Cover: Jack Kirby & Joe Simon

Adventure Comics #92

Jun 1944 · DC · 0.10 USD

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“The Tough Guy!”

In "The Tough Guy!" from Adventure Comics #92 (1944), a notorious criminal with a hidden conscience tries to steer his younger brother Jim away from a life of crime by sending him to military school—only to face trouble when his past catches up with him. Written and drawn with grit by Pen Shumaker, this 1944 tale blends moral complexity and unexpected turns, with a surprise twist involving the Sandman and a fateful break in the story’s momentum. The cover, by Jack Kirby and Joe Simon, captures the tension of a man caught between two worlds.

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artist, inker Pen Shumaker · cover Jack Kirby, Joe Simon

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artist, inker Pen Shumaker

cover pencils Jack Kirby

cover inks Joe Simon

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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. However, when people discover that Mike Malloy is Jim's brother, he is nearly expelled from the school. But a quirk of fate, along with the Sandman, overcomes that problem and Mike reforms.

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