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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.