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Issue Details

Issue #87
Published August 1943
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 60
Editing Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details

Characters The Sandman; Sandy; Starman (inset)
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby (signed as Kirby)
Inks ? (signed as Simon)
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby, The (DC, 2009 series) #nn; in Golden Age Starman Archives, The (DC, 2000 series) #2 (2009)

10 page Sandman, The story "I Hated the Sandman"

Characters The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Silas Pettigrew; Mickey the Mope (villain); Tennessee Tommy (villain)
Synopsis Silas Pettigrew hated sleep because he couldn't stay awake, and he hated the Sandman because he was a symbol of sleep. But when Silas is falsely accused of murdering a Policeman, the Sandman steps into the picture, and, with the accidental help of Pettigrew, puts the criminals behind bars and restores a normal existence to Silas.
Genre superhero
Script Jack Kirby (signed)
Pencils Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks ? [as Joe Simon] (signed)
Letters Howard Ferguson
Reprinted in World's Finest Comics (DC, 1941 series) #226 (November-December 1974); in Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby, The (DC, 2009 series) #nn

6 page Genius Jones story "The West Goes Ghost"

Characters Genius Jones
Genre teen
Pencils Stan Kaye
Inks Stan Kaye

9 page Shining Knight story "The Troubles of a Taxidermist"

Characters The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]
Genre superhero
Pencils Louis Cazeneuve
Inks Louis Cazeneuve

9 page Starman story "Crime Paints a Picture!"

Characters Starman [Ted Knight]; Doris Lee; Axel Elgren; Crabby Dan McGraw (villain)
Synopsis Starman begins to wonder why an art studio hires the worst artist ever, who then proceeds to make sales of his paintings. Then the Astral Avenger discovers why: stolen jewels are hidden within the paintings!
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Emil Gershwin
Inks Emil Gershwin
Reprinted in Golden Age Starman Archives, The (DC, 2000 series) #2 (2009)

9 page Manhunter story "The Man From Yesterday"

Characters Manhunter [Paul Kirk]
Genre superhero
Script Jack Kirby
Pencils Pierce Rice
Letters Howard Ferguson

8 page Mike Gibbs, Guerilla story "You Never Can Beat the Dutch"

Characters Mike Gibbs
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils Irving Tirman
Inks Irving Tirman
Notes Story and art credits, confirmed by Jerry Bails, added by Craig Delich 2009-12-16.