Issue | #87 |
Published | August 1943 |
Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
Pages | 60 |
Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
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) |
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 |
Characters | Genius Jones |
Genre | teen |
Pencils | Stan Kaye |
Inks | Stan Kaye |
Characters | The Shining Knight [Sir Justin] |
Genre | superhero |
Pencils | Louis Cazeneuve |
Inks | Louis Cazeneuve |
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) |
Characters | Manhunter [Paul Kirk] |
Genre | superhero |
Script | Jack Kirby |
Pencils | Pierce Rice |
Letters | Howard Ferguson |
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. |