Adventure Comics #92 The Tough Guy/The Saving Scot And The Gypsy Gyp/ The Bookworm That Turned/ "The Three Comets!"/The Spirit of Korea/The Hand Of Doom
Cover Date: June, 1944
The Tough Guy starring Sandman, art by Pen Shumaker; A notorious crook, known as the Tough Guy, has a soft spot in his heart for his brother Jim, whom he does not want to see follow in his footsteps, so he enrolls Jim in a military school. The Saving Sco ...
Issue Description
The Tough Guy starring Sandman, art by Pen Shumaker; A notorious crook, known as the Tough Guy, has a soft spot in his heart for his brother Jim, whom he does not want to see follow in his footsteps, so he enrolls Jim in a military school. The Saving Scot and the Gypsy Gyp starring Genius Jones, script by Alfred Bester, art by Stan Kaye. The Bookworm That Turned starring The Shining Knight, script by Joe Samachson, art by Louis Cazeneuve.
"The Three Comets!"Astronomer Ted Knight decides to attend the circus. During a performance of the acrobatic Three Comets, a jewelry store proprietor is robbed. Knight investigates, as the Starman. Due to the sudden blackout, and subsequent robbery, the audience begins to panic. The Starman calls for calm, before subduing a rampaging elephant. The Starman interrogates the circus owner, Quinn, who insists that his performers had nothing to do with any robbery.
A search of the big top turns up no evidence of any stolen diamonds. Undeterred in his suspicions, the Starman surreptitiously follows the Three Comets. The crooked acrobats break into another jewelry store. The Starman confronts the Three Comets. The Starman is rendered unconscious by a thrown metal sign. The Three Comets carry the Starman out into a darkened alley to dispose of him. One of the Three Comets inadvertently activates the Starman's gravity rod, and begins to rise into the air.
The Starman grabs the man, as the other crooks grab the Starman. Once out over the river, the Starman gives the crook, holding the gravity rod, poor advice on how to land. The Three Comets end up face down in the mud, ready for police pick-up, The Starman discovers the missing diamonds, hidden among a collection of costume rhinestones.
The Spirit of Korea starring Mike Gibbs, Guerilla, script by Joe Samachson, art by Edmond Good. The Hand of Doom starring Manhunter, art by Edmond Good.
Adventure Comics
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- DC Comics
Volume Description
Adventure Comics (Volume 1)
Issues 12-31 are indexed in New Adventure Comics. The series was relaunched decades after its conclusion, with Adventure Comics a series featuring the age-old technique of dual-numbering so that although it began it's own numbering of the series, it also displays the numbering on the cover as if the series were still ongoing from this series started back in '35.
Issues #48-52 are collected in JSA All Stars Archives Vol. 1Issues #103-121 (Plus More Fun Comics #101-107) collected in The Adventures of Superboy Vol. 1Issues #260-280, 282 are collected in Aquaman Archives Vol. 1Issues #306-317 are collected in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives Vol. 2Issues #318-328 are collected in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives Vol. 3Issues #329-339 are collected in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives Vol. 4Issues #340-349 are collected in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives Vol. 5Issues #350-358 are collected in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives Vol. 6Issues #359-367 are collected in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives Vol. 7Issues #368-376 are collected in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives Vol. 8Issues #377-380 are collected in Legion of Super-Heroes Archives Vol. 9Issues #435-437, 441-466 are collected in Aquaman: Death of a PrincePlease first Sign In before leaving a review.
