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80November 1942
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Adventure Comics #80

DC · November 1942 · on sale 1942-09-22

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Identification plate

Series
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#80
Publication date
November 1942
Key date
1942-11-00
On-sale date
1942-09-22
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
$0.10
Pages
68

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe SimonThe Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Starman [Ted Knight] (inset)
1Editorial Advisory Boardpromo (ad from the publisher)0.33letters: typeset
2Good Books Worth Readingtext article0.67letters: typeset
3The Man Who Couldn't Sleep!comic story10script: Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Simon; letters: Howard FergusonThe Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Nick Parks; Felix Black (villain); Blackie (villain); Smokey (villain)
4-cartoon0.5script: Henry Boltinoff; pencils: Henry Boltinoff; inks: Henry Boltinoff
5All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of Americapromo (ad from the publisher)0.5
6The Time-Machine Crime!comic story11script: Alfred Bester; pencils: Jack Burnley, Mort Meskin; inks: Jack Burnley, Ray Burnley, George Roussos; colors: Raymond Perry; letters: Betty BentleyStarman [Ted Knight]; William Shakespeare; Statler (villain); Noggin (villain); Four-Eyes (villain)
7Poland Lives Ontext article1script: Sidney M. Elias
8Adventure of the Desperate Dragonscomic story11script: Joseph Greene; pencils: Louis Cazeneuve; inks: Louis CazeneuveThe Shining Knight [Sir Justin]
9Coo-Coocomic story0.44
11Leading Comicspromo (ad from the publisher)0.33
12The Enigma of the Absent-Minded Artists!comic story8script: Alfred Bester; pencils: Stan Kaye; inks: Stan KayeGenius Jones
13Don't Miss Your Favorites!promo (ad from the publisher)1
14Man Trap Island!comic story9script: Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Simon; letters: Howard FergusonManhunter [Paul Kirk]
15Good Old Joetext story2script: Bill Ayres
16The Case of the Sponsored Crooks!comic story8pencils: Bernard Baily; inks: Bernard Baily; letters: Bernard BailyThe Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Thorndyke Tompkins; John Brown; Earl Adams; Mary Mode; Peter Fry; un-named radio show sponsor (villain)

Plus 3.23 pages of advertisements and other matter across 4 sequences, as published.

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CollectionYear
The Forever People #71972On eBay ›
Adventure Comics #4911982On eBay ›
Golden Age Starman Archives #2
ISBN 978-1-4012-2283-3		2009On eBay ›
The Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #[nn]
ISBN 978-1-4012-2299-4		2009On eBay ›

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