| Issue | #81 |
| Published | December 1942 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 68 |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
| Characters | The Sandman; Sandy; Starman (inset) |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby [as Kirby] (signed) |
| Inks | Joe Simon ? [as Simon] (signed) |
| 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]; Mr. Bright; Mr. Stark; Actor (villain); Mopey (villain) |
| Synopsis | Threatening to kill Sandy, Wesley Dodds is kidnapped and forced to sign papers turning over the rights to his gold mine stock and fortune. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jack Kirby (signed) |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby (signed) |
| Inks | Joe Simon ? (signed) |
| Letters | Howard Ferguson |
| Reprinted | in 100-Page Super Spectacular (DC, 1973 series) #DC-15 (March 1973); in The Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby (DC, 2009 series) #nn. |
| Characters | Starman [Ted Knight]; Woodley Allen; Doris Lee; Professor Leland Brown; Ray Talbot; Mr. Cord; Rufus Cord; Hunch Haggard (villain); Muggsy (villain); un-named astrologer (villain) |
| Synopsis | A blind young astronomer is mistakenly kidnapped and held for ransom, but when Starman arrives on the scene to round up the felons, a stray bullet brings sight back to the lad. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Gardner F. Fox |
| Pencils | Mort Meskin [as Mort Morton Jr.] (signed) |
| Inks | George Roussos [as Inky Roussos] (signed) |
| Reprinted | in Justice League of America (DC, 1960 series) #112 (July-August 1974); in Golden Age Starman Archives, The (DC, 2000 series) #2 (2009) |
| Characters | Genius Jones |
| Genre | teen |
| Script | Alfred Bester |
| Pencils | Stan Kaye |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Characters | The Shining Knight [Sir Justin] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Louis Cazeneuve |
| Inks | Louis Cazeneuve |
| Characters | Manhunter [Paul Kirk] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Pierce Rice |
| Characters | The Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Thorndyke Tompkins; Mr. Bannerman; Baron Glantz (villain); Hans (villain); Adolf (villain) |
| Synopsis | Hourman has exactly one hour to stop a group of Nazis from retrieving secret orders that have accidently been dropped by airplane into Central Park Lake. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Bernard Baily |
| Inks | Bernard Baily |
| Letters | Bernard Baily |
| Notes | Writer credit revised from Ken Fitch? to ? and letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-2-22. In the story, Thorndyke wears a partial Hourman costume with red cape having yellow trim and an hourglass about his neck. The last panel of the story is a plug for the Americommando strip in Action Comics. |