Story: "The Mist Act One" (23 Pages)

Credits: Matt Wagner and Stephen T. Seagle (plot, script); Guy Davis (pencils, inks); David Hornung (colors); John Costanza (letters); Karen Berger (edits)

Feature Character: Sandman I

Supporting Characters: Dian Belmont, Leslie Humphries (next in issue #39), Etta Humphries (next in issue #63), Lawrence Belmont, Tony Burke (next in issue #40), Ross O'Donald (last in issue #33)

Villains: Jonathan Smythe (chronologically earliest appearance); George Cohen, Gerard, Happy Weiss (Union workers)

Other Characters: Mr. Diletto (a Unions worker), Salzman, Fredric Baederstadt, Mr. Baederstadt (the captain of a German freighter and the father of Fredric; dies), Captian Travers (the captain of an Atlantic cruiser), Charles Downs (Smythe's landlord), Miss. McKenna (first appearance of all)