Comic Title: Adventure Comics #77
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: August 1942
Approx. On Sale Date: June 26, 1942 Copyright Date June 23, 1942
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1942
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: 64
Contains: Ownership Statement
Editor: Murray Boltinoff

Title: "The Stone of Vengeance"
Pages: 9

Feature(s):
Manhunter (Paul Kirk)

Writer/Penciller: Jack Kirby
Inker: Joe Simon

Reprinted In:
New Gods #8 (1972)

Feature Character(s)

• Manhunter (last appearance in Adventure Comics #76; next appearance in All-Star Squadron #31)

Villain(s)

• The Rajah and his men (Sahib, the Ferret, Gunner, and the Dummy named; jewel thieves; some die in this story; no further appearances)
• J. Rutherford Kelsey (a gem collector; dies in this story; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Johnny Hopper (a shoe-shine boy; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
A priceless jewel is stolen from a pagan temple in Burma. The owners of the jewel are each killed by their partners, while transporting it to the Rajah, the leader of the thieves. The Rajah kills the last of the carriers, but the jewel falls out the window and into the possession of a shoe-shine boy.

The Rajah pursues and captures the boy, but Manhunter has rounded up several other of the Rajah’s men and rescues the boy. He then captures the Rajah, who is in the process of another double-cross with a gem collector, and recovers the jewel.