Adventure Comics #90 (1944) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Jack Kirby	The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Starman [Ted Knight] (inset)
1	Editorial Advisory Board	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.33	letters: typeset
2	Five on a Merry-Go-Round	in-house column	0.67	script: Josette Frank; pencils: Stan Kaye; inks: Stan Kaye
3	Sleepy Time Crimes!	comic story	10	script: Jack Kirby; pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Simon; letters: Howard Ferguson	The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Linda Van Liggett; Mr. Crane; The Weasel (villain); Louie (villain)
5	Fish Are Such Liars!	comic story	6	script: Alfred Bester; pencils: Stan Kaye; inks: Stan Kaye	Genius Jones
6	The Candid Criminal!	comic story	9	script: Joe Samachson; pencils: Louis Cazeneuve; inks: Louis Cazeneuve	The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]
7	Land Beneath the Fog!	comic story	8.67	pencils: Mort Meskin; inks: George Roussos	Starman [Ted Knight]; Barbara Mercer (scientist); Sir Bors [aka The Black]; Mantin the Magician (villain)
8	-	statement of ownership	0.33	letters: typeset
9	Souvenir for the Enemy	text story	2	script: Norman Goss
10	Little Clerk-- What Now?	comic story	9	pencils: Pierce Rice; letters: Howard Ferguson	Manhunter [Paul Kirk]
11	-	promo (ad from the publisher)	1
12	The Prisoner of the Castle!	comic story	8	script: Joe Samachson; pencils: Edmond Good; inks: Edmond Good	Mike Gibbs

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

Collection	Year
Golden Age Starman Archives #2 ISBN 978-1-4012-2283-3	2009	On eBay ›
The Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #[nn] ISBN 978-1-4012-2299-4	2009	On eBay ›

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