Comic Title: Adventure Comics #87
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: Aug/Sep 1943
Approx. On Sale Date: June 23, 1943 Copyright Date June 19, 1943
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1943
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: Bi-monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 56
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "I Hated the Sandman"
Pages: 10

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

Writer/Penciller: Jack Kirby
Inker: Joe Simon

Reprinted In:
World's Finest Comics #226 (1974)
Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby HC (2009)

Feature Character(s)

• Sandman (last appearance in All-Star Comics #17; next appearance in Adventure Comics #88)

Supporting Character(s)

• Sandy the Golden Boy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #86; next appearance in Adventure Comics #88)

Villain(s)

• Mickey the Mope, Tennessee Tommy, and their gang (no further appearances)
• Several gangs of crooks (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Silas Pettigrew (a narcoleptic; no further appearances)
• A security guard (dies in this story; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Two hoods shoot a security guard and frame a narcoleptic man, Silas Pettigrew. Silas is angry that his narcolepsy has created problems for him throughout his life; he blames the Sandman. Sandman though tries to help Silas clear his name by finding the real crooks. They are successful and in the process, Silas is cured of his narcolepsy.