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Adventure Comics 78

ADVENTURE COMICS #78

Cover Date: September 1942
Cover Price: $.10

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


Story: "The Little Man Who Wasn't There!" (11 Pages)

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Starman (last in Green Lantern: Fear Itself; next in flashback in All-Star Squadron #42)

Villain(s):

"The Little Man Who Wasn't There" (Van Camp, Hartley Manners and Miss Sonnie Hail; first appearance for all; three people who fake being robbed by an invisible man)

Other Character(s):

Mike Muggins (first appearance; a young boy who wants to team up with Starman)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

Story Reprinted in:

Golden Age Starman Archives #2 (2009)


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Second Story: "The Man Who Played Death!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Hourman (Rex Tyler; uses Miraclo Ray; next in Young All-Stars Annual #1)

Supporting Character(s):

Thorndyke (wears a cape and an Hourglass in this story)

Villain(s):

Sir John Falstaff and his gang (first appearance for all; Walter Cornell; a famous Shakespearean actor who went insane)
Quanto (first appearance; his former make-up man and butler)


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Third Story: "The Case of the Slap-Happy Jappy!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryAlfred Bester
ArtStan Kaye
LetteringStan Kaye
Associate editingMort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Genius Jones

Supporting Character(s):

Mary Brown

Villain(s):

German agents (first appearance for all)

Other Character(s):

A Chinese FBI agent (first appearance)

Location(s):

New York City, NY


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Fourth Story: "The Black Baron!" (11 Pages)

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Shining Knight (next in All-Star Squadron #50)

Supporting Character(s):

Winged Victory
Professor Moresby (next in issue #80/3)
Eve Barclay (last in issue #72/2)

Villain(s):

Sir Malcolm, the Black Baron (Mal Cummings; first appearance; a crook who poses as a knight of the Round Table)

Other Character(s):

Roger Barclay (first appearance; Eve's father)

Location(s):

New York City, NY


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Fifth Story: "The Lady and The Tiger!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Manhunter (last behind the scenes in All-Star Squadron #32; next, behind the scenes, in All-Star Squadron #42)

Villain(s):

The Tiger and his gang (first appearance for all; dies)

Other Character(s):

Ellen Drake (first appearance)
Thurston Drake (first appearance; a wealthy socialite; dies)

Location(s):

Empire City

Story Reprinted in:

New Gods #9/2 (June-July 1972)


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Sixth Story: "The Miracle Maker!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

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

Feature Character(s):

Sandman (last behind the scenes in All-Star Squadron #32)
Sandy, The Golden Boy (last behind the scenes in All-Star Squadron #32)

Villain(s):

Magno (Mugger Magoon; first appearance; uses a fake escape artist act to cover his robberies)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

Story Reprinted in:

The Sandman By Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (2009)


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