Cover: Jack Kirby & Joe Simon

Adventure Comics #80

Nov 1942 · DC · 0.10 USD

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“The Man Who Couldn't Sleep!”

In "The Man Who Couldn't Sleep!", Hourman finds himself drawn into a bizarre radio contest where wealthy industrialists compete to retrieve strange items for a $1000 prize—only to uncover a dangerous pattern behind the chaos. As the city reels from a string of robberies tied to the show’s participants, Rex Tyler and Thorndyke begin to suspect the game is far more sinister than it seems. Art by Bernard Baily, with a cover by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, this 1942 adventure blends mystery and pulp intrigue in a classic DC tale.

artist, inker, letterer Bernard Baily · cover Jack Kirby, Joe Simon

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artist, inker, letterer Bernard Baily

cover pencils Jack Kirby

cover inks Joe Simon

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Hourman and four people who are famous in the world of wealth and industry are invited to appear on The Radio Treasure Hunt Show, each having to retrieve some odd item, the first returning winning $1000. However, it is Rex Tyler (not Hourman) and Thorndyke who soon discover the pattern of resulting robberies occurring in the city, as they target the very people appearing on the show.

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