Adventure Comics, #68

Published: November 1941

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Adventure Comics #68

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Issue Contents:
1.000 pages superhero
Credits
Another Message to Our Readers
Story 1 1.000 pages
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

The Blaze of Doom! (1)
Story 2 13.000 pages superhero
Storyline

Starman reacts to the threat of mysterious forest fires in order to save a group of rangers trapped by the flames, and discovers a plot by disgruntled lumberjacks to hurt the nation's defense contracts that need the lumber.

Story Notes

Writer, backgrounds, and letterer credits per Craig Delich.

Movie-Making Menace (1)
Story 3 13.000 pages superhero
Credits
Story Notes

Script credit from Martin O'Hearn.

Superman Krypto-Raygun
Story 4 1.000 pages
Death at the Opera (1)
Story 5 8.000 pages superhero
Storyline

Rex and Regina attend the opening performance of a new opera, not realizing that the former conductor of the old opera is seeking revenge on a variety of the patrons responsible for bringing in new faces and musicians.

Credits
Action! Thrills!
Story 6 0.670 pages
Story 7 0.330 pages
Tyrant of the Island of Tago-Tago (1)
Story 8 6.000 pages adventure
Credits
Story Notes

Steve Conrad, Adventurer

The Jinx Shop by Howard Pease
Story 9 0.330 pages
Credits
New Films for Your Superman Krypto-Raygun
Story 10 0.170 pages
Storyline

Ad by Daisy Mfg. Co.

Superman Is in the Movies!
Story 11 0.500 pages
Spies! The Destroyers of Modern Civilization!
Story 12 4.000 pages detective-mystery

"Steve Carson, ace F.B.I. agent is returning to San Francisco, where he has been relieving agents on vacation."

Characters
Credits
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!"

Past Performance
Story 13 1.000 pages
Credits
Clean-Up
Story 14 0.670 pages
Credits
Story 15 0.330 pages
The Spanish Banker (1)
Story 16 6.000 pages superhero
Credits
Crime on Ice (1)
Story 17 8.000 pages superhero
Storyline

The criminal underworld approaches a noted physicist who is in great need of funds to continue his experiments. But there is a catch: the physicist must agree to encase the star witnesses in a criminal trial in blocks of ice until after the trial has concluded.

Credits
Story Notes

Art credits verified by Paul Norris per Craig Delich.

Choose Your Prize
Story 18 1.000 pages
Story 19 1.000 pages
Credits
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Plenty of Energy
Story 20 1.000 pages
Story Notes

Back cover.