Comic Title: Adventure Comics #76
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: July 1942
Approx. On Sale Date: May 27, 1942 Copyright Date May 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
Editor: Murray Boltinoff

Title: "The Legend of the Silent Bear"
Pages: 9

Feature(s):
Manhunter (Paul Kirk)

Writer/Penciller: Jack Kirby
Inker: Joe Simon

Reprinted In:
New Gods #7 (1972)

Feature Character(s)

• Manhunter (last appearance in Adventure Comics #75; next appearance in Adventure Comics #77)

Villain(s)

• Harry Raspp and his two partners (thieves; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• George (a friend of Paul Kirk’s; no further appearances)
• Timmy and Tommy (his twin sons; no further appearances)
• Jimmy Jones (a boy scout; no further appearances)
• Ben Raspp (a recluse; dies in this story; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
While on a weekend retreat, Paul Kirk discovers a murder. When he confronts the killers, he is blinded by a gunshot. With the help of a boy scout, Manhunter tracks the killers to their hideout and captures them, learning the murdered man was the killer’s uncle.