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ADVENTURE COMICS #66
Cover Date: September 1941
Cover Price: $.10
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Cover Credits:
Art: Jack Burnley
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Credits:
| Art | Jack Burnley |
| Colors | Raymond Perry |
| Lettering | Betty Burnley |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Cuthbert Cain (first appearance; uses a camera built with the secrets of voodoo to take control of men's souls; destroyed)
Location(s):
Story Reprinted in:
- 100-Page Super Spectacular #DC-20 (September 1973)
- Golden Age Starman Archives #1 (2000)
Credits:
| Story | Henry Lynne Perkins |
| Art | Craig Flessel |
| Lettering | Craig Flessel |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Shining Knight (Sir Justin; first appearance; a Arthurian knight frozen in ice in 532 AD and freed in the spring of 1941; also in flashbacks)
Supporting Character(s):
- Winged Victory (first appearance; Sir Justin's horse; enchanted by Merlin to be able to fly with large wings)
- Professor Moresby (first appearance; a museum curator with a special interest in Arthurian legends; frees Sir Justin from ice and acts as his mentor in the 20th Century)
- Eve Barclay (first appearance; daughter of one of the museum's supporters; becomes infatuated with the Shining Knight)
Villain(s):
- Blunderbore (first appearance; an ogre who battles The Shining Knight in the past; in flashback; dies)
- museum robbers (first appearance for all)
Cameo Appearance(s):
- King Arthur (first DCU appearance?; in flashback)
- Knights of the Round Table (first DCU appearance?; in flashback; Sir Lancelot, Sir Galahad and Sir Bors named)
- Merlin (first DCU appearance?; sorcerer of the Round Table; freed from imprisonment by Sir Justin; enchants his armor, sword and steed)
Location(s):
- Camelot (in flashback)
- New York City, NY
Comment(s):
- This story is retold in All-Star Squadron #62 with new information.
Credits:
| Art | Bernard Baily |
| Lettering | Bernard Baily |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Hourman (Rex Tyler; last in All-Star Comics #6)
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Big Benny (first appearance; a slumlord)
Other Character(s):
- Councilman Drew (first appearance)
Credits:
| Story | Jerry Siegel |
| Art | Chad Grothkopf |
| Lettering | Chad Grothkopf |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Villain(s):
- people plotting to overthrow a country (first appearance for all; Nikko, a henchman, named)
Other Character(s):
- Princess Alvara (first appearance; a kidnapped ruler)
Location(s):
- Washington, DC
Comment(s):
- Chad Grothkopf credited as Chad
Credits:
| Story | Ed Moore |
| Art | Ed Moore |
| Lettering | Ed Moore |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Chief Tim Horton (behind the scenes)
- Ham (a porter)
Villain(s):
- Tulchock (first appearance; a jewel thief)
Other Character(s):
- Rose (first appearance; trying to escape from Tulchock)
Location(s):
Comment(s):
- This Paul Kirk is not known to be related to the mystery man Paul Kirk, the Manhunter
Credits:
| Art | Paul Norris |
| Associate editing | Mort Weisinger, Jack Schiff |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
Feature Character(s):
- Sandman (last in All-Star Comics #6)
Supporting Character(s):
Villain(s):
- Edgar Edley (first appearance; harnesses carbon and oxygen molocules found in comets to creates metallic magnets and create a youth ray)
Location(s):
- New York City, NY