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	Don Markstein's Toonopedia: The Sandman
		The 1939 issue of New York World's Fair Comics, an extra-big anthology DC put out to capitalize on the eponymous event, contained a Sandman story, and probably hit the stands a week or two before his first Adventure story (tho the one in Adventure is believed to have been written and drawn earlier).
		By the time The Sandman was seen again, in one of the 1960s annual team-ups between The Justice Society and The Justice League of America, a couple of changes had taken place.
		Meanwhile, DC launched another character called The Sandman, but this one is neither Wesley Dodds nor the guy Simon and Kirby introduced decades later — he's The Sandman, Lord of Dreams, Death's Younger Brother, and all that.
	www.toonopedia.com /sandman1.htm (797 words)

	Sandman (Wesley Dodds) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Sandman, alias Wesley Dodds, is a fictional masked crimefighter in the DC Comics universe.
		The first of several DC characters to bear the name, he was created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Bert Christman.
		Reintroduced in the Silver Age in Justice League of America #46 (July 1966), the Sandman made occasional appearances in the annual teamups between that superhero group and the JSA.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Sandman_(DC_Comics_Golden_Age) (954 words)

	Enter The Golden Age Sandman
		First appearing in New York World’s Fair Comics in 1939 in a story by Gardner Fox and Bert Christman, Wesley Dodds was a millionaire inventor who invented a gas gun that would force those exposed to the gas to tell the truth.
		One of the first costumed characters to emerge from DC Comics after the success of Superman, the Sandman seems as much a pulp magazine character as a super-hero as we think of them.
		The Sandman briefly was popular when comics were new, appearing as a charter member of the Justice Society in 1940 and appearing in the following 29 issues of Adventure Comics in his unusual costume.
	www.onceuponadime.com /hist/sandman.htm (1389 words)

	eBay Guides - Comics Buying Guide
		From the early days of newspaper comic strips, crime stories, and tales of suspense, to the reign of superheroes, horror stories, and adult themes, comic books have both chronicled and become part of pop culture history in the United States.
		Comics evolved from newspaper comic strips and were first sold as comic books during the early 1930s, ushering in the platinum age.
		Comic book values typically depend on a number of factors, including how hard to find a particular issue is and the condition of the comic book.
	pages.ebay.com /buy/guides/comics-buying-guide (1583 words)

	ImageTexT: Exhibits: Exhibit 1: DC, Detective Comics
		DC Comics was the leading publisher of comics during the first three decades of the comic book industry and is credited with being largely responsible for the look and content of mainstream American comic books.
		DC Comics began in 1935 as National Allied Publishing and was started by Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, a former U.S. Army major and pulp magazine writer.
		DC Comics was diversified and published in a variety of genres, including science fiction, humor, romance, westerns, war, mystery, and adaptations of popular television programs and movie star comics (such as Jerry Lewis and Bob Hope).
	www.english.ufl.edu /imagetext/archives/exhibit1/dc.shtml (1316 words)

	.: Dream Land :. The Sandman series fanlisting
		The Sandman is based on the old bedtime story that parents used to tell their children, hoping it would help them sleep.
		DC were keen that he resurrect one of their defunct characters and he bought back little known Black Orchid.
		While the original concept of the Sandman story is very old, a tale from classic mythology and folklore, Gaiman has honoured this and the many different versions of the Sandman throughout the series, just as he honours the complexities of storytelling as a whole.
	fan.shinydust.net /sandman/about.php (1885 words)

	Mike's Amazing World of DC Comics
		In DC Comics Presents #90, Captain Atom (previously of Earth-4) is shown on the same Earth as Superman (the pre-reboot version).
		Many Golden Age ashcans exist as different publishers raced to get the names of their new titles out before another publisher trademarked it first.
		Since Superman and Batman are close to the same age and Bruce is shown to be about the age of young Superboy in the flashback, Shadow and Superboy must have operated at the same time.
	www.dcindexes.com /planet (2174 words)

	The Golden Age Sandman Archives Petition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In 1942, the Sandman received a re-make by Paul Norris and this version was made popular by master writer/artist team of Jack Kirby and Joe Simon.
		DC has already provided Archive formats for several major Golden Age heroes included Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Lantern, and Starman.
		A significant addition to this case would be the Golden Age Sandman, a character who recently sustained a series (Sandman Mystery Theatre) for 6 years and who popularity remains strong with Golden Age afficianados.
	my.execpc.com /39/0B/icicle/SANDMANPET.html (219 words)

	JSA Members: The Sandman
		The Sandman was active as a member of the JSA until mid-1945 (All-Star Comics #22).
		The Sandman was nearly crushed by the shame of his pride and ignorance in not seeking other help for Sandy, and retired some time later.
		Although this stroke forced the Sandman to restrict his activities, he participated to a limited degree in the Crisis on Infinite Earths, and joined the rest of the JSA in Limbo as they fought to forestall Ragnarok (Last Days of the Justice Society #1).
	my.execpc.com /~icicle/SANDMAN.html (1781 words)

