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SANDMAN MYSTERY THEATRE #1
April 1993 [Vertigo; $1.95]
Cover Credits:
Gavin Wilson (illustrator)
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Story: "The Tarantula Act One" (26 Pages)
Credits:
Matt Wagner (plot, script)
Guy Davis (pencils, inks)
David Hornung (colors)
John Costanza (letters)
Karen Berger (edits)
Feature Character:
Sandman I (Wesley Bernard Dodds)
Supporting Characters:
Dian Belmont (the daughter of Lawrence Belmont)
Lawrence Belmont (a New York District Attorney)
Judge Thomas Schaeffer (first appearance)
Ross O'Donald (first appearance; a New York police chief)
Mayor Lansky
Villains:
The Tarantula (Roger Goldman; the son of Albert and Miriam Goldman)
Miriam Goldman (the wife of Albert Goldman)
Albert Goldman (a mobster and former bootlegger)
Celia Goldman (the daughter of Albert and Miriam Goldman; first appearance of all four)
Lenny Green (the son of "Young Boy" Eddie Green)
Moses Berman (two mobsters; first appearance of both)
Guest Appearances:
Joe DeMaggio
Bert Lahr
Tallulah Bankhead
William Powell
Bugsy Siegel
Other Characters:
Catherine Van Der Meer (a friend of Dian Belmont's)
Pascal (a police officer)
Charlie Malloy (a taxi driver; first appearance of all three)
Comments: The first Sandman Mystery Theatre story arc, that begins in this issue and ends in #4, is a revamped version of the story in Adventure Comics #40.
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