Comic Title: Adventure Comics #105
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: June 1946
Approx. On Sale Date: April 26, 1946 Copyright Date April 23, 1946
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1946-1947
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: "The Knight's Gambit"
Pages: 7

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

Artist: Chuck A. Winter

Feature Character(s)

• Shining Knight (last appearance in Adventure Comics #104; next appearance in Adventure Comics #106)

Supporting Character(s)

• Winged Victory (last appearance in Adventure Comics #104; next appearance in Adventure Comics #106)
• Dr. Moresby (last appearance in Adventure Comics #101; next appearance in Adventure Comics #109)

Villain(s)

• The Black Queen (Olga Romanoff; a champion chess player; no further appearances)
• A gang of crooks (Ivan named; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
While Justin and Moresby examine new Persian exhibit, the museum is robbed. Justin is distracted during the robbery by two men and the Black Queen, a chess expert. He suspects that the Black Queen deliberately distracted him from the real robbery, and that she is part of the gang.

The Shining Knight finds information on female chess masters which leads him to Olga Romanoff. The Black Queen lays a trap for the Knight, but he defeats her anyway.