Adventure Comics #96 (1945) for Sale - Where to Buy

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Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Jack Kirby; inks: Joe Simon	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	Buzzy	promo (ad from the publisher)	0.67	letters: typeset
3	Two Dreams to Destiny!	comic story	10	script: Joe Samachson; pencils: Pen Shumaker; inks: Pen Shumaker	The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Philo Jones; High-Hat Archie (villain)
5	Of Rogues and Rabbits!	comic story	8.67	script: Joe Samachson; pencils: Louis Cazeneuve; inks: Louis Cazeneuve	The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]
6	-	statement of ownership	0.33	letters: typeset
9	Melody in Treble Trouble!	comic story	6	script: Whitney Ellsworth; pencils: Stan Kaye; inks: Stan Kaye	Genius Jones
11	Not Too Smart	text story	1.67	script: Blair Bolton
12	Prediction for Plunder!	comic story	8	script: Joe Samachson; pencils: Emil Gershwin; inks: Emil Gershwin	Starman [Ted Knight]; Caspar; A. Smithson Jones (editor); Moonface (villain); Moonface's gang (villains)
14	Idol Victory	comic story	8	script: Joe Samachson; pencils: Maurice Del Bourgo; inks: Maurice Del Bourgo	Mike Gibbs
16	Not to Be Repeated!	public service announcement	0.33	letters: typeset

Plus 7 pages of advertisements and other matter across 7 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 ›
Take That, Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War #[nn] ISBN 978-1-60699-987-5	2017	On eBay ›

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