New Arrivals: Sandman Mystery Theatre, by Matt Wagner
Just in are several trade paperback collections of Matt Wagner's highly regarded Sandman Mystery Theatre series. This series was set in the 1930's, featuring the Golden Age hero Wesley Dodds, the Sandman. Dodds was a superhero with no super powers (except for possibly true dreams), who fought crime in a gas mask, wielding a sleeping-gas gun.
The series was written in 4-issue story arc, and the Hillsborough Public Library has received the 4 collections available to date.
The Tarantula: Collects issues 1-4, where Dodds must solve the mystery of a kidnapper calling himself "The Tarantula".
The Face and The Brute: Collects issues 5-12. In The Face, the Sandman gets involved in a series of deaths in Chinatown that may lead to a gang war. In The Brute, a boxer is on the run after turning in someone who was fixing fights.
The Vamp: Collects issues 13-16. The Sandman goes up against the Vamp, a women who lures men to her bed, then murders them.
The Scorpion: Collects issues 17-20. Dodds must go after a violent vigilante who uses a posioned whip.
The series was written in 4-issue story arc, and the Hillsborough Public Library has received the 4 collections available to date.
The Tarantula: Collects issues 1-4, where Dodds must solve the mystery of a kidnapper calling himself "The Tarantula".
The Face and The Brute: Collects issues 5-12. In The Face, the Sandman gets involved in a series of deaths in Chinatown that may lead to a gang war. In The Brute, a boxer is on the run after turning in someone who was fixing fights.
The Vamp: Collects issues 13-16. The Sandman goes up against the Vamp, a women who lures men to her bed, then murders them.
The Scorpion: Collects issues 17-20. Dodds must go after a violent vigilante who uses a posioned whip.
posted by Hillsborough Library Adult Services at 7:07 AM