	The Unofficial Sandman Biography
		One of the first Golden Age mystery men, and a founding member of the original Justice Society of America, Wesley Dodds recently gave his life in order to prevent a great evil seizing control of the power of Fate.
		In early November 1940, The Sandman was drawn into a conflict with Nazi spies along with six other American "mystery-men" and became a founding member of the Justice Society of America.
		Soon afterwards, The Sandman was among the assembled heroes who fought Extant and as a result he was robbed of the chronal energies that kept him youthful.
	www.dcuguide.com /profile.php?name=sandman (1386 words)

	Timely Comics When Marvel was Golden
		DC had Hawkman and the Flash and Starman as second-tier characters, while Fawcett’s Marvel Family of characters even spawned a funny animal title in Hoppy the Marvel Bunny.
		Sure the comic has a goofy premise – a plane crashes into a mysterious city in the clouds, inhabited by a race of humans evolved from birds.
		This is one of the more painful of the Golden Age strips to read, because the Angel’s stories are uniformly simple-minded but lack the charm and sincerity of strips like the Whizzer and Citizen V. Issue after issue, the Angel would fight sinister Nazi plots against the United States.
	www.onceuponadime.com /hist/timely.htm (1055 words)

	Justice Society Profile: Sandman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		As it would be nearly fifty years before Neil Gaiman would create his Sandman, Morpheus, the idea that Wesley somehow contained part of the essence of the Lord of Dreams himself was not part of the Golden Age Sandman.
		The Sandman possessed only his keen detective skills, his gas gun (a rather realistic gadget even by today's standards), and his frightening demeanour (the gas mask, chilling vocalisms, and poetry) with which to battle crime.
		In the Simon and Kirby run of the Sandman series the focus continued to be on action, although Simon and Kirby employed a dream motif which set it apart from most superhero comic strips of the day.
	users.cvalley.net /canote/sandman.html (1111 words)

	Golden Age Sandman
		The Sandman's comic book series has been one of the most critically acclaim series for DC Comics although the action figure based on the original character bearing the name has received lukewarm response thus far.
		This must explain why the Golden Age Sandman was one of the earliest DC Direct figures.
		The Golden Age Sandman comes with a gas-gun, a pipe connecting to the gun, glasses and the figure's waist, a removable hat and a gas mask.
	www.comicbookbin.com /dcdirect23.html (664 words)

	The religion of The Sandman (Wesley Dodds)
		Wesley Dodds, the Golden Age superhero known as "The Sandman," was the son of a Catholic father and a Jewish mother.
		The Sandman, alias Wesley Dodds, is a half-jewish comic book superhero in the DC Comics universe, best known for his stories set during the 1940s and his "costume" consisting of a green business suit, fedora, and gas mask.
		The Sandman was one of the earliest superheroes (then called "mystery men" for lack of a better term), though his status as such is debatable as he came rather from the detective tradition seen in the pulps of the 1930s.
	www.adherents.com /lit/comics/Sandman.html (1797 words)

	The Golden Bookshelf
		The Sandman was one of the earliest DC continuing characters, debuting concurrently in New York World’s Fair 1939 and Adventure Comics #40, around the same time Batman first appeared in Spring, 1939.
		When DC brought back the Sandman as part of the JSA in the 1960s, it was the suit-and-gasmask version.
		Their distinctive approaches were more accomplished and interesting than a lot of Golden Age art, though both look pleasingly “classic” (or old-fashioned) to modern eyes.
	www.comicbase.com /Golden_Bookshelf/gb-2005-11-03.asp (414 words)

	The Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing
		Finger's comics writing credits include many other DC characters, including the Green Lantern and Wildcat, and many titles for Quality Comics, Fawcett Publications, and Timely Comics.
		Many have called him the "unsung hero" of the character and have hailed his work not only on that character but on dozens of others, primarily for DC Comics.
		The 2007 awards are being underwritten by DC Comics (the major sponsor), along with supporting sponsors Comics Buyer's Guide (CBG) and Heritage Auctions.
	www.comic-con.org /cci/cci_otherawards.shtml (796 words)

	The Comics Rack-The DC Archives
		All the DC Archives remain in print and are available from many outlets such as Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.
		DC has published their Golden and Silver Age material in volumes that follow a logical progression.
		There are the various incarnations of The Sandman from the earliest version to the sleek Simon and Kirby Sandman and Sandy.
	thenostalgialeague.com /cr/cr_archives.html (1291 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Neil Gaiman's Sandman - A188606
		The Sandman, conceived by Neil Gaiman for a series of graphic novels published by Vertigo Comics, began life in December, 1988.
		During the 1970s, DC Comics reinvented the Sandman once again, giving him the alter-ego of Hector Hall.
		The Sandman has had such an influence on society there are even subcultures who almost worship the character and the ideologies presented by Gaiman in his stories.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/alabaster/A188606 (2237 words)

	Following His Dream
		One of the most creative writers in comics today, Neil Gaiman came to popular attention when he created the Sandman for DC Comics almost three years ago.
		DC is currently publishing _Books of Magic_, a four-issue limited series written by Neil and illustrated by a different artist each issue.
		She said, "Look, it's this comic about a character nobody's ever heard of, by two guys that nobody's ever heard of, and it's a female character at that, and female characters don't sell.
	www.maths.tcd.ie /~afarrell/things/interview.html (4574 words)

