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Issue: Adventure Comics #102
Publication Date: February 1946
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Issues: #102 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: 01/02/1946
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 21 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Whitney Ellsworth [as F. W. Ellsworth] (credited editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
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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Cover, Front
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Jack Kirby [as Kirby] (signed)
Inker(s): ? [as Simon] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Editorial Advisory Board

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Inside Front Cover (IFC)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
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E Is for Elephant

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Inside Front Cover (IFC)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.67
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The Dream of Peter Green!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Gil Kane
Inker(s): Marvin Stein
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Sandman
Character(s): The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Peter Green; Webb (villain); Ratsy (villain)
Synopsis: Fed up with crowded city conditions, Peter Green dreams of a new recreation center for the kids in the city to use, but it's the Sandman who must battle a crooked building contractor using inferior materials to build it.
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In Issue: FlagThe Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #[nn] published October 2009
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Roland Coe (signed)
Inker(s): Roland Coe (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, sports
Feature(s): Wheaties
First Line: The other team isn't here yet, coach...
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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The Meteor Mob!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Samachson
Penciller(s): Emil Gershwin
Inker(s): Emil Gershwin
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): Starman
Character(s): Starman [Ted Knight]; Shiver (villain); Shiver's gang (villains)
Synopsis: The Stellar Crime-Crusher faces a gang of crooks who use man-made meteors to conveniently land on a bank or jewelry store, making it easy pickings for them.
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In Issue: FlagGolden Age Starman Archives #2 published August 2009
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Oddity: Artist Gershwin mistakenly pictures Starman's Gravity Rod holster on the left hip rather than the right in panel 1 on page 6.

Final Golden Age Starman story.
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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): Kellogg's Pep
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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King "Artie's" Crime Court!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Samachson
Penciller(s): Chuck Winter
Inker(s): Chuck Winter
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: superhero
Feature(s): The Shining Knight
Character(s): The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]
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Pages: 7.67
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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): Real Fact Comics; Animal Antics
First Line: Thrilling!
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Pages: 0.33
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Lit-Win
Penciller(s): Lit-Win
Inker(s): Lit-Win
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Jasper
First Line: Hmm! That should be some show!
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Pages: 0.5
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Fleers
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Pages: 0.5
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The Invisible Alibi

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): V. V. Dredaine (credited)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: drama
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The Eighth Day of the Week!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Whitney Ellsworth
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: 6
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Al Plastino
Inker(s): Al Plastino
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, science fiction
Feature(s): Volto from Mars; Grape-Nuts Flakes
First Line: Golly, Joe! What's this?
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Full page sequential panel art ad for Grape-Nuts Flakes.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Pretty Kitty
First Line: Ah! Food!!
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Pages: 0.5
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Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): History's Mysteries; Smith Brothers Cough Drops
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Pages: 0.5
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Honorable Information, Please!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Joe Samachson
Penciller(s): Maurice Del Bourgo
Inker(s): Maurice Del Bourgo
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: war
Feature(s): Mike Gibbs, Guerrilla
Character(s): Mike Gibbs
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Henry Iba

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction
Feature(s): Wheaties
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Full page cartoon ad for Wheaties.
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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): Illinois Merchandise Mart
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Pages: 1
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Advertisement  on  Inside Back Cover (IBC)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): National Radio Institute
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Pages: 1
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"Vest Pocket" Power

Advertisement  on  Cover, Back
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Eveready
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1

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