Comic Title: Adventure Comics #72
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: March 1942
Approx. On Sale Date: January 30, 1942 Copyright Date January 27, 1942
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1942
Until 1958 DC did not report actual on sale dates to the copyright office
The publication dates listed in LoC records are NOT release dates.

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Editor: Murray Boltinoff

Title: "The Riddle of the Slave Market"
Pages: 10

Feature(s):
Sandman (of Earth-2)

Writer/Penciller: Jack Kirby
Inker: Joe Simon

Reprinted In:
Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby HC (2009)

Feature Character(s)

• Sandman (last appearance in Adventure Comics #71; next appearance in All-Star Comics #10)

Supporting Character(s)

• Sandy the Golden Boy (last name changed to Hawkins in this story; last appearance in Adventure Comics #71; next appearance in Adventure Comics #73)

Villain(s)

• Pete Bragg (a slave trader; no further appearances)
• Bragg's henchmen and customers (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Nick Firelli and several slaves (no further appearances)

Comments:
The Sandman and Sandy no longer wear capes as of this story.

Synopsis:
Wes Dodds meets with Pete Bragg who runs an employment agency to hire a butler. During the meeting Nick Firelli bursts into the room claiming that he was made a slave by Bragg. Dodds returns later as the Sandman and discovers that Bragg is indeed running a slave trade operation. He is hired by wealthy criminals to find men to serve their prison sentences.

The Sandman is captured by Bragg's men and sent to be auctioned as a slave. The timely arrival of Sandy helps Sandman free himself. He then apprehends Bragg and sends him to prison where the former slave trader is haunted by dreams of the man who caught him.