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ADVENTURE COMICS #86

Cover Date: June-July 1943
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Joe Simon

Story: "The Boy Who Was Too Big For His Breeches" (10 Pages)

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 in Detective Comics #76; next in Action Comics #663)

Sandy, The Golden Boy (last in Detective Comics #76)

Villain(s):

"Little Joe" Grolich (first appearance; avoids capture by disguising himself in kid's clothes)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

Story Reprinted in:

The Sandman By Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (2009)

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Second Story: "The Battle of the Mental Marvels!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Alfred Bester
Art	Stan Kaye
Lettering	Stan Kaye
Associate editing	Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Genius Jones

Supporting Character(s):

Mary Brown

Villain(s):

Professor Knowlotts (first appearance; a phony "Answer Man" who uses three short brother's knowledge)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

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Third Story: "Twist In Time!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Joe Samachson
Art	Louis Cazeneuve
Lettering	Louis Cazeneuve
Associate editing	Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Shining Knight (next in Leading Comics #7)

Supporting Character(s):

Winged Victory (next in Leading Comics #7)

Villain(s):

T. O. Morrow (first appearance; a criminal who pretends to be from the future)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

Comment(s):

This criminal is not related to T.O. Morrow.

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Fourth Story: "The Moonman's Muggs!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Gardner Fox
Art	Emil Gershwin
Associate editing	Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Starman (last in flashback in Manhunter Vol. 3 #23; next in Action Comics #663)

Villain(s):

Moonman (Dennis Towns; first appearance; an thrill seeker who fakes his own death to try and extort monies by posing as a Moonman)

Story Reprinted in:

Golden Age Starman Archives #2 (2009)

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Fifth Story: "Catalogue of Crime!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

Creators: saw no args

Feature Character(s):

Manhunter

Location(s):

New York City, NY

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Sixth Story: "The Art of War!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

Story	Joe Samachson
Art	Irving Tirman
Lettering	Irving Tirman
Associate editing	Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Guerilla

Villain(s):

Nazis

Location(s):

Russia

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