(April-May 1945)

DC, 1938 Series
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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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Sandman / cover / 1 page (report information)

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:

No Curtains For Cupid (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Joe Samachson
Pencils:
Pen Shumaker
Inks:
Pen Shumaker
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Tessie Du Val; Happy Harry Long; The Esaser Kid (villain)
Synopsis:
The Eraser Kid is not one to allow a former crook like Harry Long go straight, so he devises a plot to force Harry back into the rackets. What Eraser doesn't count on are Harry's allies: the Sandman and Sandy!

Indexer Notes

Art identifications made by Jerry Bails 2000-2-9, and confirmed to John Fallon by Gil Kane.


Barbs of Chivalry (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]

The Clue That Wasn't There (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
D?
Pencils:
Stan Kaye
Inks:
Stan Kaye
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
teen
Characters:
Genius Jones

Stolen Glory (Table of Contents)

Starman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:
Joe Samachson
Pencils:
Emil Gershwin
Inks:
Emil Gershwin
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
superhero
Characters:
Starman [Ted Knight]; Jimmy Wells; Wesley Vanderloot (villain); Snipes Simpson (villain); Slabs Grogan (villain)
Synopsis:
Brilliant astronomer Jimmy Wells needs money to buy an observatory, and wealthy Wesley Vanderloot agrees to buy it for him providing Wells allows Vanderloot to take credit for all of Jimmy's discoveries. When Ted Knight begins to suspect the true reasons behind Vanderloot's success, it nearly costs Wells and Starman their lives.
Reprints:

The Life of Riley (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:
Joe Samachson
Pencils:
Maurice Del Bourgo
Inks:
Maurice Del Bourgo
Colors:
?
Letters:
?

Content Information

Genre:
war
Characters:
Mike Gibbs

Indexer Notes

Inker credit added by Craig Delich in August of 2005. Writer and art credits verified by Jerry Bails.


Editing

Table of Contents

  1. 1. No Curtains For Cupid
    The Sandman
  2. 2. Barbs of Chivalry
    Shining Knight
  3. 3. The Clue That Wasn't There
    Genius Jones
  4. 4. Stolen Glory
    Starman
  5. 5. The Life of Riley
    Mike Gibbs, Guerilla
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