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ADVENTURE COMICS #72
Cover Date: March 1942
Cover Price: $.10
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Cover Credits:
Art: Jack Burnley
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Credits:
| Story | Gardner Fox |
| Art | Jack Burnley |
| Colors | Raymond Perry |
| Lettering | Betty Burnley |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Starman (last in Golden Age Secret Files #1/2)
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Arab Avenger (Frisby; first appearance; the Dalton family butler)
- Dervishes of Death (first appearance; gang of thugs dressed up as Arab fanatics)
Other Character(s):
- Archibald Dalton (first appearance; an explorer and owner of the Bloodstone)
Story Reprinted in:
- Golden Age Starman Archives #1 (2000)
Credits:
| Art | Craig Flessel |
| Lettering | Craig Flessel |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Winged Victory
- Eve Barclay (between issue #69/2 and #78/4)
- Professor Moresby (last in issue #70/2)
Villain(s):
- Ranny Roves and his gang (first appearance; a criminal posing as a high-society member)
Credits:
| Story | Ken Fitch |
| Art | Bernard Baily |
| Lettering | Bernard Baily |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Hourman (Rex Tyler; between All-Star Squadron #40 and #41)
Supporting Character(s):
- Alexander Bannermain (last in issue #70; next in issue #81)
Villain(s):
- Doctor Glisten (first appearance; a glowing hypnotist)
- Wayne Carson (first appearance; hires Glisten to shanghai a crew to run his pirate vessel)
Story Reprinted in:
- Wanted: The World's Most Dangerous Villains #7 (March-April 1973)
Credits:
| Story | Ed Moore |
| Art | Ed Moore |
| Lettering | Ed Moore |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Paul Kirk (last recorded adventure)
Villain(s):
- Cranway (first appearance; attempts to frighten his neighbor into selling his estate by a man dressed as a "fish-man")
Comment(s):
- This Paul Kirk is not known to be related to the mystery man Paul Kirk, the Manhunter
Credits:
| Story | Jack Kirby, Joe Simon |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Joe Simon |
| Lettering | Howard Ferguson |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Sandman (no longer wears a cape)
- Sandy, The Golden Boy (now given the last name of Hawkins; no longer wears a cape)
Villain(s):
- Pete Bragg (first appearance; a slaver who sells workers for chain-gang work)