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Issue Details

Issue #75
Published June 1942
Cover Price 0.10
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details - "Villain From Vahalla"

Characters The Sandman; Sandy; Thor (villain); Starman (inset)
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks Joe Simon? (signed)
Reprinted in Forever People, The (DC, 1971 series) #6; in Golden Age Starman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #1; in Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby, The (DC, 2009) #nn.

11 page Starman story "The Strange Case of the Luckless Liars"

Characters The Starman [Ted Knight]; Liars' Club [Cliff Henry, Vardon, Carver, Everts]; The Veil [Vardon] (villain, introduction)
Synopsis Ted is inducted into the Liar's Club and immediately tells them that he is the Starman. And if that isn't enough, along comes a villain who uses the fantastic fibs of the members to weave a web of evil that snares the men's lives and fortunes.
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

9 page Manhunter story "Beware of Mr. Meek"

Characters Manhunter [Paul Kirk]; Mr. Meek (villain).
Genre superhero
Script Jack Kirby
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Joe Simon?
Letters Howard ferguson
Reprinted In The New Gods (DC, 1971 series) #6 (December 1971-January 1972).

6 page Steve Conrad, Adventurer story "Tarsi the Tiger Boy Returns"

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

11 page The Shining Knight story "The Wrecker"

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

8 page The Hourman and Thorndyke the Minute Man story "Mystery of the Missing Link"

Characters The Hour-Man [Rex Tyler]; Thorndyke Tompkins; Mrs. Tompkins (Thorndyke's mother); Ed Tompkins (Thorndyke's father); Brick Barton (villain); Dopey Dann (villain); un-named owner of the Gotham Milk Farm (villain, Ed Thompkin's boss)
Synopsis Thorndyke's father is shot by a criminal gang after his milk wagon horse, Daisy, and the milk bottles to be delivered, are taken on its normal run in a bad storm by a phony driver. This driver accidently loses control of the wagon and it goes off on its merry way......it's crago containing over $1 in cash!
Genre superhero
Pencils Bernard Baily (signed)
Inks Bernard Baily (signed)
Letters Bernard Baily
Notes Letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2008-2-24. Writer credit revised from Ken Fitch? to ? by Craig Delich 2010-2-3 as no writer credit has been verified to date. Thorndyke wears a version of the Hourman costume in this story (red cape wth yellow trim and an hourglass around neck).

10 page The Sandman story "The Villain from Valhalla"

Characters The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Police Chief Haines; Thor [Fairy Tales Fenton](villain)
Synopsis A former Professor of Metallurgy, who has invented clothing of lucite that is bullet-proof, disguises himself and his men as ancient Vikings to commit crimes. They then challenge the Police and Sandman to discover their whereabouts after divesting themselves of their distinctive garb.
Genre superhero
Script Jack Kirby
Pencils Jack Kirby
Inks Joe Simon?
Letters Howard Ferguson
Reprinted in Forever People, The (DC, 1971 series) #6 (December 1971-January 1972); in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #499; in Best of Simon and Kirby, The (Titan Books, 2009 series) #[nn]; in The Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2009 series) #nn