Adventure Comics, #74

Published: May 1942

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Adventure Comics #74

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Issue Contents:

Featuring The Sandman

1.000 pages superhero
Credits
Editorial Advisory Board
Story 1 0.330 pages
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

Hurricane Weather by Howard Pease
Story 2 0.670 pages non-fiction
Credits
Story Notes

Inside front cover.

The Case of the Monstrous Animal-Men
Story 3 11.000 pages superhero
Storyline

A evil man at the Carl Carey Research Clinic invents an electronic ray that turns the head of a man into a panther...and Starman's into a lion!

Story Notes

Story takes place in Gotham City. Letterer and background credits added by Craig Delich.

Case of the Highbrow Hoods
Story 4 8.000 pages superhero
Storyline

The Man of the Hour must outwit a pair of clever crooks who manage to steal rarities (like statues or rare books), and replace them with lookalikes, which explode one hour later, thus covering up their crime and netting them easy money.

Story Notes

Writer credit verified by Martin O'Hearn. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich. Oddity: on page 6, panel 4, Hourman called Thorndyke "Jimmy". In this story, Thorndyke wears a partial Hourman costume (red cape w/yellow trim, hourglass around neck).

Old Thinker
Story 5 2.000 pages drama
Credits
Story 6 1.000 pages humor

"Boy, it's swell in the Navy..."

Tarsi, the Tiger Boy
Story 7 6.000 pages adventure
Credits
Story Notes

Steve Conrad, Adventurer

Story 8 0.440 pages humor

"Gee, Rex - You're a good retriever!"

Featuring Prize Comics

Story 9 0.230 pages
Story 10 0.330 pages
Story Notes

Several small ads.

Featuring Gags

Story 11 0.500 pages humor

"Shall I carry your bags, sir?"

Storyline

three 1-panel jokes

Featuring All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America

Story 12 0.500 pages

"500 years into the future with the Justice Society of America!"

The Castle in the Air
Story 13 11.000 pages superhero
Credits
Story Notes

Writer verified by Martin O'Hearn.

Story 14 2.000 pages humor

"Sure - I've got charge of Peanut..."

Credits
Scavenger Hunt
Story 15 9.000 pages superhero
Credits
Story 16 0.500 pages
Your 5 Favorite Features "Go to Town" Again!

Featuring Leading Comics

Story 17 0.500 pages
The Man Who Knew All the Answers
Story 18 10.000 pages superhero
Storyline

Sandman and Sandy face the threat of a scientist who has invented a machine whose revitalizing vibrations allow a man to develop his unused brain cells, tripling his thinking power!

Credits
Now on Sale
Story 19 1.000 pages
Story 20 1.000 pages
Story Notes

Inside back cover.

Energy to Protect Your Welfare
Story 21 1.000 pages
Story Notes

Back cover.