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ADVENTURE COMICS #80
Cover Date: November 1942
Cover Price: $.10
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks: Joe Simon (signed)
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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 (last in Young All-Stars #15)
- Sandy, The Golden Boy (last in Young All-Stars #15)
Villain(s):
- The Man Who Never Sleeps(Felix Black; first appearance; hasn't slept for nearly 40 years)
- Smokey, Blackie (first appearance for both; Black's hired thugs who turn on him)
Other Character(s):
- Nick Parks (first appearance; a young detective friend of Wes')
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
Story Reprinted in:
- Forever People #7/3 (February-March 1972)
- Adventure Comics #491 (September 1982)
- The Sandman By Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (2009)
Credits:
| Art | Jack Burnley |
| Pencils | Mort Meskin |
| Inks | George Roussos |
| Colors | Raymond Perry |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Starman (last in All-Star Comics #13/All-Star Squadron #60)
Villain(s):
- Noggin, Four-Eyes and Statler (first appearance for all; Nick Armstrong named)
Other Character(s):
- An unnamed elderly inventor (first appearance; builds a "Time-Mobile")
Location(s):
- Gotham City (see Comments)
- England (circa 1599)
Comment(s):
- Statler mentions Batman instead of another hero, which leads the indexer to believe that this story begins in Gotham City.
Story Reprinted in:
- Golden Age Starman Archives #2 (2009)
Credits:
| Art | Louis Cazeneuve |
| Lettering | Louis Cazeneuve |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Winged Victory
- Professor Moresby (last in issue #78/4)
Villain(s):
- Porky Callahan (first appearance; a petty pickpocket who steals baby pterodactyls)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
Credits:
| Story | Alfred Bester |
| Art | Stan Kaye |
| Lettering | Stan Kaye |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Mary Brown (takes a job as an artists model)
Villain(s):
- Baron Reynolt von Husingschitzel-Epoorf (first appearance; leader of a group of very stupid German spies)
Other Character(s):
- Boris, Poris and Koris (first appearance for all; three Secret Service agents posing as artists)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
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 (last in Young All-Stars #31)
Villain(s):
- Rocky, Turkel and Ringo Dagan (first appearance for all; three prison escapees; put in prison by Manhunter last fall)
Other Character(s):
- Running Bear (first appearance; an Indian hunter and tracker; dies)
- Bear Cub (first appearance; Running Bear's young son)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
- Florida swamps
Credits:
| Art | Bernard Baily |
| Lettering | Bernard Baily |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Hourman (Rex Tyler; uses Miraclo Ray; last in Young All-Stars #31)
Supporting Character(s):
- Thorndyke (wears a cape a mask and an Hourglass in this story)
Villain(s):
- An unnamed radio program sponsor and his gang (first appearance for all)