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Issue Details

Issue #73
Published April 1942
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth
Notes Some info added by Craig Delich 10-1-09.

Cover Details

Characters Manhunter; Starman (inset)
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks Joe Simon? (signed)
Letters typeset
Reprinted In New Gods, The (DC, 1971 series) #4; in Golden Age Starman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #1; in The Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2009 series) #1

13 page Starman story "The Case of the Murders in Outer Space"

Characters The Starman [Ted Knight]; Woodley Allen; Doris Lee; Clifford Taylor (death); Colonel Matt Taylor; Jim Taylor; The Hooded Hunchback [Lt. Governor Morgan] and his gang [Muggsy; Rasp; others un-named](villains, introduction)
Synopsis When Hetty Taylor died during the Gold Rush in California, his will specifically excluded any relative who lived or died in the state. Now the Astral Avenger must figure out the causes for the mysterious deaths of some of those relatives.
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 2008-2-24.
Reprinted In Golden Age Starman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #1.

10 page Manhunter story "The Secret of the Buzzard's Revenge"

Characters Manhunter [Paul Kirk] (origin, introduction); Mrs. Marston; Inspector Donovan (death); the Buzzard and his gang (villains, introduction)
Synopsis Inspired by the death of Inspector Donovan, big-game hunter Paul Kirk decides to don a costume and hunt down the notorious Buzzard and his gang who are plaguing Empire City.
Genre superhero
Script Jack Kirby
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Joe Simon?
Letters Howard Ferguson
Notes Oddity: Manhunter is called Rick Nelson once in this story.
Reprinted In New Gods, The (DC, 1971 series) #4 (August-September 1971).

6 page Steve Conrad, Adventurer story "Adventure in the Past"

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

11 page The Shining Knight story "The Golden Quest"

Characters The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]
Genre superhero
Script Henry Lynne Perkins
Pencils Louis Cazeneuve
Inks Louis Cazeneuve
Notes Writer verified by Martin O'Hearn.

8 page The Hourman and Minute Man Martin story "Criminal Quiz"

Characters The Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Jimmy Martin; Professor Q [David Manders](villain, WABX Radio President)
Synopsis A sinister voice over the radio airwaves every evening asks a seemingly innocent question of the listening public, but, as the Hourman and Jimmy discover, this question is followed up the very next day with a major crime that answers the question!
Genre superhero
Pencils Bernard Baily
Inks Bernard Baily
Letters Bernard Baily
Notes Jimmy Martin wears his Hourman costume in the story, which also states that the Miraclo Ray gives the Hourman the strength of 50 men. Oddity: although the villain's name is called David Manders, the door to his office reads "J. J. Manders".

10 page The Sandman story "Bells of Madness"

Characters The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Lois Mansfield; Frank Scata; Martha Mansfield (death); Ernest Mansfield (villain)
Synopsis Sandman and Sandy pry into the affairs of a mysterious family that has had a history of many of its members going mad and commiting suicide.
Genre superhero
Script Jack Kirby (signed)
Pencils Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks Joe Simon? (signed)
Letters Howard Ferguson
Reprinted In The Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2009 series) #1