Sandman Mystery Theatre #1 - The Tarantula [First Printing]
([May] 1995)

DC, 1995 Series
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Volume
1
Price
14.95 USD; 20.95 CAD
Pages
116
On-sale Date
1995-03-23
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Suggested for Mature Readers
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC Comics; Vertigo
ISBN
1-56389-195-6 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
761941204338 00111
Printer
Printed in Canada
Editing
Bob Kahan (credited) (editor - collected edition); Karen Berger (credited) (editor - original series, group editor); Shelly Bond (credited as Shelly Roeberg) (associate editor - original series); Robbin Brosterman (art director); Terri Cunningham (managing editor)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Sandman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Matt Wagner (credited) (signed as M WAGNER)
Inks
Matt Wagner (credited) (signed as M WAGNER)
Colors
Matt Wagner (credited) (signed as M WAGNER)

Genre
detective-mystery; superhero
Characters
Sandman [Wesley Dodds]
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[Title Page & Credits] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Guy Davis (credited)
Inks
Guy Davis (credited)
Letters
typeset

Introduction (Table of Contents: 2)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Dave Marsh
Pencils
Guy Davis (credited) (illustrations)
Inks
Guy Davis (credited) (illustrations)
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Cover of SMT #1 (Table of Contents: 3)

Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gavin Wilson (credited) (photo)
Inks
Gavin Wilson (credited) (photo)
Colors
Gavin Wilson (credited) (photo)

Genre
detective-mystery; superhero
Characters
Sandman [Wesley Dodds]
Reprints

Cover of SMT #2 (Table of Contents: 4)

Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gavin Wilson (credited) (photo)
Inks
Gavin Wilson (credited) (photo)
Colors
Gavin Wilson (credited) (photo)

Genre
detective-mystery; superhero
Reprints

Cover of SMT #3 (Table of Contents: 5)

Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gavin Wilson (credited) (photo)
Inks
Gavin Wilson (credited) (photo)
Colors
Gavin Wilson (credited) (photo)

Genre
detective-mystery; superhero
Reprints

Cover of SMT #4 (Table of Contents: 6)

Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gavin Wilson (credited) (photo)
Inks
Gavin Wilson (credited) (photo)
Colors
Gavin Wilson (credited) (photo)

Genre
detective-mystery; superhero
Reprints
Keywords
graveyard

The Tarantula Act One (Table of Contents: 7)

Sandman / comic story / 26 pages (report information)

Script
Matt Wagner (credited)
Pencils
Guy Davis (credited)
Inks
Guy Davis (credited)
Colors
David Hornung (credited)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)

Genre
detective-mystery; superhero
Characters
Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Dian Belmont; Bert Lahr (cameo); Tallulah Bankhead (cameo); Joe DiMaggio (cameo)
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Indexer Notes

Based loosely on the story in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #40.

The Tarantula Act Two (Table of Contents: 8)

Sandman / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script
Matt Wagner (credited)
Pencils
Guy Davis (credited)
Inks
Guy Davis (credited)
Colors
David Hornung (credited)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)

Genre
detective-mystery; superhero
Characters
Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Dian Belmont
Reprints

Sandman Gas-Gun (Table of Contents: 9)

Sandman / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Guy Davis (credited)
Inks
Guy Davis (credited)
Letters
Guy Davis (credited)

Genre
detective-mystery; superhero
Reprints
Keywords
gas-gun

The Tarantula Act Three (Table of Contents: 10)

Sandman / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Matt Wagner (credited)
Pencils
Guy Davis (credited)
Inks
Guy Davis (credited)
Colors
David Hornung (credited)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)

Genre
detective-mystery; superhero
Characters
Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Dian Belmont
Reprints

The Tarantula Final Act (Table of Contents: 11)

Sandman / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script
Matt Wagner (credited)
Pencils
Guy Davis (credited)
Inks
Guy Davis (credited)
Colors
David Hornung (credited)
Letters
John Costanza (credited)

Genre
detective-mystery; superhero
Characters
Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Dian Belmont
Reprints

Spicy Dangerous Thrilling Murderous Mysterious Weird Real Pulp Ficiton (Table of Contents: 12) (Expand) /

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

Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Sandman
  2. 1. [Title Page & Credits]
  3. 2. Introduction
  4. 3. Cover of SMT #1
    Sandman
  5. 4. Cover of SMT #2
    Sandman
  6. 5. Cover of SMT #3
    Sandman
  7. 6. Cover of SMT #4
    Sandman
  8. 7. The Tarantula Act One
    Sandman
  9. 8. The Tarantula Act Two
    Sandman
  10. 9. Sandman Gas-Gun
    Sandman
  11. 10. The Tarantula Act Three
    Sandman
  12. 11. The Tarantula Final Act
    Sandman
  13. 12. Spicy Dangerous Thrilling Murderous Mysterious Weird Real Pulp Ficiton
    Sandman
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