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ADVENTURE COMICS #78
Cover Date: September 1942
Cover Price: $.10
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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks: Joe Simon (signed)
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Credits:
| Story | Alfred Bester |
| Art | Jack Burnley |
| Colors | Raymond Perry |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Starman (last in Green Lantern: Fear Itself; next in flashback in All-Star Squadron #42)
Villain(s):
- "The Little Man Who Wasn't There" (Van Camp, Hartley Manners and Miss Sonnie Hail; first appearance for all; three people who fake being robbed by an invisible man)
Other Character(s):
- Mike Muggins (first appearance; a young boy who wants to team up with Starman)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
Story Reprinted in:
- Golden Age Starman Archives #2 (2009)
Credits:
| Art | Bernard Baily |
| Lettering | Bernard Baily |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Hourman (Rex Tyler; uses Miraclo Ray; next in Young All-Stars Annual #1)
Supporting Character(s):
- Thorndyke (wears a cape and an Hourglass in this story)
Villain(s):
- Sir John Falstaff and his gang (first appearance for all; Walter Cornell; a famous Shakespearean actor who went insane)
- Quanto (first appearance; his former make-up man and butler)
Credits:
| Story | Alfred Bester |
| Art | Stan Kaye |
| Lettering | Stan Kaye |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Mary Brown
Villain(s):
- German agents (first appearance for all)
Other Character(s):
- A Chinese FBI agent (first appearance)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
Credits:
| Story | Henry Lynn Perkins |
| Art | Louis Cazeneuve |
| Lettering | Louis Cazeneuve |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Shining Knight (next in All-Star Squadron #50)
Supporting Character(s):
- Winged Victory
- Professor Moresby (next in issue #80/3)
- Eve Barclay (last in issue #72/2)
Villain(s):
- Sir Malcolm, the Black Baron (Mal Cummings; first appearance; a crook who poses as a knight of the Round Table)
Other Character(s):
- Roger Barclay (first appearance; Eve's father)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
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):
- Manhunter (last, behind the scenes, in All-Star Squadron #32; next, behind the scenes, in All-Star Squadron #42)
Villain(s):
- The Tiger and his gang (first appearance for all; dies)
Other Character(s):
- Ellen Drake (first appearance)
- Thurston Drake (first appearance; a wealthy socialite; dies)
Location(s):
Story Reprinted in:
- New Gods #9/2 (June-July 1972)
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 (last, behind the scenes, in All-Star Squadron #32)
- Sandy, The Golden Boy (last, behind the scenes, in All-Star Squadron #32)
Villain(s):
- Magno (Mugger Magoon; first appearance; uses a fake escape artist act to cover his robberies)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
Story Reprinted in:
- The Sandman By Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (2009)