Adventure Comics, #82
Published: January 1943
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Issue Contents:
Credits
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Pencils: Stan Kaye
- Inks: Joe Simon (uncertain)
- Inks: Stan Kaye
Editorial Advisory Board
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Lassie Come Home by Eric Knight
Santa Fronts for the Mob
Storyline
A gang of crooks talk a dim-witted professional wrestler into playing Santa Claus at a local department store as a front for the commission of crimes.
Credits
- Script: Jack Kirby
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Joe Simon (uncertain)
- Letters: Howard Ferguson
How Well Do You Know Our War Weapons?
Featuring Gags
"She's our swimming instructor!"
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
Hitch a Wagon to the Stars
Storyline
Young Jim Hart, a failure in life because he believes in astrology, invents a submarine detector that Starman uses to capture enemy forces and the man who once convinced Hart to follow astrological signs.
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Mort Meskin
- Inks: George Roussos
Featuring All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America
"The Justice Society is here again!"
Featuring Laffs
"It's a swell night - Let's walk home!"
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
Featuring Wee Willie
"Well - I never--!"
Featuring Leading Comics
"Fishing Today"
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Credits
- Pencils: Louis Cazeneuve
- Inks: Louis Cazeneuve
Featuring The Dubble Trubble Twins
"Did he pass by yet?"
Story Notes
A pair of small ads.
Did I Ever See a Dream Walking?
Credits
- Script: Alfred Bester
- Pencils: Stan Kaye
- Inks: Stan Kaye
Romulus and Remus
Featuring Stamps
Credits
- Script: Manfred Hofmann
Story Notes
Page includes many small ads from stamps dealers.
The Animal Murders
Credits
- Pencils: Pierce Rice
Story Notes
Jack Kirby script credit removed by Bob Hughes.
Glorious Trust
Credits
- Script: Haven Hardy
Don't Miss Your Favorites!
The High-Powered Hoods
Featuring Hourman with Thorndyke
Storyline
A group of thugs break into the apartment of Rex Tyler and steal the Miraclo Ray machine. Coupled with a series of acquisitive instinct injections they've been receiving, it seems that the Hourman has no chance of defeating them.
Credits
- Script: Alfred Bester (uncertain)
- Pencils: Bernard Baily
- Inks: Bernard Baily
- Letters: Bernard Baily
Story Notes
Writer credit by Bob Hughes. Letterer credit added by Craig Delich. In the story, Thorndyke wears a partial Hourman costume (red cape with yellow trim and an hourglass about his neck). The last panel, illustrated and lettered by Bernard Baily, is a plug for the Americommando strip in Action Comics, and pictures the Americommando and his villain, the terrible Little One.
The Boy Commandos Are Here!
Featuring Boy Commandos
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Story Notes
Back cover.