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ADVENTURE COMICS #73
Cover Date: April 1942
Cover Price: $.10
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Joe Simon
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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 #10)
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Hooded Hunchback (Lieutenant-Governor Morgan; first appearance; tries to steal an inheritance by rocketing dead heirs to California)
Location(s):
- San Francisco, CA
- New York City, NY
Story Reprinted in:
- Golden Age Starman Archives #1 (2000)
Credits:
| Story | Jack Kirby, Joe Simon |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Joe Simon |
| Lettering | Howard Ferguson |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Manhunter (Paul Kirk; a big game hunter; first appearance; appears in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #22/4 between panels)
Villain(s):
- Buzzard (first appearance; a ruined businessman who seeks revenge on the rich and powerful; revealed later to be funded and supported by the Manhunters)
Other Character(s):
- Inspector Donovan (first appearance; an Empire City police detective who is killed by the Buzzard; later revealed to be replaced by Kirk in the Manhunters)
Location(s):
- Empire City (first appearance)
Comment(s):
- The hero of this story is named Rick Nelson, but beginning next issue is called Paul Kirk.
Story Reprinted in:
- New Gods Vol. 1 #4/2 (August-September 1971)
Credits:
| Story | Henry Lynn Perkins |
| Art | Louis Cazeneuve |
| Lettering | Louis Cazeneuve |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Shining Knight (next in Leading Comics #2)
Supporting Character(s):
- Winged Victory (next in Leading Comics #2)
- Professor Moresby (next in issue #75/3)
Other Character(s):
- Bruce Bower (first appearance; a wrestling champion)
- Jeff Mason (first appearance; a sports reporter)
Comment(s):
- This story begins on a Monday and takes place over the course of a month.
Credits:
| Story | Ken Fitch |
| Art | Bernard Baily |
| Lettering | Bernard Baily |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Hourman (Rex Tyler; between All-Star Squadron #42 and #44)
Supporting Character(s):
- Minute-Man Martin (last in issue #71; last appearance)
Villain(s):
- Professor Q (David Manders; first appearance; commits crimes to take over the city as the new mayor)
Credits:
| Story | Jack Kirby, Joe Simon |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Joe Simon |
| Lettering | Howard Ferguson |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Sandman (next in All-Star Comics #10)
- Sandy, The Golden Boy
Villain(s):
- Frank Scata and Martha Mansfield (first appearance of both; attempt to drive Lois insane to inherit her estate)
Other Character(s):
- Lois Mansfield (first appearance)
Story Reprinted in:
- The Sandman By Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (2009)