Comic Title: Adventure Comics #144
Publisher: DC (National Comics Publications, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: September 1949
Approx. On Sale Date: July 15, 1949 Copyright Date July 13, 1949
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1949
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 48
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "Sir Butch Goes into Business"
Pages: 6

Feature(s):
Shining Knight (of Earth-2)

Writer: Otto Binder
Artist: Ruben Moreira

Feature Character(s)

• Shining Knight (last appearance in Adventure Comics #143; next appearance in Adventure Comics #145)

Supporting Character(s)

• Winged Victory (last appearance in Adventure Comics #143; next appearance in Adventure Comics #145)
• Sir Butch (last appearance in Adventure Comics #142; next appearance in Adventure Comics #150)
• Merlin (last appearance in Adventure Comics #142; next appearance in Adventure Comics #145)
• King Arthur (last appearance in Adventure Comics #139; next appearance in Adventure Comics #148)

Villain(s)

• A gang of counterfeiters (no further appearances)

Comments:
The Shining Knight and Sir Butch are magically transported back in time to the age of Camelot in this story.

This story was recycled in the second story of Adventure Comics #165.

Synopsis:
After reading a book about King Arthur, Butch Boyle joins the Shining Knight on a trip back in time. He wants to raise money to build a boys club back in the present, so he sets up a shop to begin selling goods. He introduces soap, glue, and nails to the people of Camelot who have never seen these common items before.

Butch's business is doing well until he discovers that some of the coins that he has collected are counterfeit. The Shining Knight and Butch identify the crook and follow him back to his gang. The crooks try to fight back, but they are quickly defeated. Butch then learns that the counterfeit coins are made of platinum, a worthless metal in Arthur's time, but valuable in the present. He brings the platinum back with him and donates it to the boys' club construction project.