(April-May 1945)
- 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]
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)
No Curtains For Cupid
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]; 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
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]
The Clue That Wasn't There
Genius Jones / comic story / 6 pages
Credits
- Script:
- D?
- Pencils:
- Stan Kaye
- Inks:
- Stan Kaye
- Colors:
- ?
- Letters:
- ?
Content Information
- Genre:
- teen
- Characters:
- Genius Jones
Stolen Glory
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]; 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:
- in Golden Age Starman Archives (DC, 2000 series) #2 ([June] 2009)
The Life of Riley
Mike Gibbs, Guerilla / comic story / 8 pages
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.
No Curtains For Cupid
The Sandman -
2.
Barbs of Chivalry
Shining Knight -
3.
The Clue That Wasn't There
Genius Jones -
4.
Stolen Glory
Starman -
5.
The Life of Riley
Mike Gibbs, Guerilla
This issue was most recently modified by:
- Craig Delich
- Daniel Thingvold
- Mike Nielsen
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- Dan Kocher
- Bob Hughes
- Ted Watson
- Mark Gordon
- Mike Nielsen
- Ramon Schenk
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- Lou Mazzella
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