Adventure Comics, #81
Published: December 1942
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Issue Contents:
Credits
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Joe Simon (uncertain)
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
A Drama in Dreams
Storyline
Threatening to kill Sandy, Wesley Dodds is kidnapped and forced to sign papers turning over the rights to his gold mine stock and fortune.
Credits
- Script: Jack Kirby
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Joe Simon (uncertain)
- Letters: Howard Ferguson
Energy to Overcome Obstacles!
Guns and Gold
Credits
- Script: Eric Carter
Starman's Lucky Star!
Storyline
A blind young astronomer is mistakenly kidnapped and held for ransom, but when Starman arrives on the scene to round up the felons, a stray bullet brings sight back to the lad.
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Mort Meskin
- Inks: George Roussos
Editorial Advisory Board
The White Panther
The Enigma of the Nonagenarian Natator!
Credits
- Script: Alfred Bester
- Pencils: Stan Kaye
- Inks: Stan Kaye
The Adventure of the Queen's Jades
Credits
- Pencils: Louis Cazeneuve
- Inks: Louis Cazeneuve
Featuring All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America
"The Justice Society is here again..."
Editorial Advisory Board
Story Notes
A pair of small ads.
Big Prizes and Cash Profits!
The Case of the Crying Cat!
Credits
- Pencils: Pierce Rice
Featuring Gags
"My card, ma'am..."
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
Hurry! Hurry!
Featuring Leading Comics
The Oath of the Trinitarians
Credits
- Script: Manfred Hofmann
Story Notes
Page includes many small ads from stamps dealers.
Time Out for Hitler!
Featuring Hourman and Thorndyke
Storyline
Hourman has exactly one hour to stop a group of Nazis from retrieving secret orders that have accidentally been dropped by airplane into Central Park Lake.
Credits
- Script:
- Pencils: Bernard Baily
- Inks: Bernard Baily
- Letters: Bernard Baily
Story Notes
Ken Fitch script credit removed and letterer credit added by Craig Delich. Bester script credit per Martin O'Hearn. In the story, Thorndyke wears a partial Hourman costume with red cape having yellow trim and an hourglass about his neck. The last panel of the story is a plug for the Americommando strip in Action Comics.
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Don't Miss Your Favorites!
Story Notes
Back cover.