Adventure Comics, #66
Published: September 1941
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Issue Contents:
Credits
- Pencils: Jack Burnley
- Inks: Jack Burnley
Featuring Johnson Smith & Company
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
The Case of the Camera Curse!
Storyline
Starman must face a man who uses a forbidden voodoo formula, combined with the properties of photo-electric cells, to capture the souls of men and control the will of anyone whose image he captures in his camera!
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Jack Burnley
- Inks: Jack Burnley
- Inks: Ray Burnley
- Colors: Luca Maresca
- Letters: Betty Bentley
Story Notes
Background inks and letterer credits added by Craig Delich. Artist Burnley left the star off of Starman's chest in the splash panel.
The Shining Knight
Credits
- Script:
- Pencils: Creig Flessel
- Inks: Creig Flessel
Story Notes
Writer verified by Martin O'Hearn.
-And This Is It!
Featuring Star Spangled Comics
Counterfeit Coal (1)
Storyline
Hourman and the Minute Men of America must deal with ruthless racketeers in a crime-ridden town who are extorting the poor.
Credits
- Pencils: Bernard Baily
- Inks: Bernard Baily
- Letters: Bernard Baily
Story Notes
Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.
The Black Tanker by Howard Pease
Hear Superman on the Radio!
"Listen to the thrilling adventures of the Man of Steel over the following stations:"
Storyline
The ad promotes 31 stations in the United States airing the Superman radio show, along with their sponsors. It also mentions there are 25 stations in Canada sponsored by Ogilvie Flour Mills Co., Ltd.
Characters
Credits
- Pencils: Joe Shuster (uncertain)
- Inks: Joe Shuster (uncertain)
Story Notes
Below the Books Worth Reading article. This ad is similar to the one that ran originally in Action Comics #37 but with additional U.S. stations.
"Okay, Sarge! Imagine! Someone caught a burglar..."
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
Trouble in Tibet (1)
Featuring Steve Conrad Adventurer
Credits
- Script: Jack Lehti
- Pencils: Jack Lehti
- Inks: Jack Lehti
The Girl Behind the Wall (1)
"Back in Washington after a series of exciting adventures, Steve Carson, ace F.B.I. investigator, is attending an embassy party..................."
Characters
- Steve Carson (mainstream Universe)
Credits
- Pencils: Chad Grothkopf
- Inks: Chad Grothkopf
Story Notes
A box beneath the final panel on the last page promotes the recurring feature: "Steve Carson, ace of the F.B.I appears in every issue of Adventure Comics!"
Featuring Syncro Devices, Inc.
Lucky Music
Credits
- Script: Charles Wright
Story Notes
Several small ads.
Danger from Train to Plane (1)
The Comet-Ray (1)
Featuring The Sandman
Storyline
As Dian is returning home, her train is suddenly derailed and drawn toward a weird ball-tank object, whose comet-ray is violently drawing all the gold aboard the train to it. When Sandman investigates, he finds the scientist behind it, and learns that this object draws its amazing power from the the tail of a comet, power which also enables the mad scientist to become young again!
Credits
- Pencils: Paul Norris
- Inks: Paul Norris
Story Notes
Art credits verified by Norris per Craig Delich.
Action! Thrills! Adventure!
Featuring Modern Concise Encyclopedia
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Take a Tip from a Navy Torpedo
Featuring United States Rubber Company
Story Notes
Back cover.