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Issue: Adventure Comics #80
Publication Date: November 1942
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Issues: #80 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: 09/22/1942
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 20 (8 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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Original Artwork
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Title Page
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby [as Kirby] (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Simon ? [as Simon] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sandman
Character(s): The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Starman [Ted Knight] (inset)
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagGolden Age Starman Archives #2 published August 2009
In Issue: FlagThe Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #[nn] published October 2009
In Content Item: FlagThe Forever People #7 published February 1972
as Adventure Comics No. 80 [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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[untitled]

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Good Books Worth Reading
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover.
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The Man Who Couldn't Sleep!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Kirby (signed)
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby (signed)
Inker(s): Joe Simon ? (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Howard Ferguson
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sandman
Character(s): The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Nick Parks; Felix Black (villain); Blackie (villain); Smokey (villain)
Synopsis: The Sandman is able to assist a new criminal who suffers from the lack of sleep and has taken up crime only because he hasn't had a wink of sleep in 40 years, and needs something to occupy the long nights!
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In Issue: FlagThe Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #[nn] published October 2009
In Content Item: FlagThe Forever People #7 published February 1972
as The Man Who Couldn't Sleep! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAdventure Comics #491 [Direct Sales] published September 1982
as The Man Who Couldn't Sleep! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Henry Boltinoff
Penciller(s): Henry Boltinoff
Inker(s): Henry Boltinoff
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Gags
First Line: You mean everything doesn't go?
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Miscellaneous
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; The Justice Society of America
First Line: Here it is again!
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.5
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The Time-Machine Crime!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alfred Bester
Penciller(s): Jack Burnley; Mort Meskin (page 10, panels 3-7 & page 11)
Inker(s): Jack Burnley; Ray Burnley (backgroud inks on Burnley work); George Roussos (page 10, panels 3-7 & page 11)
Colorist(s): Raymond Perry
Letterer(s): Betty Bentley (on Burnley work only)
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Starman
Character(s): Starman [Ted Knight]; William Shakespeare; Statler (villain); Noggin (villain); Four-Eyes (villain)
Synopsis: A gang uses a professor's time machine to travel into the past and bring William Shakespeare into the present, and use his ideas to commit crimes.
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In Issue: FlagGolden Age Starman Archives #2 published August 2009
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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Poland Lives On

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sidney M. Elias
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Stamps
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page includes many small ads from stamps dealers.
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Adventure of the Desperate Dragons

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joseph Greene?
Penciller(s): Louis Cazeneuve
Inker(s): Louis Cazeneuve
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: 11
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Coo-Coo
First Line: Gzaw-w-w-w-w-w...
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.44
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.23
Disclose Notes: A few small ads.
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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): Leading Comics
First Line: Like a broken drum...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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The Enigma of the Absent-Minded Artists!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Alfred Bester
Penciller(s): Stan Kaye
Inker(s): Stan Kaye
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: teen
Feature(s): Genius Jones
Character(s): Genius Jones
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Don't Miss Your Favorites!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Man Trap Island!

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): Manhunter
Character(s): Manhunter [Paul Kirk]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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Good Old Joe

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bill Ayres
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Case of the Sponsored Crooks!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bernard Baily (signed)
Inker(s): Bernard Baily (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Bernard Baily
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Hourman and Thorndyke
Character(s): The Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Thorndyke Tompkins; John Brown; Earl Adams; Mary Mode; Peter Fry; un-named radio show sponsor (villain)
Synopsis: Hourman and four people who are famous in the world of wealth and industry are invited to appear on The Radio Treasure Hunt Show, each having to retrieve some odd item, the first returning winning $1000. However, it is Rex Tyler (not Hourman) and Thorndyke who soon discover the pattern of resulting robberies occurring in the city, as they target the very people appearing on the show.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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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): American Specialty Co.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Energy That's Ready for Action!

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Baby Ruth
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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