Issue Details

Issue	#84
Published	March 1943
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	68
Editing	Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details

Characters	The Sandman; Sandy; Starman (inset)
Genre	superhero
Pencils	Jack Kirby (signed as Kirby)
Inks	Joe Simon? (signed as Simon)
Reprinted	In Forever People, The (DC, 1971 series) #5 (October-November, 1971); 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 "Crime Carnival!"

Characters	The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Stretcho (villain); Presto (villain); Midge (villain); Samson (villain)
Synopsis	Sandman and Sandy must solve a series of unusual crimes being committed by members of the Mammoth Circus, who seem to always elude members of the Police with a getaway car that converts into a truck.
Genre	superhero
Script	Jack Kirby (signed)
Pencils	Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks	Joe Simon? (signed)
Letters	Howard Ferguson
Reprinted	in Forever People, The (DC, 1971 series) #5 (October-November 1971); in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #495 (January 1983); in Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby, The (DC, 2009 series) #nn

8 page Starman story "The Doom From the Skies"

Characters	Starman [Ted Knight]; Slim Jordan (villain); Ratsy (villain)
Synopsis	Starman's gravity rod is stolen from his wall safe and used by criminals to create a green death ray, a ray that strikes the Astral Avenger, resulting in a loss of memory.
Genre	superhero
Script	Gardner F. Fox
Pencils	Emil Gershwin
Inks	Emil Gershwin
Reprinted	in Golden Age Starman Archives, The (DC, 2000 series) #2 (2009)

9 page Shining Knight story "Riddle of the Rodeo"

Characters	The Shining Knight [Sir Justin]
Genre	superhero
Script	Ruth Lyons Kaufman [as Bunny Lyons]
Pencils	Louis Cazeneuve
Inks	Louis Cazeneuve
Editing	Jack Schiff
Notes	Script credits from Ruth Lyons Kaufman & Bill Jourdain article in Alter Ego #27, August 2003. Script was heavily edited by editor Jack Schiff.

8 page Genius Jones story "The Adventure of the Runaway Calculating Machine"

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

9 page Manhunter story "The Adventure of the Animal Assassins"

Characters	Manhunter [Paul Kirk]
Genre	superhero
Script	Jack Kirby
Pencils	Pierce Rice

8 page Mike Gibbs, Guerilla story "The Last Time They Saw Paris"

Characters	Mike Gibbs
Script	Joe Samachson
Pencils	Irving Tirman
Inks	Irving Tirman
Notes	1st appearance. Writer and artist credits verified by Jerry Bails and added by Craig Delich 2009-12-10.