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81December 1942
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Adventure Comics #81

DC · December 1942 · on sale 1942-10-20

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Identification plate

Series
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#81
Publication date
December 1942
Key date
1942-12-00
On-sale date
1942-10-20
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe SimonThe Sandman; Sandy; Starman (inset)
2A Drama in Dreamscomic story10script: Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Simon; letters: Howard FergusonThe Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Mr. Bright; Mr. Stark; Actor (villain); Mopey (villain)
4Guns and Goldtext story2script: Eric Carter
5Starman's Lucky Star!comic story9script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: George RoussosStarman [Ted Knight]; Woodley Allen; Doris Lee; Professor Leland Brown; Ray Talbot; Mr. Cord; Rufus Cord; Hunch Haggard (villain); Muggsy (villain); un-named astrologer (villain)
6Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
7The White Panthertext article0.67script: Josette Frank
8The Enigma of the Nonagenarian Natator!comic story8script: Alfred Bester; pencils: Stan Kaye; inks: Stan KayeGenius Jones
10The Adventure of the Queen's Jadescomic story11pencils: Louis Cazeneuve; inks: Louis CazeneuveThe Shining Knight [Sir Justin]
11All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of Americapromo (ad from the publisher)0.44
12Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.13letters: typeset
15The Case of the Crying Cat!comic story9pencils: Pierce RiceManhunter [Paul Kirk]
16Gagscartoon0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
17Hurry! Hurry!promo (ad from the publisher)0.5
18The Oath of the Trinitarianstext article0.5script: Sidney M. Elias
20Time Out for Hitler!comic story8script: Al Bester; pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Bernard BailyThe Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Thorndyke Tompkins; Mr. Bannerman; Baron Glantz (villain); Hans (villain); Adolf (villain)
22Don't Miss Your Favorites!promo (ad from the publisher)1

Plus 5.93 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 sequences, as published.

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