The Sandman, alias Wesley Dodds, is a 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. He is a member of the Justice Society of America. He was created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Bert Christman and first appeared in World's Fair Comics #1 (1939). A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Spider-Man, one of the best-known superheroes. ... The current DC Comics logo, adopted in May 2005. ... The DC Universe (DCU) is the fictional shared setting where most of the comic stories published by DC Comics take place. ... A gas mask, also known as a respirator, is a mask worn on the face to protect the body from airborne pollutants and toxic materials. ... The Justice Society of America, or JSA, is a team of fictional superheroes whose adventures have been published by DC Comics. ... Gardner Francis Fox (May 20, 1911, Brooklyn, New York – December 24, 1986) was an American writer best known for writing comic books and co-creating numerous comics characters, especially for DC Comics. ... The 1939 New York Worlds Fair, located where Flushing Meadows-Corona Park is now (and where the 1964 New York Worlds Fair was held), was one of the largest worlds fairs of all time. ...

Adventure Comics #40 (July, 1939)

Sandman Mystery Theatre #29 (August, 1995)

Following his debut, the Sandman appeared in Adventure Comics from issues #40 to #102. 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. He had no superhuman powers, but was armed with an exotic "gas gun" that could compel villains to tell the truth, as well as put them to sleep. Image File history File links The Sandman on the cover of Adventure Comics #40 (July, 1939), DC Comics. ... Image File history File links The Sandman on the cover of Adventure Comics #40 (July, 1939), DC Comics. ... Adventure Comics was a comic book published by DC Comics from 1935 to 1983. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (400x613, 53 KB)Sandman Mystery Theatre #29 (August, 1995), Vertigo Comics (DC) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (400x613, 53 KB)Sandman Mystery Theatre #29 (August, 1995), Vertigo Comics (DC) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Adventure Comics was a comic book published by DC Comics from 1935 to 1983. ... A detective is an investigator, either a member of a police agency or a private person. ... Pulp magazines (or pulp fiction; often referred to as the pulps ) were inexpensive fiction magazines. ... A superhuman is something exceeding normal human standards. ... A typical cartoon villain. ...

Adventure Comics #84 (March, 1943)

In 1941, he was given a more superheroic yellow and purple costume by artist Chad Grothkopf, as well as a yellow-clad kid sidekick, Sandy the Golden Boy. This version of the character was famously written and drawn by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. Image File history File links Adventure Comics #84 (March, 1943), DC Comics. ... Image File history File links Adventure Comics #84 (March, 1943), DC Comics. ... Sand in the Justice League Unlimited episode Sandy the Golden Boy is a DC Comics superhero created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. ... Joe Simon (born 1915) was a comic book author and cartoonist who created or co-created many memorable characters in the Golden Age. ... The Fantastic Four, one of Kirbys most famous co-creations. ...

During and after the Silver Age the Sandman made occasional appearances in JSA/JLA teamups. He was one of a number of JSA members who found themselves in the "Ragnarok Dimension" during the early Modern Age. A minor retcon in Neil Gaiman's Sandman suggested that his chosen identity was a result of Dream's absence from his realm, and that he has an aspect of the Dreaming within him. This gave him prophetic dreams, allowing to him to avert disasters, such as the destruction of Washington D.C. at the hands of Per Degaton in recent issues of JSA. Showcase #4 (September-October 1956), often thought the first appearance of the first Silver Age superhero, the Barry Allen Flash. ... Look up Ragnarok in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Wolverine, a member of the X-Men, a popular franchise in the Modern Age, and an anti-hero, a popular character type The Modern Age of Comic Books is an informal name for the period of American comic books generally considered to last from the mid-1970s until present day. ... Retroactive continuity – commonly contracted to the portmanteau retcon – is the adding of new information to historical material, or deliberately changing previously established facts in a work of serial fiction. ... Neil Gaiman (November 2004) Neil Richard Gaiman () (born November 10, 1960 in Portchester, Hampshire) is an English Jewish author of numerous science fiction and fantasy works, including many comic books. ... Cover of The Sandman #1, by Dave McKean. ... Cover of The Sandman #1, by Dave McKean. ... The Dreaming is a part of a fictional, supernatural world used as the setting for several comic book series and graphic novels, particularly The Sandman by Neil Gaiman, all published by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics. ... Per Degaton is a supervillain in the DC Universe who can travel through time. ...

A film-noir retelling of the original Sandman's adventures appeared in a 1993 series intended for adult readers entitled Sandman Mystery Theatre. Sandman Mystery Theatre #29 (August, 1995) Sandman Mystery Theatre is a comic book series published by Vertigo, the mature-readers imprint of DC Comics, which ran for 70 issues between 1993 and 1999. ...

A one-shot special by Gaiman, Sandman Midnight Theatre, has the Sandman interact with the back-story of Gaiman's book, as a visit to Britain leads to an encounter with Roderick Burgess and the imprisoned Dream. Roderick Burgess is a fictional character from Neil Gaimans comic book series, The Sandman. ...

In the present day setting, the JSA were released from Limbo, and a retired Wesley Dodds was shown as the "elder statesman" of superheroes, most notably in a team-up with Jack Knight, the son of Dodds' JSA teammate Starman. Starman VII is Jack Knight, a comic book superhero in the DC Comics universe, and a member of the Justice Society of America. ... Starman is Ted Knight, a comic book superhero in the DC Comics universe, and a member of the Justice Society of America. ...

In 1999, a year after the end of the Sandman Mystery Theatre series, Dodds commited suicide rather than reveal the locatin of Dr. Fate to the villianous Mordru in JSA #1. His still-youthful but now grown-up sidekick, Sandy the Golden Boy, became known simply as Sand and took his mentor's place as a member of the Justice Society of America. Like the Marvel Comics Sandman, Sand had gained the power to turn into sand. It has been suggested that Suicide and culture be merged into this article or section. ... Doctor Fate, as seen in Justice League Unlimited Doctor Fate is a comic book superhero and wizard in the DC Comics universe, and a member of the Justice Society of America. ... Mordru is a fictional character, a supervillain in the DC Comics Universe whose main foes are the Legion of Super-Heroes in the future world of the 30th and 31st centuries and the Justice Society of America in the present. ... Sandy the Golden Boy is a DC Comics superhero created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. ... For other comic book series and characters called The Sandman, see The Sandman (comics). ... Patterns in the sand Sand is an example of a class of materials called granular matter. ...

In "Kingdom Come" (a dystopian future history written by Mark Waid) Wesley Dodds is tormented by prohetic visions of Armageddon. After his death these visions are passed to the protagonist, who was one of his only remaining friends. Later it is revealed that the visions were sent to Dodds because his tenure as Sandman somehow gave him an affinity for dreams and their intepretation. Whether this is an allusion to the origin appearing in Gaimans Sandman and Books of Magic or not is open to speculation, the prophetic element strongly suggests it. Promotional art for Kingdom Come. ...

External links

• JSA Members: The Sandman