Cover: Jack Kirby & Joe Simon

Adventure Comics #85

Apr 1943 · DC · 0.10 USD

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“The Unholy Dreams of Gentleman Jack”

In "The Unholy Dreams of Gentleman Jack," a newly freed convict named Gentleman Jack Jarvis vows revenge on the Sandman, haunted by visions of prison life where he’ll rule as a king of cells—while his tormentor suffers in silence. Written and illustrated by Jack Kirby, with inks by Joe Simon and lettering by Howard Ferguson, this 1943 tale blends psychological dread with a chilling sense of fate. The cover, penciled by Kirby and inked by Simon, captures the eerie intensity of a man on the edge of madness.

writer, artist Jack Kirby · letterer Howard Ferguson · inker Joe Simon · cover Jack Kirby, Joe Simon

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writer, artist Jack Kirby

letterer Howard Ferguson

inker Joe Simon

cover pencils Jack Kirby

cover inks Joe Simon

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Hounded by dreams of the Sandman, when Gentleman Jack Jarvis is released from prison he swears that he will one day live in a suite of cells, come and go as he pleases with guards waiting on him hand and foot...but the Sandman will suffer in a solitary cell and made to die slowly!

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