The Sandman #2

(April-May 1975)

Batman and the Mummy (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

Batman; Hostess Twinkies / comics-form advertising / 1 page (report information)

The Night of the Spider (Table of Contents: 2)

Sandman / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Michael Fleisher (credited)

Pencils

Ernie Chan (credited as Ernie Chua)

Inks

Mike Royer (credited)

Colors

?

Letters

Ben Oda

Job Number

J-3780

First Line of Dialogue or Text

The emergency alarm!

Genre

superhero; fantasy-supernatural

Characters

Sandman; Brute; Glob; Jed Paulsen; Ezra Paulsen; Doctor Spider; Nightmare Wizard

Synopsis

Doctor Spider's men kidnap Jed and attach him to machinery that will extract monsters from his nightmares and release them into the world. Sandman learns of the plot from the Nightmare Wizard, but he's captured next. Brute and Glob secretly travel from the Dream Dome and free Sandman and Jed, and Doctor Spider is apparently killed in an explosion.

Reprints

• in Le Manoir des Fantômes (Arédit-Artima, 1975 series) #2 (4ème trimestre 1975) [N&B et recadré [B&W and reframed]]

Keywords

Dolphin Island; Dream Stream; nightmares

DC Brings You 2 Super Special Spectaculars for 1975! (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Captain Marvel / Shazam!; Wonder Woman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

From the World of One Million Years Ago! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Tor / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Dream Dome / letters page / 1 page (report information)

Script

Paul Levitz ?

Pencils

Jack Kirby (logo illustration)

Inks

Mike Royer (logo illustration)

Colors

? (logo illustration)

Letters

typeset

Job Number

J-3886

First Line of Dialogue or Text

That first issue of Sandman was planned as a one-shot special, to give our fans a look at what the famous Joe Simon-Jack Kirby team would look like...

Characters

Sandman

Indexer Notes

Letters submitted by Hank Samuels, Tim Bradshaw, and Frank Gordon.
Includes editorial explaining the strong sales of the Simon-Kirby Sandman, which had been planned as a one-shot, and the new creative team.