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CATALOG RECORD

Adventure Comics #87

DC · Series began 1938 · August-September 1943

Dates

Cover date
August-September 1943
On sale
June 19, 1943
Pages
60

Editions and covers

Creators

pencils: Jack Kirby, Stan Kaye, Louis Cazeneuve, Emil Gershwin, Pierce Rice, Irving Tirman, C. C. Beckscript: Josette Frank, Jack Kirby, Gardner Fox, Norman Goss, Joe Samachson, Rod Reedletters: Howard Fergusoninks: Stan Kaye, Louis Cazeneuve, Emil Gershwin, Irving Tirman, C. C. Beck

Stories

  • When the Typhoon Blows · Good Books Worth Reading · 0.67 pages
  • I Hated the Sandman! · 10 pages

    Silas Pettigrew hated sleep because he couldn't stay awake, and he hated the Sandman because he was a symbol of sleep. But when Silas is falsely accused of murdering a Policeman, the Sandman steps into the picture, and, with the accidental help of Pettigrew, puts the criminals behind bars and restores a normal existence to Silas.

  • The West Goes Ghost! · 6 pages
  • The Troubles of a Taxidermist! · 9 pages
  • Crime Paints a Picture! · 9 pages

    Starman begins to wonder why an art studio hires the worst artist ever, who then proceeds to make sales of his paintings. Then the Astral Avenger discovers why: stolen jewels are hidden within the paintings!

  • Voice in the Night · 1 pages
  • The Man from Yesterday! · 9 pages
  • Jack Potts · 1 pages
  • You Never Can Beat the Dutch! · Mike Gibbs, Guerrilla · 8 pages

Reprinted in

World's Finest Comics (1941), Golden Age Starman Archives (2000), The Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (2009)

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