SANDMAN

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BIOGRAPHY SUMMARY

The Sandman is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The first of several DC characters to bear the name Sandman, he was created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Allen Bert Christman. Attired in a green business suit, fedora, and World War I gas mask, the Sandman used a gun emitting a sleeping gas to sedate criminals. He was originally one of the mystery men to appear in comic books and other types of adventure fiction in the 1930s, but later was outfitted with a unitard/cowl costume and developed into a proper superhero, acquiring a sidekick, Sandy, and founding the Justice Society of America (JSA).

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WHY THEY MATTER

Sandman was intellectually unique and groundbreaking for being one of the earliest mystery men to appear in comic books during the 1930s. The character's evolution from a crime-fighting vigilante using sleeping gas to a proper superhero with a sidekick and involvement in founding the Justice Society of America marked a significant development in the genre, showcasing the evolution of comic book storytelling and character development during that era.

FAMOUS QUOTE

But where shallwisdombe found? And where is the place ofunderstanding?Man knoweth not the price thereof, neither is it found in the land of the living ... for the price of wisdom is above rubies.Sandman#1: epigram in Sleep of The Just, from theBook of Job, Chapter 28, verses 12, 13, 18)

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