	Golden Age Flash
		DC Direct released this figure with it's first Justice Society set, way back in the Fall of 2000.
		DC Direct did not bother adding highlights to his hair, because of the removable helmet.
		DC Direct packaged the figure in it's standard blister pack with a picture of the Golden Age Green Lantern, The Golden Age Starman and the Golden Age Wonder Woman.
	www.comicbookbin.com /dcdirect30.html (882 words)

	village voice > news > Re-enter Sandman by John Giuffo
		DC Comics is betting that Endless Nights will be a huge hit, and Gaiman expects that it will be the first graphic novel since Art Spiegelman's 1992 Pulitzer-winning Maus to reach the Times bestseller list.
		Whereas Gaiman's Sandman series, which ran from 1988 to 1996, often used the title character to explore mythology and history through the prism of Dream, and of dreams, this latest installment uses contemporary allusion and mythological allegory to explore the roles played by the seven Endless siblings in human—and cosmic—events.
		Even without the novels, the children's books, the BBC miniseries (Neverwhere), and the movies-in-development (his Sandman onetime spin-off Death: The High Cost of Living is slated to start production next year), Gaiman still would have had a profound impact on comics, opening the form up to new styles, subjects, and possibilities.
	www.villagevoice.com /issues/0338/giuffo.php (1030 words)

	Rambles: Sandman Mystery Theatre, #1: The Tarantula (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		When DC Comics asked writer Neil Gaiman to update the Sandman for modern readers, they were expecting something similar to the character's 1930s and '40s incarnation: trenchcoat, fedora, gas mask and gas gun.
		But there was still this masked and trenchcoated figure lurking in the shadows at the DC office, and in 1993 he was reborn in Sandman Mystery Theatre.
		Wesley Dodds is the Sandman, a mystery man in America, circa the mid-1930s.
	www.rambles.net /mystheat_tarant95.html (343 words)

	They Came From Earth-K: My Golden Age of Comics
		I was introduced to the world of comics by my uncle who was only ten years older and thus in his early teens (prime comic buying time in a young boy's life) during my formative years.
		I've written before about my first year of buying comics (and will probably post that here sometime next week), but it was my uncle's collection that started it all off, and impacted the way I'll think about comics forever.
		There were several things which I had thought about mentioning, such as Sons of Origins and the random sampling of DC reprint books, but none of those really fed into my long-term reading habits as much, and so were cut for space.
	earthk.blogspot.com /2006/07/my-golden-age-of-comics.html (1485 words)

	Amazon.com: Golden Age Spectre Archives, Vol. 1 (DC Comics Archives): Books: Jerry Siegel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Most of the early war comics from the late 30s and early 40s tend to be the same story told over and over again.
		This is actually some of the best the golden age of comics has to offer.
		Comics historian Jerry Bails tries to justify this in the foreward, but with limited success.
	www.amazon.com /Golden-Spectre-Archives-Vol-Comics/dp/1563899558 (1688 words)

	The Golden Age of DC Comics - Links
		The Golden Age Batman - lots of cover pics (slow to load) and some general background.
		DC Comics Golden Age Who's Who - incomplete and with some errors, but with potential.
		Women of DC Comics is a new page, scant on info so far.
	blaklion.best.vwh.net /dc_links.html (2247 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		DC Comics was created when the producer of New Fun Comics, Major Malcolm Wheeler, coordinated his efforts his printer/distributor Harry Donenfeld
		DC Comics #27 took America by storm with the appearance of Batman in 1939.
		All Star Comics was different in that it was the first comic book that featured a team of superheros (22).
	www.otal.umd.edu /~vg/amst205.S97/vj03/books.html (255 words)

	Open Directory - Arts: Comics: Publishers: D: DC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Classic Comic Books - Written by Michael E. Grost it deals primarily with DC items, containing reviews and articles about comic strips and comic books, and articles on their writers and artists.
		Comic Book Cover Gallery - Comic book cover gallery with scans of silver age and golden age comics.
		The Unauthorized Chronology of the DC Universe - A comprehensive, fully annotated timeline of the DC Comics Universe, based on canonical stories (not Secret Files!).
	dmoz.org /Arts/Comics/Publishers/D/DC (721 words)

	Sandman Frequently Asked Questions - Part II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		DC has considered releasing the first three collections in hardcover, but has yet to commit to doing it.
		DC is also planning a Sandman-Sandman Mystery Theatre Special where the "Golden Age Sandman journeys to the very place where the Lord of Dreams is held captive." Matt Wagner and Neil Gaiman co-write, with Kent Williams providing the art.
		These include a poster for Sandman Month, a poster of Death and Dream for the start of the Kindly Ones and Death Month, a cardboard stand-up of Death for Death month, posters of the Death and Dream II statues, and an early row marker with comments about the series.
	www.holycow.com /dreaming/lore/sandfaq2.html (3839 words)

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