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ADVENTURE COMICS #84
Cover Date: March 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 All-Star Comics #15/Starman Vol. 2 #69)
- Sandy, The Golden Boy (last in All-Star Comics #15)
Villain(s):
- Crime Carnival (first appearance; four former members of the Mammoth Carnival who turned to a life of crime)
- Stretcho (first appearance)
- Presto (first appearance)
- Samson (first appearance)
- "Midge" Mannion (first appearance)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
Story Reprinted in:
- Forever People #5/2 (October-November 1971)
Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Emil Gershwin |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Starman (last in All-Star Comics #15/Starman Vol. 2 #69)
Villain(s):
- Slim Jordan (first appearance; a crook who uses a new telescope and a stolen Gravity Rod to commit crimes)
Location(s):
- Palomine, CA (first appearance; home to a new six million dollar telescope)
Comment(s):
- This story takes place over "several weeks".
Story Reprinted in:
- Golden Age Starman Archives #2 (2009)
Credits:
| Story | Ruth Lyons Kaufman |
| Art | Louis Cazeneuve |
| Lettering | Louis Cazeneuve |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Shining Knight (next in Leading Comics #6)
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Big Jim Allus (first appearance; a crooked manager of a Wild West Show)
Other Character(s):
- Joan Moore (first appearance; owner of Pop Moore's Wild West Rodeo)
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):
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
Comment(s):
- Genius Jones now has a motorized Answerman booth.
Credits:
| Story | Jack Kirby |
| Pencils | Pierce Rice |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Callow (first appearance; an animal trainer who sets his animals against Manhunter)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
Credits:
| Story | Joe Samachson |
| Art | Irving Tirman |
| Lettering | Irving Tirman |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Guerilla (first appearance; an American newspaper reporter trapped in Occupied Europe who strikes back against the Nazis)
Villain(s):
- Nazis
- Louie (first appearance; a spy at the Paris office of the New York Globe)
Other Character(s):
- Captain Marie Hwart (first appearance; a Captain of the Polish Army aiding the French Underground)
- Slate (first appearance; Mike's editor at the Paris office of the New York Globe)
Location(s):
- Paris, France
Comment(s):
- This story takes place between June 1st and June 14th, 1940.