| Issue | #77 |
| Published | August 1942 |
| Cover Price | 0.10 USD |
| Pages | 68 |
| Editing | Whitney Ellsworth |
| Characters | The Sandman; Sandy; Starman (inset) |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby [as Kirby] (signed) |
| Inks | Joe Simon? [as Simon] (signed) |
| Letters | typeset |
| Reprinted | in Forever People, The (DC, 1971 series) #8; in Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby, The (DC, 2009 series) #nn; in Golden Age Starman Archives, The (DC, 2000 series) #2 (2009) |
| Characters | Starman [Ted Knight]; Doris Lee; Woodley Allen; Honey Jenkins; the Mist (villain). |
| Synopsis | The Mist engages in a campaign using valuable items that people find on the street to hypnotize the finder, and later perpetrating thefts from those individuals. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Gardner F. Fox |
| Pencils | Jack Burnley (signed) |
| Inks | Jack Burnley (signed) |
| Colors | Raymond Perry |
| Reprinted | in Wanted: The World's Most Dangerous Villains (DC, 1972 series) #6 (February 1973); in Golden Age Starman Archives, The (DC, 2000 series) #2 (2009) |
| Characters | The Hourman [Rex Tyler]; Thorndyke Tompkins; Minutemen of America [Red, one un-named]; Hambone Hoskins (villain); Looey (villain) |
| Synopsis | When some thugs steal the Minute Men's musical instruments and replaces them with new examples, the Hourman investigates and discovers that the stolen clarinet plays several notes that opens a mystery safe left behind by a millionaire. |
| Genre | superhero |
| Pencils | Bernard Baily |
| Inks | Bernard Baily |
| Letters | Bernard Baily? |
| Notes | Letterer credit changed from Bernard Baily? to Baily by Craig Delich 2010-2-6. Writer credit revised from Ken Fitch? to ? by Craig Delich 2010-2-6. Note: Thorndyke wears a partial Hourman costume in this story (cape and hourglass). |
| Characters | Genius Jones (introduction, origin) |
| Genre | teen |
| Script | Alfred Bester |
| Pencils | Stan Kaye |
| Inks | Stan Kaye |
| Characters | The Shining Knight [Sir Justin] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Henry Lynne Perkins |
| Pencils | Louis Cazeneuve |
| Inks | Louis Cazeneuve |
| Notes | Writer credit verified by Martin O'Hearn. |
| Characters | Manhunter [Paul Kirk] |
| Genre | superhero |
| Script | Jack Kirby |
| Pencils | Jack Kirby |
| Inks | Joe Simon? |
| Letters | Howard ferguson |
| Reprinted | in New Gods, The (DC, 1971 series) #8 (April-May 1972) |
| Characters | The Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Sandy [Sandy Hawkins]; Monroe Alvin; Torchy Grogan (villain); Bugs Baron (villain); Doctor Hoak (villain) |
| Synopsis | One of America's richest men is afraid of the dark and turns to the Sandman to solve his problem and hopefully end his horrific nightmares. But the man's personal psychiatrist has different ideas. |
| 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) #8 (April-May 1972); in Adventure Comics (DC, 1938 series) #496 (February 1983); in Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby, The (DC, 2009 series) #nn |