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Issue Details

Issue #71
Published February 1942
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details

Characters The Starman
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Burnley
Inks Jack Burnley
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Golden Age Starman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #1

13 page Starman story "The Invaders from the Future"

Characters The Starman [Ted Knight]; Doris Lee; Woodley Allen; Police Captain Ryan; Professor Juniper Grimm; The Unknown (The Light in disguise, villain); Slugger (villain)
Synopsis A kindly professor creates a steel time-sphere, which is stolen and used by a gang of crooks to travel into the future, who then unleash flaming thunderbolts and giants in bullet-proof suits to terrorize the citizens of today.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Jack Burnley (signed)
Inks Jack Burnley (signed); Ray Burnley [backgrounds]
Colors Raymond Perry
Letters Betty Bentley
Notes Letterer and background credits added by Craig Delich 2008-2-23.
Reprinted in Golden Age Starman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #1

13 page The Shining Knight story "The Stronghold of Savarr"

Characters The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]
Genre superhero
Pencils Creig Flessel
Inks Creig Flessel

6 page Steve Conrad, Adventurer story "Jungle Search"

Characters Steve Conrad
Genre adventure
Script Jack Lehti
Pencils Jack Lehti
Inks Jack Lehti

8 page The Hourman story "The Stars Look Down on Murder"

Characters The Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Dr. Destiny; Jimmy Martin; Thorndyke; Minute Men of America; Henry Marshall (death); Darius Carter; Mr. Stone (villain)
Synopsis An astrologist is fired from radio station WHON for poor ratings, but he swears revenge against the station owner and the Board Of Directors of the Century Syndicate, which operates the station.
Genre superhero
Script Ken Fitch?
Pencils Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks Bernard Baily (signed)
Letters Bernard Baily
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2008-2-23. This story features the first appearance of Jimmy Martin in his specially made Hourman costume, plus the first appearance of the Miraclo Ray device, which allows Hourman to absorb Miraclo externally rather than internally with a pill.

6 page Paul Kirk, Manhunter story "Crime Strikes at Home"

Characters Paul Kirk
Genre superhero
Script Ed Moore
Pencils Ed Moore
Inks Ed Moore
Letters Ed Moore
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2008-2-23.

8 page The Sandman story "Adventure of the Road of No Return"

Characters The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy McGann]; Satan (villain, death)
Synopsis While traveling, Wes and Sandy stop for the night at an inn, but are intrigued by a story told by the inn-keeper. In it, he mentions that the road near the inn has been traveled by many people over the last twenty years, but no one has ever returned from their journey on it, including his son.
Genre superhero
Script Mort Weisinger
Pencils Paul Norris
Inks Chad Grothkopf
Letters Chad Grothkopf
Notes Pencil credit verified by Paul Norris per Craig Delich (November, 2004), inker credit confirmed by Grothkopf and writer identified by Jerry Bails. Norris was told to draw the story "in a Bob Kane style".