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89December 1943-January 1944
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Adventure Comics #89

DC · December 1943-January 1944 · on sale 1943-10-19

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Identification plate

Series
Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series)
Issue
#89
Publication date
December 1943-January 1944
Key date
1943-12-00
On-sale date
1943-10-19
Indicia publisher
Detective Comics Inc.
Price
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Pages
60

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Jack KirbyThe Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Starman [Ted Knight] (inset)
2Prisoner of His Dreamscomic story10script: Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Simon; letters: Howard FergusonThe Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Archibald Shelby; Blackie (villain)
4The Case of the Curious Crossroad!comic story6script: Alfred Bester; pencils: Stan Kaye; inks: Stan KayeGenius Jones
5The Golden Horseshoe!comic story9script: Joe Samachson; pencils: Louis Cazeneuve; inks: Louis CazeneuveThe Shining Knight [Sir Justin]
6The Plundering Planets!comic story9script: Gardner Fox; pencils: Emil Gershwin; inks: Emil GershwinStarman [Ted Knight]; Doris Lee; John Wilcox; the Sun (villain); the Moon (villain); Saturn (villain)
7A Warrior Returnstext story1.8script: Tod Lowry
8Editorial Advisory Board of the Superman DC Comics Magazinespromo (ad from the publisher)0.2letters: typeset
9Fisherman's Fortune!comic story9pencils: Pierce Rice; letters: Howard FergusonManhunter [Paul Kirk]
11Trouble in Three-Quarter Time!comic story8script: Joe Samachson; pencils: Irving Tirman; inks: Irving TirmanMike Gibbs

Plus 6 pages of advertisements and other matter across 6 sequences, as published.

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CollectionYear
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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Series context

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