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Adventure Comics 75

ADVENTURE COMICS #75

Cover Date: June 1942
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks: Joe Simon (signed)


Story: "The Strange Case of the Luckless Liars!" (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtJack Burnley
LetteringBetty Burnley
ColorsRaymond Perry
Associate editingMort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Starman

Villain(s):

The Veil (first appearance; Vardon, chairman of the Liar's Club; stealing money from other members' bank)

Other Character(s):

Members of the Liar's Club (first appearance for all; Cliff Henry, Everts and Carver named)

Location(s):

Opal City

Story Reprinted in:

Golden Age Starman Archives #1 (2000)


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Second Story: "Beware of Mr. Meek!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Kirby, Joe Simon
PencilsJack Kirby
InksJoe Simon
LetteringHoward Ferguson
Associate editingMort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Manhunter

Villain(s):

Mister Meek (first appearance; a gang leader; uses a ray gun that solidifies water into a steel hard substance; turned into a solid statue)

Other Character(s):

Panama Parker (first appearance; a young pretty jewel thief)

Story Reprinted in:

New Gods #6/2 (December 1971-January 1972)


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Third Story: "The Wrecker" (11 Pages)

Credits:

StoryHenry Lynn Perkins
ArtLouis Cazeneuve
LetteringLouis Cazeneuve
Associate editingMort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Shining Knight

Supporting Character(s):

Winged Victory
Professor Moresby (last in issue #73/3)

Villain(s):

The Wrecker (first appearance; a criminal that specializes in causing destruction to cover crimes)

Location(s):

New York City, NY


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Fourth Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Hourman (Rex Tyler; between All-Star Squadron #49 and #50)

Supporting Character(s):

Thorndyke

Villain(s):

Brick Barton (first appearance; uses a milk wagon to transport stolen jewels)

Other Character(s):

Ed and Mrs. Tompkins (first appearance; Thorndyke's parents)

Location(s):

Gotham City

Comment(s):

Thorndyke knows Hourman's secret identity.


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Fifth Story: "The Villain from Valhalla!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Kirby, Joe Simon
PencilsJack Kirby
InksJoe Simon
LetteringHoward Ferguson
Associate editingMort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Sandman
Sandy, The Golden Boy

Villain(s):

Fairy Tales Fenton (first appearance; former Professor of Metallurgy; uses an electromagnetic war hammer that can smash through metals; next in All-Star Squadron #18)

Story Reprinted in:

Forever People #6/3 (December 1971-January 1972)
Adventure Comics #499 (May 1983)
The Sandman By Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (2009)


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