Comic Title: Adventure Comics #62
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: May 1941
Approx. On Sale Date: April 2, 1941 Copyright Date April 4, 1941
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1941
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: Fredric Whitney Ellsworth

Title: (The Menace of the Lethal Light)
Pages: 9

Feature(s):
Starman (Ted Knight of Earth-2)

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Artist: Jack Burnley

Reprinted In:
Golden Age Starman Archives Vol. 1 HC (2000)

Feature Character(s)

• Starman (last appearance in Adventure Comics #61; next appearance in Adventure Comics #63)

Supporting Character(s)

• Doris Lee (first name given in this story; last appearance in Adventure Comics #61; next appearance in Adventure Comics #63)
• Woodley Allen (last appearance in Adventure Comics #61; next appearance in Adventure Comics #63)

Villain(s)

• The Light (a criminal scientist; next appearance in Adventure Comics #65)
• Light’s henchmen (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Dr. Selby (Dean of a scientific institute; no further appearances)

Comments:
Ted and Doris are engaged beginning in this story.

This story was not originally titled.

Synopsis:
Dr. Selby is kidnapped by the Light, a scientist who was expelled by Selby from a science institute. Light gets his revenge by using a diminishing ray on Selby, reducing him to a few inches in height. Selby later alerts agent Allen with the FBI, who in turn summons Starman.

Allen and Starman go after the Light and are both captured along with Starman’s girlfriend Doris Lee. All three are victims of the Diminishing Ray, but Starman uses the gravity rod to force a thug to restore him to normal. With his foe restored to normal height, the Light tries to disintegrate Starman, but instead he himself is destroyed.