Adventure Comics, #70
Published: January 1942
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Issue Contents:
Credits
- Pencils: Jack Burnley
- Inks: Jack Burnley
Superman Krypto-Raygun
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Adventure of the Ring of Hijackers
Storyline
The Astral Avenger takes on Baron X, who attempts to hijacks trains, trucks and ships loaded with munitions heading for Great Britain.
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Jack Burnley
- Inks: Jack Burnley
- Inks: Ray Burnley
- Colors: Luca Maresca
- Letters: Betty Bentley
Story Notes
Letterer and backgrounds credits added by Craig Delich.
Energy to Do Big Things
The Pirate Submarines (1)
Credits
- Pencils: Creig Flessel
- Inks: Creig Flessel
Credits
- Script: Paul J. Bolger
Editorial Advisory Board of the Superman DC Comics!
The Magic Carpet (1)
Storyline
Several dwarfs, fired because they had used a man's factories for unlawful purposes, seek to ruin the man by kidnapping one of his scientist employees and using his invention to power a flying carpet.
Credits
- Pencils: Bernard Baily
- Inks: Bernard Baily
- Letters: Bernard Baily
Story Notes
Letterer credit added by Craig Delich.
"We find the defendant guilty before the trial starts!"
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
Treasure of the Galleon (1)
Credits
- Script: Jack Lehti
- Pencils: Jack Lehti
- Inks: Jack Lehti
Story Notes
Steve Conrad, Adventurer
Expensive Security
Credits
- Pencils:
- Inks:
- Script: Eric Carter
Hot Metal Death!
"America on the march! The defense parade moves on. Nothing must happen to interrupt the armament program and Steve Carson of the F.B.I. intend to see that it stays that way."
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., battles for Americanism in every issue of Adventure Comics!" This is the final Federal Men story and Steve Carson appearance in the Golden Age.
The Body on the Doorstep (1)
Featuring Prize Comics
Story Notes
A few small ads.
The Adventure of the Murderous Bookshop!
Storyline
Sandman and Sandy come up against a villain who looks like a scholar but has the soul of a devil, and who is intent on getting his hands on a lost novel/manuscript penned by the late Edgar Allan Poe
Credits
- Script: Mort Weisinger
- Pencils: Paul Norris
- Inks: Chad Grothkopf
- Letters: Chad Grothkopf
Story Notes
Pencil credit verified by Paul Norris per Craig Delich, and inker credit verified by Grothkopf. Norris was told to draw the story "in a Bob Kane style." Writer identification by Jerry Bails.
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Story Notes
Back cover.