Adventure Comics, #77
Published: August 1942
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Issue Contents:
Credits
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Joe Simon (uncertain)
Editorial Advisory Board
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Little Oscar's First Air Raid by Lydia Mead
Featuring Good Books Worth Reading
"It's hard to believe that anything about air raids can be funny---but this book is."
Credits
- Script: Paul J. Bolger
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Finder's Keepers!
"The cell! It--it's plumb disappeared!"
Storyline
The Mist engages in a campaign using valuable items that people find on the street to hypnotize the finder, and later perpetrating thefts from those individuals.
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Jack Burnley
- Inks: Jack Burnley
- Colors: Luca Maresca
- Inks: Ray Burnley
- Letters: Betty Bentley
Story Notes
Letterer and background ink credits by Craig Delich.
The Case of the Hi-Jacked Hep-Cats!
Featuring Hourman and Thorndyke
"Say, fellows--how about going over to the clubhouse and rehearsin' our band?"
Storyline
When some thugs steal the Minute Men's musical instruments and replaces them with new examples, the Hourman investigates and discovers that the stolen clarinet plays several notes that opens a mystery safe left behind by a millionaire.
Credits
- Pencils: Bernard Baily
- Inks: Bernard Baily
- Letters: Bernard Baily
Story Notes
Ken Fitch script credit removed by Craig Delich. Letters credit also confirmed by Delich. Note: Thorndyke wears a partial Hourman costume in this story (cape and hourglass).
Sharp Eyes
"The melancholy song which had been accompanying the tinkling guitar stilled."
Credits
- Script: Eric Carter
Featuring Gags
"Ed - I had to do it..."
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
Another Big Issue of All-Star
Featuring All-Star Comics
Featuring Buddy
"Your mom says for you to come right home..."
Story Notes
A few small ads.
The Case of the Off-Key Crooner
"Well, Johnny, our three year cruise has taken us all over the world."
Credits
- Script: Alfred Bester
- Pencils: Stan Kaye
- Inks: Stan Kaye
The Horseless Cowboy
"In good sooth, my winged victory..."
Credits
- Script:
- Pencils: Louis Cazeneuve
- Inks: Louis Cazeneuve
Story Notes
Writer credit verified by Martin O'Hearn.
Featuring Laffs
"Last one around is a sissy!"
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
Sure-Fire Formula!
Featuring Leading Comics
"Bzzz zzz bzzz zzz bzzz zz bzzz bzz zzz"
The Stone of Vengeance!
"Hah. hah hah... at last, it's mine!"
Credits
- Script: Jack Kirby
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Joe Simon (uncertain)
- Letters: Howard Ferguson
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Dreams of Doom
"I won't be needing the car today Antoine."
Storyline
One of America's richest men is afraid of the dark and turns to the Sandman to solve his problem and hopefully end his horrific nightmares. But the man's personal psychiatrist has different ideas.
Credits
- Script: Jack Kirby
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Joe Simon
- Letters: Howard Ferguson
"A special message to the boys and girls of America from Henry Morgenthau, Jr. - Secretary of the Treasury!"
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
The Tootsie Roll of Honor
Story Notes
Back cover.