Sandman Mystery Theatre #10

(January 1994)

The Brute Act Two (Table of Contents: 1)

Sandman / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Matt Wagner (credited)

Pencils

R. G. Taylor (credited)

Inks

R. G. Taylor (credited)

Colors

David Hornung (credited)

Letters

John Costanza (credited)

Genre

detective-mystery; superhero

Characters

Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Dian Belmont; District Attorney Lawrence Belmont; Arthur Reisling; Francesco Gamboni; ‘Rocket’ Eddie Ramsey; The Brute; Emily Ramsey; Wilbur Schenk; Dennis Reisling; Charles Reisling; Tobias Reisling; Humphries; Murphy; Pauley; Stevie; Katherine Hepburn (movie poster cameo); Cary Grant (movie poster cameo)

Synopsis

The Sandman learns that Reisling has purchased a huge load of heroin from the Gamboni family and has new, untapped markets to sell it in. Reisling continues to use the Brute as his enforcer.

Reprints

• in Sandman Mystery Theatre (DC, 1995 series) #2 - The Face and the Brute ([December] 2004)
• in Sandman Mystery Theatre (DC, 2016 series) #1 ([August] 2016)

Indexer Notes

Movie poster for "Bringing Up Baby"

Death Comes in Many Guises (Table of Contents: 2) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Books of Magic / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

Unzip Your Head and Remodel Your Mind (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

On the Ledge with John Smith [January 1994] (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

On the Ledge / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Curtain Call / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script

Shelly Bond (credited as Shelly Roeberg)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

‘The Face’ story line is, if anything, focusing more on Dian.

Indexer Notes

Letters from: Joe Kucharski III, Bryan C. Williams, K. Michael Williams, J. M. Stover, Ellen Robb. Publisher credits, next issue blurb.