Actions
 Unofficial Adventure Comics Index

Adventure Comics 69

ADVENTURE COMICS #69

Cover Date: December 1941
Cover Price: $.10

< PREV
TITLE INDEX
NEXT >

Cover Credits:
Art: Jack Burnley


Story: "Adventure of the Singapore Stranglers!" (13 Pages)

Credits:

StoryAlfred Bester
ArtJack Burnley
LetteringBetty Burnley
ColorsRaymond Perry
Associate editingMort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Starman (next in All-Star Comics #8)

Supporting Character(s):

Doris Lee (next in All-Star Comics #8)
Woodley Allen

Villain(s):

Captain Fujiyama (first appearance; in charge of sabotage for the Japanese)
Singapore Stranglers (first appearance; a gang of thieves and murderers famous in southeast Asia)

Location(s):

Opal City
Gotham City

Story Reprinted in:

Golden Age Starman Archives #1 (2000)


2

Second Story: [No Title] (13 Pages)

Credits:

ArtCraig Flessel
LetteringCraig Flessel
Associate editingMort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Shining Knight

Supporting Character(s):

Winged Victory
Professor Moresby
Eve Barclay (between issue #67/2 and #72/2)

Villain(s):

Red Dragon III (first appearance; a tall, physically strong man in a tuxedo who runs a crime gang; face is very ugly and wears a red drape mask)

Location(s):

New York City, NY


3

Third Story: "Death at the Opera" (8 Pages)

Credits:

ArtBernard Baily
LetteringBernard Baily
Associate editingMort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Hourman (Rex Tyler)

Supporting Character(s):

Alexander Bannermain (in a dream only)

Villain(s):

Dr. Wizen (first appearance; a small evil scientist in a dream of Rex's; resembles Meadows, his landlord)


4

Fourth Story: [No Title] (4 Pages)

Credits:

ArtChad Grothkopf
LetteringChad Grothkopf
Associate editingMort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Steve Carson

Villain(s):

counterfeiters (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Washington, DC

Comment(s):

Chad Grothkopf credited as Chad


5

Fifth Story: [No title] (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryEd Moore
ArtEd Moore
LetteringEd Moore
Associate editingMort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Paul Kirk

Villain(s):

Wolfe and his partner (first appearance for both; kill for perfume ingredients (which turn out to be a mistake)

Other Character(s):

Captain Jack Corby (first appearance; a friend of Kirk's; dies)

Location(s):

Man-O-War Key (near Key West), FL

Comment(s):

This Paul Kirk is not known to be related to the mystery man Paul Kirk, the Manhunter
This story takes place around the 9th of the month, 1941.


6

Sixth Story: [No Title] (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryMort Weisinger
PencilsPaul Norris
InksChad Grothkopf
LetteringChad Grothkopf
Associate editingMort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Sandman (last in All-Star Squadron #66/All-Star Squadron #18; first appearance of his "super-hero" costume)
Sandy (first appearance; a young boy who admires the Sandman and creates a costume just like his)

Villain(s):

Giant Bees (first appearance; all die)

Other Character(s):

Buttsford (first appearance; an beekeeper who accidentally creates giant, sentient bees)
Bess Buttsford (first appearance; Buttsford's daughter)

Location(s):

New England

Comment(s):

Sandy probably patterns his costume after the one worn by the comic-book Sandman, which is very close to the costume that Wes Dodds adopts.


7