(August-September 1944)
- Volume:
- ?
- Price:
- 0.10 USD
- Pages:
- 52
- Indicia frequency:
- ?
- Indicia Publisher:
- ?
- Brand:
- A Superman DC Publication
- Editing:
- Whitney Ellsworth (credited editor); Jack Schiff (actual editor)
- 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
Sleep For Sale
The Sandman / cover / 1 page
Credits
- Pencils:
- Jack Kirby (signed as Kirby)
- Inks:
- ? [as Joe Simon] (signed as Simon)
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Sandman; Sandy; Starman (inset)
- Reprints:
- in The Sandman By Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2009 series) #[nn] ([August] 2009)
- in Golden Age Starman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #2 ([June] 2009)
Sleep For Sale
The Sandman / comic story / 10 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Joe Samachson
- Pencils:
- Pen Shumaker
- Inks:
- Pen Shumaker
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Mr. Kendall; Wide-Awake Willie [Mr. Williams](villain)
- Synopsis:
- Mr. Kendall goes to the Sleepatorium, a special dormitory that puts people to sleep when nothing else works. What he doesn't know, and that the Sandman discovers, is that a fellow patient, a criminal known as Wide-Awake Willie, also uses the facility as a blind to get sleep, when, in reality, he takes a delayed action drug that awakens him at a certain time so that he and his gang can rob Kendall's home.
Indexer Notes
Art identifications made by Jerry Bails 2000-2-9, and confirmed to John Fallon by Gil Kane.
Roguery in Nine Reels
The Shining Knight / comic story / 9 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Joe Samachson
- Pencils:
- Louis Cazeneuve
- Inks:
- Louis Cazeneuve
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]
Gifts from the Stars
Starman / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Joe Samachson
- Pencils:
- Emil Gershwin
- Inks:
- Emil Gershwin
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- superhero
- Characters:
- Starman [Ted Knight]; Hubert Marsden; Dr. Faraday; Gimpty Louie (villain)
- Synopsis:
- Dr. Faraday, denied funds for very expensive astronomy equipment by Hubert Marsden, decides to use methods developed by astronomy to open the supposed burglar-proof safe of Marsden to convince him that he is warranted the money.
- Reprints:
- in Golden Age Starman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #2 ([June] 2009)
Genius Jones Broadcasting
Genius Jones / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Whitney Ellsworth
- Pencils:
- Stan Kaye
- Inks:
- Stan Kaye
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- teen
- Characters:
- Genius Jones
Indexer Notes
Credits added by Craig Delich August, 2005.
The Peerless Puppets
Mike Gibbs, Guerilla / comic story / 8 pages
Credits
- Script:
- Joe Samachson
- Pencils:
- Edmond Good
- Inks:
- Edmond Good
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Characters:
- Mike Gibbs
Indexer Notes
Inker credit, verified by Jerry Bails, added by Craig Delich 2009-12-23.
Editing
Table of Contents
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1.
Sleep For Sale
The Sandman -
2.
Roguery in Nine Reels
The Shining Knight -
3.
Gifts from the Stars
Starman -
4.
Genius Jones Broadcasting
Genius Jones -
5.
The Peerless Puppets
Mike Gibbs, Guerilla
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