Adventure Comics, #85
Published: April 1943
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Issue Contents:
The Amazing Dreams of Gentleman Jack
Credits
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Joe Simon (uncertain)
Editorial Advisory Board
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
Fisherman Four
Featuring Good Books Worth Reading
Credits
- Script: Paul J. Bolger
Story Notes
Inside front cover.
The Unholy Dreams of Gentleman Jack
Storyline
Hounded by dreams of the Sandman, when Gentleman Jack Jarvis is released from prison he swears that he will one day live in a suite of cells, come and go as he pleases with guards waiting on him hand and foot...but the Sandman will suffer in a solitary cell and made to die slowly!
Credits
- Script: Jack Kirby
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Letters: Howard Ferguson
- Inks: Joe Simon (uncertain)
"Meat on the table!"
Story Notes
Not Daniel Boone!
"Bait? You mean you're supposed to put those awful worms..."
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
Hey! What Goes on Here?!?
Featuring Leading Comics
The Constellations of Crime!
Storyline
Starman faces the threat of a cunning astrologist whose gang commits their crimes under various signs of the zodiac.
Credits
- Script: Gardner Fox
- Pencils: Emil Gershwin
- Inks: Emil Gershwin
"There - Just a few more minutes work!"
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
Featuring All-Star Comics; The Justice Society of America
"The Justice Society goes into action again..."
Featuring Life's Little Laffs
"I'm awfully tired this morning, dear..."
Credits
- Script: Ray Houlihan
- Pencils: Ray Houlihan
- Inks: Ray Houlihan
Featuring Laffs
"Heads! I'm captain today!"
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
World's Finest Value!
Featuring World's Finest Comics
The Scrap for Scrap!
Credits
- Script: Joe Samachson
- Pencils: Louis Cazeneuve
- Inks: Louis Cazeneuve
Vasco Da Gama
Credits
- Script: Manfred Hofmann
Story Notes
Page includes many small ads from stamps dealers.
"Baby Carriage for Sale"
Credits
- Script: Henry Boltinoff
- Pencils: Henry Boltinoff
- Inks: Henry Boltinoff
Fast As a Bullet!
Featuring Prize Comics; Headline Comics
Story Notes
Ad for comics from publisher Prize Comics.
Way Down Yonder in the Corn Field!
Credits
- Script: Alfred Bester
- Pencils: Stan Kaye
- Inks: Stan Kaye
"Be sure to get these top favorites for the best in comics!"
The Mystery of the Monster Bird!
Credits
- Script: Jack Kirby
- Pencils: Pierce Rice
- Letters: Howard Ferguson
The Honorable Sword
Credits
- Script: Tom Wing
The School for Heroes!
Credits
- Script: Joe Samachson
- Pencils: Irving Tirman
- Inks: Irving Tirman
Story Notes
Writer and art credits confirmed by Jerry Bails. Howard Ferguson letterer credit removed by Craig Delich.
Story Notes
Inside back cover.
Energy to Battle Odds
Story Notes
Back cover.