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Issue Details

Issue #83
Published February 1943
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details

Characters The Sandman; Sandy; Genius Jones (inset); Starman (inset)
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby [as Kirby] (signed)
Inks Joe Simon ? [as Simon] (signed)
Letters typeset
Notes Genius Jones inset artwork by Stan Kaye.
Reprinted In Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby, The (DC, 2009 series) #nn

10 page The Sandman story "The Lady and the Champ"

Characters The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Jimmy Maddox; Valerie Lee; Candy Kid Kohler (villain); Topper (villain); Muggsey (villain); Tiger Toliver; Sledgehammer Slattery; Tornado Tomkins
Synopsis Fighter Jimmy Maddox's fight manager decides to double cross his boxer when he meets the champ in the ring, but the Sandman's advice to Maddox's sweetheart saves the day.
Genre superhero
Script Jack Kirby (signed)
Pencils Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks Joe Simon ? (signed)
Letters Howard Ferguson
Notes Final 2/3 page is a Boy Commandos ad in story form that portrays Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Hideki Tojo reading a copy of Detective Comics, and Hitler deciding to order a year's subscription.
Reprinted In Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby, The (DC, 2009 series) #nn

9 page Starman story "Wish Upon a Star!"

Characters Starman [Ted Knight]; Doris Lee; Red; Whitey Walsh; Freckles; Charley French; Fred Martini; Rooley Royce (villain)
Synopsis Against all odds, Starman helps make the wishes of three young boys at the Perry Preparatory School come true.
Genre superhero
Script Gardner F. Fox
Pencils Emil Gershwin
Inks Emil Gershwin
Notes French's first name is spelled both as Charley and Charlie in the story.
Reprinted in Golden Age Starman Archives, The (DC, 2000 series) #2 (2009)

11 page The Shining Knight story "Checkmate to Chivalry"

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

8 page Genius Jones story "The Case of the Haunted Opera"

Characters Genius Jones
Genre teen
Script Alfred Bester
Pencils Stan Kaye
Inks Stan Kaye

9 page Manhunter story "Justice Was Taken For a Joy Ride"

Characters Manhunter [Paul Kirk]
Genre superhero
Pencils Pierce Rice

8 page Hourman and Thorndyke story "The Riddles in Rhyme"

Characters The Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Thorndyke Thompkins; The Jingle Mob (villains)
Synopsis Crooks pattern their crimes after an old nursery rhyme, planning to use the resulting publicity to convince the underworld that they can commit a crime any time, any place, thus giving them more business than before.
Genre superhero
Pencils Bernard Baily
Inks Bernard Baily
Letters Bernard Baily
Notes Writer revision from Ken Fitch? to ? and letterer credit added by Craig Delich 2010-2-22. In the story, Thorndyke wears a partial Hourman costume (red cape with yellow trim and hourglass about neck).