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DC Comics’ Sandman’s First Appearance: A Golden Age Debut

June 15, 2025June 15, 2025 - by Comic Books

DC Comics’ Sandman’s First Appearance: A Golden Age Debut On this day in comic book history, June 15, 1939, a new type of hero emerged from the shadows. Sandman’s first appearance in the pages of Adventure Comics #40 marked a …

Sandman (June 15, 1939) - Adventure Comics #40

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Sandman (June 15, 1939) This Day In Comics

June 15, 2024June 15, 2024 - by Comic Books

Wesley Dodds, the Sandman, first appeared in Adventure Comics #40 (June 15, 1939). One of the medium’s seminal “mystery men”, as referred to at the time, the Sandman straddled the pulp magazine detective tradition and the emerging superhero tradition by …