Comic Title: Adventure Comics #101
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Dec/Jan 1945
On Sale Date: October 24, 1945 Newsstand Date October 24, 1945
Source: House Ad, Sensation Comics #48, Page IFC,
Flash Comics #68, Page IFC

Copyright Date October 22, 1945
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1945
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: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 48
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "The Book That Couldn't Be Printed"
Pages: 8

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

Writer: Joe Samachson
Artist: Louis Cazeneuve

Feature Character(s)

• Shining Knight (last appearance in Adventure Comics #100; next appearance in Adventure Comics #102)

Supporting Character(s)

• Winged Victory (last appearance in Adventure Comics #100; next appearance in Adventure Comics #102)
• Dr. Moresby (last appearance in Adventure Comics #95; next appearance in Adventure Comics #105)

Villain(s)

• A gang of unnamed crooks (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Humbert Winkler (no further appearances)
• Nolan (a publisher; no further appearances)
• Alphonse, James, and Gilbert (Nolan's assistants; no further appearances)

Cameo Appearance(s)

• Merlin and a giant (in flashback to the origin of the Shining Knight)

Comments:
The origin of the Shining Knight is recapped in this story.

Synopsis:
The Shining Knight records his adventures in a manuscript that he keeps at the museum. When museum employees gather up items for auction, they mistakenly take the manuscript and the Knight's sword. Justin tracks the sword down to the buyer and retrieves it. However, a book publisher has the manuscript which contains the secret of the Knight's identity. The Knight forcibly retrieves the manuscript in order to preserve his secret.