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ADVENTURE COMICS #71
Cover Date: February 1942
Cover Price: $.10
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Cover Credits:
Art: Jack Burnley
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Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Jack Burnley |
| Lettering | Betty Burnley |
| Colors | Raymond Perry |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Starman (next in All-Star Comics #9)
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Light (also as The Unknown; last in issue #65)
- Futurites (first appearance; large brutish men from the future who cannot breathe our atmosphere)
Other Character(s):
- Professor Juniper Grimm (first appearance; builds a Time-Sphere)
Location(s):
- Gotham City
- Earth circa 2941 and 3941
Comment(s):
- It is unknown whether Professor Grimm was a member of the Time Trust
Story Reprinted in:
- Golden Age Starman Archives #1 (2000)
Credits:
| Art | Craig Flessel |
| Lettering | Craig Flessel |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Shining Knight (last in Leading Comics #1)
Supporting Character(s):
- Winged Victory (last in Leading Comics #1)
Villain(s):
- J. Savarr (first appearance; an aristocratic overlord of crime)
- Beefy,Buzz and Monk (first appearance; three members of Savarr's gang)
Other Character(s):
- Drew Frayne (first appearance; hires crooks to pretend to get beaten up by him, gets kidnapped instead)
- Mae Van Gelder (first appearance; Drew's girlfriend)
Credits:
| Art | Bernard Baily |
| Lettering | Bernard Baily |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Hourman (Rex Tyler; last in Green Lantern: Fear Itself; next in All-Star Squadron #38; uses a Miraclo Ray to activate his powers)
Supporting Character(s):
- Minute-Man Martin (wears a boy sized version of Hourman's costume; last in issue #66; next in issue #73)
- Thorndyke (in between issues #66 and #74)
Villain(s):
- Dr. Destiny (Mr. Stone; first appearance; replaces the original Dr. Destiny and kills members of the Century Radio Syndicate with zodiac-appropriate methods)
Other Character(s):
- Dr. Destiny (first appearance; a radio astrologer)
Credits:
| Story | Ed Moore |
| Art | Ed Moore |
| Lettering | Ed Moore |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Wentworth Vandle (first appearance; attempts to swindle Mr. Kirk out of $500)
Other Character(s):
- Mr. Kirk (first appearance; Paul Kirk's father; nearly a victim of a scam)
Comment(s):
- This Paul Kirk is not known to be related to the mystery man Paul Kirk, the Manhunter
Credits:
| Story | Mort Weisinger |
| Pencils | Paul Norris |
| Inks | Chad Grothkopf |
| Lettering | Chad Grothkopf |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Satan (first appearance; a criminal who creates a "gravity-ray"; dies)