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ADVENTURE COMICS #64

Cover Date: July 1941
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Jack Burnley

Story: "The Mystery of the Men With the Staring Eyes!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Jack Burnley
Lettering	Betty Burnley
Colors	Raymond Perry
Associate editing	Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Starman

Supporting Character(s):

Doris Lee

Woodley Allen

Villain(s):

Prince Ahmed (first appearance; uses hypnosis to create "thought-robots" who are men who have glassy eyes and great strength and agility)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Story Reprinted in:

Golden Age Starman Archives #1 (2000)

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Second Story: [No Title] (4 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Jerry Siegel
Art	Chad Grothkopf
Lettering	Chad Grothkopf
Associate editing	Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Steve Carson

Villain(s):

opium smugglers operating out of Rock Prison (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Rock Prison, Key West, FL

Comment(s):

Chad Grothkopf credited as Chad

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Third Story: "The Little Men Who Weren't There" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Bernard Baily
Lettering	Bernard Baily
Associate editing	Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Hourman (Rex Tyler; last in All-Star Comics #5)

Villain(s):

Doctor Iker (first appearance; creates homunculuai from "fifth dimensional" matter; next in JSA #5)

Other Character(s):

Dr. Orr (first appearance; President of the Science Club}

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Fourth Story: [No title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Ed Moore
Art	Ed Moore
Lettering	Ed Moore
Associate editing	Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Paul Kirk (disguises himself as Paul Danton, a crook)

Villain(s):

Cowboy Kline and Rabbit Welsh (first appearance for both; attempt a prison break)

Location(s):

Georgia

Comment(s):

This Paul Kirk is not known to be related to the mystery man Paul Kirk, the Manhunter

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Fifth Story: [No Title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Gardner Fox
Art	Jack Lehti
Associate editing	Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Cotton Carver (becomes Prince of Sarthon)

Supporting Character(s):

Deela

Villain(s):

Kalay (first appearance; a raider in northern Sarthon; becomes Carver's ally)

Location(s):

Sarthon

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Sixth Story: "The Unseen Man!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Craig Flessel
Associate editing	Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Sandman (last in All-Star Comics #5)

Supporting Character(s):

Dian Belmont (last in All-Star Comics #5)

Villain(s):

The Unseen Man (first appearance; an art store clerk who creates paint that makes the wearer invisible)

Solicitation:

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