Golden Age Starman Archives #2
"Finder's Keepers!" from Golden Age Starman Archives #2 (2009) delivers a classic tale of scientific ambition and hidden motives, spotlighting astronomer Jimmy Wells and his uneasy alliance with the wealthy but enigmatic Wesley Vanderloot. Written by Joe Samachson and illustrated with crisp precision by Emil Gershwin, the story unfolds as Ted Knight grows suspicious of Vanderloot’s sudden rise—putting both Jimmy and Starman in peril. The cover by Pen Shumaker and Emil Gershwin captures the tension with a striking, period-accurate design.
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Brilliant astronomer Jimmy Wells needs money to buy an observatory, and wealthy Wesley Vanderloot agrees to buy it for him providing Wells allows Vanderloot to take credit for all of Jimmy's discoveries. When Ted Knight begins to suspect the true reasons behind Vanderloot's success, it nearly costs Wells and Starman their lives.
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