(February-March 1944)

DC, 1938 Series
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Volume:
?
Price:
0.10 USD
Pages:
60
Indicia frequency:
?
Indicia Publisher:
?
Brand:
A Superman DC Publication
Editing:
Whitney Ellsworth
Format:
Color; mostly Standard Golden Age, Silver Age, and Modern Age US size, Digest size (5" x 6.75") #491-503; mostly Saddle-Stitched, Squarebound #390, 416, 491-503

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Sandman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:
Jack Kirby
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
typeset

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Sandman; Sandy; Starman (inset)
Reprints:

Sleepy Time Crimes (Table of Contents)

The Sandman / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Jack Kirby (signed)
Pencils:
Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks:
? [as Joe Simon] (signed)
Colors:
?
Letters:
Howard Ferguson

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Linda Van Liggett; Mr. Crane; The Weasel (villain); Louie (villain)
Synopsis:
Sandman must battle a villain who uses a special camera with a wide-angle lens that releases an odorless gas which renders its "subjects" unconscious, all as a pretext for use in robbing large stores and museums with special exhibitions.
Reprints:

Fish Are Such Liars (Table of Contents)

Genius Jones / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Alfred Bester
Pencils:
Stan Kaye
Inks:
Stan Kaye
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
teen
Characters:
Genius Jones

The Candid Criminal (Table of Contents)

Shining Knight / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Joe Samachson
Pencils:
Louis Cazeneuve
Inks:
Louis Cazeneuve
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]

Land Beneath the Fog! (Table of Contents)

Starman / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Mort Meskin
Inks:
George Roussos
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Starman [Ted Knight]; Barbara Mercer; Sir Bors;
Synopsis:
Starman enters into a land beneath the fog where a young girl is being held prisoner, and soon to be burnt at the stake, for being a witch.
Reprints:

Indexer Notes

Inker credit added by Craig Delich 2009-12-25.


Little Clerk--What Now? (Table of Contents)

Manhunter / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
?
Pencils:
Pierce Rice
Inks:
?
Colors:
?
Letters:
Howard Ferguson

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Manhunter [Paul Kirk]

The Prisoner of the Castle (Table of Contents)

Mike Gibbs, Guerilla / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Joe Samachson
Pencils:
Edmond Good
Inks:
Edmond Good
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Characters:
Mike Gibbs

Indexer Notes

Writer credit, verified by Jerry Bails, plus inker credit added by Craig Delich 2009-12-19.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. Sleepy Time Crimes
    The Sandman
  2. 2. Fish Are Such Liars
    Genius Jones
  3. 3. The Candid Criminal
    Shining Knight
  4. 4. Land Beneath the Fog!
    Starman
  5. 5. Little Clerk--What Now?
    Manhunter
  6. 6. The Prisoner of the Castle
    Mike Gibbs, Guerilla
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