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Sandman mystery theatre : the Tarantula / Matt Wagner, writer ; Guy Davis, artist ; David Hornung, colorist ; John Costanza, letterer ; introduction by Dave Marsh.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Comics Collection PN6728.S265 W34 1995
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wagner, Matt.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Detective and mystery comic books, strips, etc.
- Good and evil--Comic books, strips, etc--Fiction.
- Good and evil.
- Nineteen thirties--Comic books, strips, etc--Fiction.
- Nineteen thirties.
- Heroes--Comic books, strips, etc--Fiction.
- Heroes.
- Genre:
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Fiction.
- Penn Provenance:
- Rothman, Steven D. (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 110 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
- Other Title:
- Tarantula
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : DC Comics, [1995]
- Summary:
- Set in 1930s Manhattan, Sandman mystery theatre presents the adventures of the Sandman, a crimefighting vigilante who wears a smart suit, fedora and gas mask and wields a sleeping-gas gun against gangsters, serial murderers and the like; his secret identity is Wesley Dodds, wealthy by inheritance, intelligent, sensitive, influenced by Asian philosophy.
- Notes:
- "Originally published in single magazine form as Sandman mystery theatre 1-4"--T.p. verso.
- "Vertigo"--Cover.
- ISBN:
- 1563891956
- 9781563891953
- OCLC:
- 34932700
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