Adventure Comics #90
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Sleepy Time Crimes!", Sandman faces a baffling new foe whose sinister scheme relies on a mysterious camera that emits an invisible gas, leaving victims unconscious without a trace—perfect for pulling off daring heists at high-profile exhibitions. Written and drawn by Jack Kirby, with inks by Joe Simon and letters by Howard Ferguson, this 1944 adventure showcases Kirby’s early genius in a tightly plotted mystery that keeps readers on edge from page one. The cover, also by Kirby, captures the eerie tension of the unseen threat lurking in plain sight.
In "Sleepy Time Crimes!" from Adventure Comics #90 (1944), Sandman faces off against a cunning thief who uses a strange camera with a wide-angle lens to unleash an odorless gas, knocking victims unconscious during high-profile heists at stores and museums with special exhibitions. The mystery unfolds as Sandman must outthink a criminal who turns entire galleries into silent, sleeping traps.
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Reprinted in Golden Age Starman Archives #2 (2009), The Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby #[nn] (2009)
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