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Issue Details

Issue #95
Published December 1944
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 52
Editing Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details

Characters The Sandman; Sandy; Starman (inset)
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby (signed as Kirby)
Inks ? [as Joe Simon] (signed as Simon)
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 The Sandman story "The Riddle of the Rembrandt"

Characters The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Goro (villain); Pork Barrel Repp (villain)
Synopsis Wes and Sandy, while visiting a museum, discover a fake Rembrandt hanging on the wall, so Wes offers to buy the piece from the curator. When this piece is stolen from the Dodd's residence, the Sandman discovers that a criminal artist has been hired to touch-up real Rembrandts, then buy them as fakes, thus benefiting the felon behind the scenes.
Genre superhero
Pencils Gil Kane
Inks Gil Kane
Notes Artist identification made by Jerry Bails on 2000-2-9.

9 page The Shining Knight story "Victory Makes Hay"

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

8 page Starman story "The Professor Plays Safe"

Characters Starman [Ted Knight]; Professor Lathrop Q. Barnes; G. Granville Lathrop; Terrible Toby (villain); Spike (villain)
Synopsis Professor Barnes is on his way to the annual Astronomer's Convention, but accidently attends the Eastern Banker's Convention and is locked in a supposed burglar-proof safe. When Barnes fails to show up at the Astronomer's Convention, Ted Knight switches to Starman to look for the missing professor.
Genre superhero
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils Emil Gershwin
Inks Emil Gershwin
Reprinted in Golden Age Starman Archives, The (DC, 2000 series) #2 (2009)

6 page Genius Jones story "The Honest Crook"

Characters Genius Jones
Genre teen
Pencils Stan Kaye
Inks Stan Kaye

8 page Mike Gibbs, Guerilla story "Conquest Doesn't Pay"

Characters Mike Gibbs
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils Maurice Del Bourgo
Inks Maurice Del Bourgo
Notes Writer/art credits verified by Jerry Bails.