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ADVENTURE COMICS #83
Cover Date: February 1943
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 Boy Commandos #1/3; next in flashback in All-Star Comics #15/Starman Vol. 2 #69)
- Sandy, The Golden Boy (next in All-Star Comics #15)
Villain(s):
- "Candy Kid" Kohler (first appearance; a crooked boxing promoter)
Other Character(s):
- Jimmy Maddox (first appearance; an up and coming lightweight boxer; marries Valerie Lee)
- Valerie Lee (first appearance; a radio sports announcer; marries Jimmy Maddox)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
Story Reprinted in:
- The Sandman By Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (2009)
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Emil Gershwin |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Starman (next in flashback in All-Star Comics #15/Starman Vol. 2 #69)
Supporting Character(s):
- Doris Lee (next in flashback in All-Star Comics #15/Starman Vol. 2 #69)
Villain(s):
- Rooley Royce (first appearance; a crooked casino operator)
Other Character(s):
- Three young students at Perry Preparatory School (first appearance for all; all are helped in their troubles by Starman)
Comment(s):
- Ted Knight is an alumni of Perry Prep.
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
- Eve Barclay (last in #79/4; last appearance)
Villain(s):
- Daisy and his gang (first appearance for all; gangsters who use Justin's chivarly against him)
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):
Other Character(s):
- Skeets Stomp (first appearance; a vaudevillian who is trying to keep his act from getting stale)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
Credits:
| Pencils | Pierce Rice |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
Credits:
| Story | Alfred Bester |
| Art | Bernard Baily |
| Lettering | Bernard Baily |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Hourman (Rex Tyler; uses Miraclo Ray; next in flashback in Hourman #5)
Supporting Character(s):
- Thorndyke (wears a cape a mask and an Hourglass in this story; next in Young Justice #16)
Villain(s):
- Jingle Gang (first appearance; gang who robs according to a nursery rhyme)
Comment(s):
- This is the final Hourman story printed during the Golden Age.