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68November 1941
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Adventure Comics #68

DC · November 1941 · on sale 1941-09-30

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Identification plate

Series
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#68
Publication date
November 1941
Key date
1941-11-00
On-sale date
1941-09-30
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Jack BurnleyThe Starman
1Another Message to Our Readerspromo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset
2The Blaze of Doom!comic story13script: Alfred Bester; pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Jack Burnley, Ray Burnley; colors: Raymond Perry; letters: Betty BentleyThe Starman [Ted Knight]; Doris Lee; Woodley Allen; Bill Baxter (villain); Classy; un-named lumberjacks (villains, introduction for all)
3Movie-Making Menacecomic story13script: Henry Lynne Perkins; pencils: Creig Flessel; inks: Creig FlesselThe Shining Knight [Sir Justin]
5Death at the Operacomic story8pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Bernard BailyThe Hour-Man (Rex Tyler]; Regina Bannerman (Mr. Bannerman's niece); Ravel (conductor, death); The Mask [Frenessi] (a conductor, introduction, death); Tony Fabbio (villain, death)
6Action! Thrills!promo (ad from the publisher)0.67
8Tyrant of the Island of Tago-Tagocomic story6script: Jack Lehti; pencils: Jack Lehti; inks: Jack LehtiSteve Conrad
9The Jinx Shop by Howard Peasein-house column0.33script: Josette Frank
12Spies! The Destroyers of Modern Civilization!comic story4pencils: Chad Grothkopf; inks: Chad GrothkopfSteve Carson
13Past Performancetext story1script: Norman Goss; pencils: Cliff; inks: Cliff
14Clean-Uptext story0.67script: John Hilton
16The Spanish Bankercomic story6script: Ed Moore; pencils: Ed Moore; inks: Ed Moore; letters: Ed MoorePaul Kirk
17Crime on Icecomic story8pencils: Paul Norris; inks: Paul NorrisThe Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Dian Belmont; Distract Attorney Belmont; Harold Mossman; Lola; Edouard Ernst (villain, physicist); Slim Sam (villain); Tom Thomas (villain); Jim (villain)

Plus 5.33 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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Golden Age Starman Archives #1
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