinx Shop by Howard Pease

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Feature(s): Good Books Worth Reading
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New Films for Your Superman Krypto-Raygun

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Feature(s): Daisy Mfg. Co.
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Superman Is in the Movies!

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Feature(s): The Adventures of Superman
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Spies! The Destroyers of Modern Civilization!

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Genres: mystery
Character(s): Ann Baird; Lt. Kincaid; James Wilbur
First Line: Steve Carson, ace F.B.I. agent is returning to San Francisco, where he has been relieving agents on vacation.
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Disclose Notes: A box beneath the final panel on the last page promotes the recurring feature: "Steve Carson ace of the F.B.I. appears in every issue of Adventure Comics!"
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Past Performance

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Clean-Up

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Pages: 0.33
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The Spanish Banker

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Paul Kirk, Manhunter
Character(s): Paul Kirk
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Crime on Ice

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Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sandman
Character(s): The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Dian Belmont; Distract Attorney Belmont; Harold Mossman; Lola; Edouard Ernst (villain, physicist); Slim Sam (villain); Tom Thomas (villain); Jim (villain)
Synopsis: The criminal underworld approaches a noted physicist who is in great need of funds to continue his experiments. But there is a catch: the physicist must agree to encase the star witnesses in a criminal trial in blocks of ice until after the trial has concluded.
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Choose Your Prize

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Feature(s): American Specialty Co.
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[untitled]

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Feature(s): Daisy Air Rifles
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Plenty of Energy

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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