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Adventure Comics 68

ADVENTURE COMICS #68

Cover Date: November 1941
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Art: Jack Burnley


Story: "The Menace of the Invisible Raiders!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryAlfred Bester
ArtJack Burnley
LetteringBetty Burnley
ColorsRaymond Perry
Associate editingMort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Starman (last in DC 2000 #2)

Supporting Character(s):

Doris Lee
Woodley Allen

Villain(s):

Bill Baxter (first appearance; a saboteur and a spy using lumberjacks to destroy America's lumber supply)

Location(s):

North Woods

Story Reprinted in:

Golden Age Starman Archives #1 (2000)


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Second Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryHenry Lynne Perkins
ArtCraig Flessel
LetteringCraig Flessel
Associate editingMort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Shining Knight

Supporting Character(s):

Winged Victory
Professor Moresby

Villain(s):

Morton (first appearance; a make-up artist who runs a protection racket against a movie studio)

Location(s):

New York City, NY


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Third Story: "Death at the Opera" (8 Pages)

Credits:

ArtBernard Baily
LetteringBernard Baily
Associate editingMort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Hourman (Rex Tyler; last in DC 2000 #2)

Supporting Character(s):

Regina Bannermain

Villain(s):

The Mask (Frenessi; first appearance; an older conductor moved out of the way for new talent)

Other Character(s):

Ravel (first appearance; an orchestra conductor; dies)


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (4 Pages)

Credits:

ArtChad Grothkopf
LetteringChad Grothkopf
Associate editingMort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Steve Carson

Villain(s):

spies (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Washington, DC

Comment(s):

Chad Grothkopf credited as Chad


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Fifth Story: [No title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEd Moore
ArtEd Moore
LetteringEd Moore
Associate editingMort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Paul Kirk

Villain(s):

Denton (first appearance; a saboteur who uses Kirk to foil a business meeting)

Comment(s):

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


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Sixth Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

ArtPaul Norris
Associate editingMort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Sandman (last in DC 2000 #2; next in All-Star Comics #8)

Supporting Character(s):

Dian Belmont (next in All-Star Comics #8)
District Attorney Belmont (next in All-Star Comics #8)

Villain(s):

Slim Sam and Thomas (first appearance for both; uses Ernst's freezing to kidnap witnesses to their crimes)

Other Character(s):

Professor Edouard Ernst (first appearance; invents a system of cryogenically suspending life)

Location(s):

New York City, NY


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