Adventure Comics #84
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Crime Carnival!", Sandman and his young partner Sandy take on a baffling mystery as the Mammoth Circus becomes the center of a string of strange crimes—each escape perfectly orchestrated, with a getaway car that transforms into a truck. Written and illustrated by Jack Kirby, with inks by Joe Simon and letters by Howard Ferguson, this 1943 adventure blends circus spectacle with early superhero sleuthing, all rendered with Kirby’s dynamic energy and Simon’s sharp lines. The cover, also by Kirby and Simon, captures the show’s eerie flair.
In "Crime Carnival!", Sandman and his young partner Sandy take on a baffling case when the Mammoth Circus becomes the center of a string of odd crimes, each escape masterfully orchestrated with a getaway vehicle that transforms from a car into a truck—leaving the police baffled and the circus itself shrouded in mystery.
When Starman’s gravity rod is stolen from his wall safe and repurposed into a green death ray, the weapon strikes the Astral Avenger, leaving the hero with a shattered mind and no memory of who he once was. The mystery deepens as the stolen device’s power echoes across the skies, threatening to unleash chaos unless the truth behind the theft is uncovered.
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Reprinted in The Forever People #5 (1971), Adventure Comics #495 (1983), Sandman #[nn] (1984), Golden Age Starman Archives #2 (2009), The Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #[nn] (2009), Super Adventure Comic #67
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