Adventure Comics #86 (1943) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Jack Kirby	The Sandman; Sandy; Starman (inset)
1	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
2	The Big Eight	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.67
3	The Boy Who Was Too Big for His Breeches	comic story	10	script: Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Simon; letters: Howard Ferguson	The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Bobby Beecham; Little Joe Grolich (villain); Firetop Fink (villain); Croker (villain)
5	The Battle of the Mental Marvels!	comic story	8	script: Alfred Bester; pencils: Stan Kaye; inks: Stan Kaye	Genius Jones
6	Twist in Time!	comic story	7.5	script: Joe Samachson; pencils: Louis Cazeneuve; inks: Louis Cazeneuve	The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; T. O. Morrow (only appearance)
7	All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.5
8	The Moonman's Muggs!	comic story	9	script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Emil Gershwin; inks: Emil Gershwin	Starman [Ted Knight]; The Moonman [Dennis Towns] (villain)
10	Catalogue of Crime	comic story	9	pencils: Pierce Rice; letters: Howard Ferguson	Manhunter [Paul Kirk]
11	A Vote for Sheriff	text story	1.67	script: Ed Blake
13	The Art of War!	comic story	8	script: Joe Samachson; pencils: Irving Tirman; inks: Irving Tirman	Mike Gibbs
14	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1

Plus 3.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

Collection	Year
Golden Age Starman Archives #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-2283-3	2009	On eBay ›
The Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-2299-4	2009	On eBay ›
Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War #[nn] ISBN 978-1-60699-987-5	2017	On eBay ›

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