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ADVENTURE COMICS #92

Cover Date: June-July 1944
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Jack Kirby

Story: "The Tough Guy!" (10 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Pen Shumaker
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Sandman (next in the second flashback in JSA #18)

Sandy, The Golden Boy (next in the second flashback in JSA #18)

Villain(s):

Tough Guy (Mike Malloy; first appearance; a gangster who uses his fists instead of guns; reforms to set an example for his younger brother)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

Comment(s):

Shumaker credited as Simon and Kirby.

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Second Story: "The Saving Scot and the Gypsy Gyp!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Alfred Bester
Art	Stan Kaye
Lettering	Stan Kaye
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Genius Jones

Comment(s):

Page numbers are fingers on a hand!

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Third Story: "The Bookworm That Turned!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Joe Samachson
Art	Louis Cazeneuve
Lettering	Louis Cazeneuve
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Shining Knight (next in Leading Comics #11)

Supporting Character(s):

Winged Victory (next in Leading Comics #11; loses a horseshoe and accidentally knocks out a heavyweight boxer)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

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Fourth Story: "The Three Comets!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Joe Samachson
Art	Emil Gershwin
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Starman (next in second flashback in JSA #18)

Other Character(s):

The Three Comets (first appearance for all three; three acrobats who hide their stolen jewels on their costumes)

Story Reprinted in:

Justice League of America #98/3

Golden Age Starman Archives #2 (2009)

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Fifth Story: "The Spirit of Korea" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Joe Samachson
Art	Edmond Goode
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Guerilla

Villain(s):

Japanese soldiers

Location(s):

Korea

Comment(s):

Guerilla leaves a Lincoln penny as his calling card.

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Sixth Story: "The Hand of Doom!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

Art	Edmond Goode
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Manhunter (next in Thrilling Comics Vol. 2 #1)

Villain(s):

Nazi Navy (first appearance for all; Oberleutnant Wolff and Fritz Spahn named, both die)

Location(s):

Maine

Comment(s):

This is the final Manhunter story published during the Golden Age.

Possibly as early as this story, Paul Kirk begins working directly for the O.S.S. until the end of the war.

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