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Adventure Comics 89

ADVENTURE COMICS #89

Cover Date: December-January 1943-4
Cover Price: $.10

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Cover Credits:
Pencils: Jack Kirby


Story: "Prisoner of His Dreams" (10 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJack Kirby, Joe Simon
PencilsJack Kirby
InksJoe Simon
LetteringHoward Ferguson
Associate editingMort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Sandman (next in the first flashback in JSA #18)
Sandy, The Golden Boy (next in the first flashback in JSA #18)

Villain(s):

Blackie (first appearance; a robbers)

Other Character(s):

Archibald Shelby (first appearance; has the ability to plot very successful crimes in his dreams)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

Story Reprinted in:

The Sandman By Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (2009)


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Second Story: "The Case of the Curious Crossroad!" (6 Pages)

Credits:

StoryAlfred Bester
ArtStan Kaye
LetteringStan Kaye
Associate editingMort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Genius Jones (accidentally gets on a stretch of road that is misplaced in time)

Other Character(s):

Cavemen (in "1000000 BC")
Sir Francis Drake (in 1579)
Future Women (from "1000000 AD")
Two "road workers" (first appearance for both; repairing the stretch of road that is tangled in time)

Location(s):

California desert


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Third Story: "The Golden Horseshoe!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoe Samachson
ArtLouis Cazeneuve
LetteringLouis Cazeneuve
Associate editingMort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Shining Knight (next in Leading Comics #9)

Supporting Character(s):

Winged Victory (next in Leading Comics #9)
Professor Moresby (next in Leading Comics #9)

Villain(s):

Society Sam (first appearance; tries to steal a fake golden horse shoe)

Location(s):

New York City, NY

Comment(s):

This story is narrated by Winged Victory.


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Fourth Story: "The Plundering Planets!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

StoryGardner Fox
ArtEmil Gershwin
LetteringHoward Ferguson
Associate editingMort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Starman (last in Starman 80-Page Giant #1/3; next in All-Star Comics #19)

Supporting Character(s):

Doris Lee (last in Starman 80-Page Giant #1/3)

Villain(s):

Sun's Satellites (Sun, Moon and Saturn; last in issue #76)

Story Reprinted in:

Golden Age Starman Archives #2 (2009)


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Fifth Story: "Fisherman's Fortune!" (9 Pages)

Credits:

PencilsPierce Rice
LetteringHoward Ferguson
Associate editingMort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Manhunter

Villain(s):

Heiner (first appearance; a jewel smuggler)

Location(s):

South Atlantic Ocean


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Sixth Story: "Trouble in Three-Quarter Time!" (8 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJoe Samachson
ArtIrving Tirman
LetteringIrving Tirman
Associate editingMort Weisinger, Jack Schiff
EditingWhitney Ellsworth

Feature Character(s):

Guerilla

Villain(s):

Captain Ruhlmann and Nazis (first appearance for all)

Location(s):

Vienna, Austria

Comment(s):

Guerilla leaves a Lincoln penny as his calling card.


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