Adventure Comics, #83
Published: February 1943
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Issue Contents:
Credits
- Pencils: Stan Kaye
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Stan Kaye
- Inks: Joe Simon (uncertain)
Editorial Advisory Board
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Black Fire by Corvelle Newcomb
Credits
- Script:
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
The Lady and the Champ!
Storyline
Fighter Jimmy Maddox's fight manager decides to double cross his boxer when he meets the champ in the ring, but the Sandman's advice to Maddox's sweetheart saves the day.
Credits
- Script: Jack Kirby
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Joe Simon (uncertain)
- Letters: Howard Ferguson
Everybody Reads the Boy Commandos
Featuring Boy Commandos
Credits
- Script: Jack Kirby
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Joe Simon (uncertain)
- Letters: Howard Ferguson
Story Notes
A Boy Commandos ad in story form that portrays Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Hideki Tojo reading a copy of Detective Comics, and Hitler deciding to order a year's subscription.
Featuring Little Tom
"No, you dim-wit!"
Another Meeting of the Justice Society!
Featuring All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America
Featuring Laffs
"My, what lovely fish..."
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
Wish Upon a Star!
Storyline
Against all odds, Starman helps make the wishes of three young boys at the Perry Preparatory School come true.
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Emil Gershwin
- Inks: Emil Gershwin
Story Notes
French's first name is spelled both as Charley and Charlie in the story.
"Me go out like ancestor and hunt..."
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
"Boy - Do I get their goat!"
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
Story Notes
A pair of small ads.
Brand New!
Featuring Comic Cavalcade
"That's very annoying!"
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
Checkmate to Chivalry!
Credits
- Pencils: Louis Cazeneuve
- Inks: Louis Cazeneuve
San Martin
Featuring Stamps
Credits
- Script: Manfred Hofmann
Story Notes
Page includes many small ads from stamps dealers.
Featuring This Won't Hurt
"Now, Junior - You've got to have your teeth fixed..."
The Case of the Haunted Opera!
Credits
- Script: Alfred Bester
- Pencils: Stan Kaye
- Inks: Stan Kaye
Extra!
Featuring Headline Comics; Prize Comics
"Hmm - Boy - This is like old times!"
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
Justice Was Taken for a Joy Ride!
Credits
- Pencils: Pierce Rice
Scientific Vengeance
Credits
- Script: Grant Ball
The Riddles in Rhyme!
Featuring Thorndyke
Storyline
Crooks pattern their crimes after an old nursery rhyme, planning to use the resulting publicity to convince the underworld that they can commit a crime any time, any place, thus giving them more business than before.
Credits
- Script:
- Pencils: Bernard Baily
- Inks: Bernard Baily
- Letters: Bernard Baily
Story Notes
Letterer credit added by Craig Delich. Script credit by Martin O'Hearn; we previously suggested Ken Fitch. In the story, Thorndyke wears a partial Hourman costume (red cape with yellow trim and hourglass about neck).
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Story Notes
Inside back cover.
High in Energy
Story Notes
Back cover.