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Issue: Adventure Comics #86
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Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagDC
Indicia Publisher: Detective Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 04/20/1943
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 16 (7 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
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Jack Kirby ?
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superhero
The Sandman
The Sandman; Sandy; Starman (inset)
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Editorial Advisory Board

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Inside front cover.
The Big Eight

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Inside front cover.
The Boy Who Was Too Big for His Breeches

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Jack Kirby (signed)
Jack Kirby (signed)
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Howard Ferguson
Subject Matter
superhero
The Sandman
The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Bobby Beecham; Little Joe Grolich (villain); Firetop Fink (villain); Croker (villain)
A young boy, who continually complains to his parents that he doesn't have long pants to wear to school, meets up with the Sandman and Sandy, helping them round up four dangerous crooks. His reward: the long pants he always desired!
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Popsicle
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The Battle of the Mental Marvels!

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Alfred Bester
Stan Kaye
Stan Kaye
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Subject Matter
teen
Genius Jones
Genius Jones
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Twist in Time!

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Joe Samachson
Louis Cazeneuve
Louis Cazeneuve
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Subject Matter
superhero
The Shining Knight
The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; T. O. Morrow (only appearance)
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All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America
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The Moonman's Muggs!

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Gardner Fox
Emil Gershwin
Emil Gershwin
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Subject Matter
superhero
Starman
Starman [Ted Knight]; The Moonman [Dennis Towns] (villain)
After losing all his money trying to break land speed records, Dennis Towns decides to fly off into space and to the Moon as a blind to cover for a series of robberies on Earth.
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Energy Is Ammunition!

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Subject Matter
Baby Ruth
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Catalogue of Crime

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Pierce Rice
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Howard Ferguson
Subject Matter
superhero
Manhunter
Manhunter [Paul Kirk]
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9
A Vote for Sheriff

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Ed Blake
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Model Planes

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The Crowell-Collier Publishing Co.
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The Art of War!

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Joe Samachson
Irving Tirman
Irving Tirman
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Subject Matter
Mike Gibbs, Guerrilla
Mike Gibbs
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[untitled]

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Be sure to get these top favorites for the best in comics!
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Inside back cover.
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Wonders of Science Simplified
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Back cover.

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