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Issue Details

Issue #89
Published December 1943
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 60
Editing Whitney Ellsworth

Cover Details

Characters The Sandman; Sandy; Starman (inset)
Genre superhero
Pencils Jack Kirby
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 "Prisoner Of His Dreams"

Characters The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Archibald Shelby; Blackie (villain)
Synopsis Archibald Shelby has the uncanny ability to plan perfect crimes while he sleeps, and a gang of criminals decide to use that ability to their advantage!
Genre superhero
Script Jack Kirby (signed)
Pencils Jack Kirby (signed)
Inks ? [as Joe Simon] (signed)
Letters Howard Ferguson
Reprinted in Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby, The (DC, 2009 series) #nn

6 page Genius Jones story "The Case of the Curious Crossroad"

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

9 page Shining Knight story "The Golden Horseshoe"

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

9 page Starman story "The Plundering Planets!"

Characters Starman [Ted Knight]; Doris Lee; John Wilcox; the Sun (villain); the Moon (villain); Saturn (villain).
Synopsis Escaping from prison, the Sun, Moon and Saturn make off with the Green Star, a very valuable emerald owned by John Wilcox. However, when Wilcox's children take off after the criminals, Starman loses no time in tracking all of them down: to recover the gem and save the criminals from the kids!
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 Manhunter story "Fisherman's Fortune"

Characters Manhunter [Paul Kirk]
Genre superhero
Pencils Pierce Rice
Letters Howard Ferguson

8 page Mike Gibbs, Guerilla story "Trouble in Three-Quarter Time"

Characters Mike Gibbs
Script Joe Samachson
Pencils Irving Tirman
Inks Irving Tirman
Notes Artist credits, verified by Jerry Bails, added by Craig Delich 2009-12-18.