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Issue Details

Issue #91
Published April 1944
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 60
Editing Whitney Ellsworth (credited), Jack Schiff (actual)

Cover Details

Characters The Sandman; Sandy; Starman (inset)
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby? (signed)
Inks ? [as Joe 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)

10 page Sandman, The story "Courage a la Carte"

Characters The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Mesmo; Leo the Lug (villain); Gargantua (villain)
Synopsis When Sandman learns that crooks he is unsuccessfully battling are hypnotized into battling far beyond their means, he soon teaches the villains that hypnotism can be a double-edged sword!
Genre superhero
Script Joe Samachson?
Pencils Gil Kane [as Jack Kirby] (signed)
Inks Bernard Klein? [as Joe Simon] (signed)
Notes Art identifications by Jerry Bails in February of 2000.
Reprinted in Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby, The (DC, 2009 series) #nn

6 page Genius Jones story "The Affair of the Unhappy Hercules"

Characters Genius Jones
Genre teen
Pencils Stan Kaye
Inks Stan Kaye

9 page Shining Knight story "Daze of the Knight"

Characters The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]
Genre superhero
Script Joe Samachson?
Pencils Louis Cazeneuve
Inks Louis Cazeneuve

8 page Starman story "The Rising Star of Johnny Teach"

Characters Starman [Ted Knight]; Mr. Wilkins; Johnny Teach
Synopsis From the moment he was born, Johnny Teach was told he had been born under an unlucky star, and things happening in life seemed to prove it. But when Johnny teams up with the Starman, the Astral Avenger proves to Johnny that stars have nothing to do with success.
Genre superhero
Script Don Cameron
Pencils Emil Gershwin
Inks Sam Citron
Notes Art credits by Jerry Bails 2000-2-9. The Archives incorrectly list Mort Meskin as doing pencils.
Reprinted in Golden Age Starman Archives, The (DC, 2000 series) #2 (2009).

9 page Manhunter story "Treasure Is Where You Take It"

Characters Manhunter [Paul Kirk]; Mrs. Throckmorton; G. Hartley McPowers (villain)
Synopsis A cash-strapped estate owner arranges a treasure hunt for his wealthy guests, but they are unaware that they are being divided into teams for a reason: it's easier for his gang to rob them!
Genre superhero
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils Jim Mooney
Inks Charles Paris
Notes Pencil credit revised from Edmond Good to Jim Mooney, and inker, verified by Jerry Bails, all added by Craig Delich 2009-12-24.

8 page Mike Gibbs, Guerilla story "The Return of Ghenghis Khan"

Characters Mike Gibbs
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils Maurice del Burgo
Inks Maurice del Burgo
Notes Writer and artist credits, verified by Jerry Bails, added by Craig Delich 2009-12-19.