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69December 1941
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Adventure Comics #69

DC · December 1941 · on sale 1941-10-29

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Identification plate

Series
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#69
Publication date
December 1941
Key date
1941-12-00
On-sale date
1941-10-29
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Jack BurnleyStarman
2Adventure of the Singapore Stranglerscomic story13script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Jack Burnley; inks: Jack Burnley, Ray Burnley; colors: Raymond Perry; letters: Betty BentleyThe Starman [Ted Knight]; Doris Lee; Woodley Allen; Jeeves (Knight's driver); Captain Fujiyama and the Singapore Stranglers (villains, introduction)
4The Red Dragoncomic story13pencils: Creig Flessel; inks: Creig FlesselThe Shining Knight [Sir Justin]; The Red Dragon (villain, introduction)
5Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
6-in-house column0.67script: Josette Frank
7Dr. Wizen's Gorohscomic story8pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Bernard BailyThe Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Mr. Bannerman; Meadows (Tyler's landlord); Dr. Wizen (villain, introduction); The Gorohs (villains, half-man, half-ape creatures)
10The Prehistoric Islandcomic story6script: Jack Lehti; pencils: Jack Lehti; inks: Jack LehtiSteve Conrad
11Good Memorytext story1.25script: Edgar Weston
13-comic story4pencils: Chad Grothkopf; inks: Chad GrothkopfSteve Carson
14The Ambergris Killerscomic story6script: Ed Moore; pencils: Ed Moore; inks: Ed Moore; letters: Ed MoorePaul Kirk
15The Case of the Giant Bees!comic story8script: Mort Weisinger; pencils: Paul Norris; inks: Chad Grothkopf; letters: Chad GrothkopfThe Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy the Golden Boy [Sandy McGann] (introduction); Bess Buttsford; Mr. Buttsford; The Queen Bee (villain, an insect)
16Superman; World's Finest Comics; Batmanpromo (ad from the publisher)0.5

Plus 6.25 pages of advertisements and other matter across 8 sequences, as published.

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