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Issue: Adventure Comics #72
Publication Date: March 1942
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Issues: #72 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: 01/27/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth [as F. W. Ellsworth] (credited)
Disclose Notes: On-sale date from copyright registration.
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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
Format Notes:  
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Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Burnley
Inker(s): Jack Burnley
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Starman
Character(s): Starman; Starman (inset)
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagGolden Age Starman Archives #1 published July 2000
In Issue: FlagThe Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #[nn] published October 2009
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Lancaster County Seed Co.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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Case of the Magic Bloodstone!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gardner Fox
Penciller(s): Jack Burnley (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Burnley (signed); Ray Burnley (backgrounds)
Colorist(s): Raymond Perry
Letterer(s): Betty Bentley
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Starman
Character(s): The Starman [Ted Knight]; Woodley Allen; Doris Lee; Archibald Dalton; Smithers (death); Laura Dalton; Arab Avenger [Frisby] (villain, introduction, Dalton's butler); Dervishes of Death (villains, introduction)
Synopsis: Starman becomes involved in a case involving the mysterious deaths of several members of an expedition in the Arabian Desert who had taken an accursed bloodstone from an ancient temple.
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In Issue: FlagGolden Age Starman Archives #1 published July 2000
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Jerry the Jitterbug
First Line: Not many fellows out now...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): "Super" Duper; Canada Dry Ginger Ale
First Line: Gosh that 'Hono-Lulu' tasted good!
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Pages: 1
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The Adventure of the Stolen Armor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Creig Flessel
Inker(s): Creig Flessel
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Shining Knight
Character(s): The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 13
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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The Wrath of Moto by Attilio Gatti

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Josette Frank
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Good Books Worth Reading
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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The Bullet-Proof Tigers

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Lehti
Penciller(s): Jack Lehti
Inker(s): Jack Lehti
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure
Feature(s): Steve Conrad, Adventurer
Character(s): Steve Conrad
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Dr. Glisten's Submarine Pirates

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ken Fitch
Penciller(s): Bernard Baily (signed)
Inker(s): Bernard Baily (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bernard Baily
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Hourman
Character(s): The Hour-Man [Rex Tyler]; Captain Frank Preston; Janet Kirby; Mr. Bannerman; Dr. Glisten (villain, introduction); Wayne Carson (villain)
Synopsis: When a U.S. submarine officer is kidnapped, the Hourman discovers it's all due to the evil Dr. Glisten, who uses a strange glow to hypnotize his victims, then uses them to operate private submarines to plunder shipping and blame it on enemy submarines.
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In Content Item: FlagWanted. The World's Most Dangerous Villains #7 published March 1973
as Dr. Glisten's Submarine Pirates [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagMighty Comic #114 published August 1976
as Dr. Glisten [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Talisman

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Norman Goss
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1.67
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Several small ads.
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Superman Is in the Movies!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Adventures of Superman
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ray McGill (signed)
Penciller(s): Ray McGill (signed)
Inker(s): Ray McGill (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gee Man
First Line: Gee, Rover - It must be fun to be a detectiff...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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The Fish-Men

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Moore
Penciller(s): Ed Moore
Inker(s): Ed Moore
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Ed Moore
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Paul Kirk, Manhunter
Character(s): Paul Kirk
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Funnies
First Line: Will it make pretty smoke signals?
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Pages: 0.5
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Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): All-Star Comics; Leading Comics
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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The Riddle of the Slave Market

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby
Inker(s): Joe Simon ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Howard Ferguson
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sandman
Character(s): The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Nick Firelli; Pete Bragg (villain)
Synopsis: Sandman finds himself just another slave being offered to the highest bidder after trying to investigate claims that a modern slave market has been put into operation by a Pete Bragg.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagThe Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #[nn] published October 2009
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: First Simon and Kirby Sandman story. Sandy's last name changed to Hawkins from McGann.
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Now on Sale

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): National Radio Institute
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Muscle Power Co.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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