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ADVENTURE COMICS #69
Cover Date: December 1941
Cover Price: $.10
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Cover Credits:
Art: Jack Burnley
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Credits:
| Story | Alfred Bester |
| Art | Jack Burnley |
| Lettering | Betty Burnley |
| Colors | Raymond Perry |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Starman (next in All-Star Comics #8)
Supporting Character(s):
- Doris Lee (next in All-Star Comics #8)
- Woodley Allen
Villain(s):
- Captain Fujiyama (first appearance; in charge of sabotage for the Japanese)
- Singapore Stranglers (first appearance; a gang of thieves and murderers famous in southeast Asia)
Location(s):
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
- Professor Moresby
- Eve Barclay (between issue #67/2 and #72/2)
Villain(s):
- Red Dragon III (first appearance; a tall, physically strong man in a tuxedo who runs a crime gang; face is very ugly and wears a red drape mask)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY
Credits:
| Art | Bernard Baily |
| Lettering | Bernard Baily |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Hourman (Rex Tyler)
Supporting Character(s):
- Alexander Bannermain (in a dream only)
Villain(s):
- Dr. Wizen (first appearance; a small evil scientist in a dream of Rex's; resembles Meadows, his landlord)
Credits:
| Art | Chad Grothkopf |
| Lettering | Chad Grothkopf |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- counterfeiters (first appearance for all)
Location(s):
- Washington, DC
Comment(s):
- Chad Grothkopf credited as Chad
Credits:
| Story | Ed Moore |
| Art | Ed Moore |
| Lettering | Ed Moore |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Wolfe and his partner (first appearance for both; kill for perfume ingredients (which turn out to be a mistake)
Other Character(s):
- Captain Jack Corby (first appearance; a friend of Kirk's; dies)
Location(s):
- Man-O-War Key (near Key West), FL
Comment(s):
- This Paul Kirk is not known to be related to the mystery man Paul Kirk, the Manhunter
- This story takes place around the 9th of the month, 1941.
Credits:
| Story | Mort Weisinger |
| Pencils | Paul Norris |
| Inks | Chad Grothkopf |
| Lettering | Chad Grothkopf |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Sandman (last in All-Star Squadron #66/All-Star Squadron #18; first appearance of his "super-hero" costume)
- Sandy (first appearance; a young boy who admires the Sandman and creates a costume just like his)
Villain(s):
- Giant Bees (first appearance; all die)
Other Character(s):
- Buttsford (first appearance; an beekeeper who accidentally creates giant, sentient bees)
- Bess Buttsford (first appearance; Buttsford's daughter)
Location(s):
- New England
Comment(s):
- Sandy probably patterns his costume after the one worn by the comic-book Sandman, which is very close to the costume that Wes Dodds adopts.