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* Silicon-based body
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'''Sanderson''' "'''Sandy'''" '''Hawkins''', formerly known as '''Sandy the Golden Boy''', '''Sands''', '''Sand''' and currently known as '''[[Sandman (DC Comics)|Sandman]]''', is a character appearing in comics published by [[DC Comics]]. He was created by writer [[Mort Weisinger]] and artist [[Paul Norris]], he first appeared in ''[[Adventure Comics]]'' #69.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mitchell |first1=Kurt |last2=Thomas |first2=Roy |title=American Comic Book Chronicles: 1940-1944 |date=2019 |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |isbn=978-1605490892 |page=73}}</ref> After being unutilized for several years, he was reintroduced by writers [[David S. Goyer]] and [[Geoff Johns]] in the comic ''[[JSA (comic book)|JSA]]'' in the late 1990s and with a greatly expanded set of powers and responsibilities. He eventually took on the name of Sandman, succeeding [[Sandman (Wesley Dodds)|his former mentor]].


==Publication history==
'''Sanderson "Sandy" Hawkins''', formerly known as '''Sandy, the Golden Boy''', now known as '''Sand''', is a [[fictional character]], [[superhero]] in the [[DC Comics]] [[DC Universe|universe]] created by [[Mort Weisinger]] and [[Paul Norris]]. He first appeared in ''Adventure Comics'' #69.
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===Golden Age===
The character of ''Sandy the Golden Boy'' was created as a [[sidekick]] to the [[Sandman (Wesley Dodds)|Sandman]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nevins |first1=Jess |title=Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes |date=2013 |publisher=High Rock Press |isbn=978-1-61318-023-5 |page=231}}</ref> Created by Mort Weisinger and Paul Norris, the nephew of The Sandman's girlfriend [[Dian Belmont]], the character debuted as a tights-wearing youth (in the same vein as Robin the Boy Wonder) in ''Adventure Comics'' #69 (Dec 1941).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cowsill |first1=Alan |last2=Irvine |first2=Alex |last3=Korte |first3=Steve |last4=Manning |first4=Matt |last5=Wiacek |first5=Win |last6=Wilson |first6=Sven |title=The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe |date=2016 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-5357-0 |page=258}}</ref> This same issue also showcased a new yellow-and-purple costume for The Sandman.


===Silver Age===
==Fictional character biography==
The flourish of mystery-men comic books came to an end in the late 1940s. About ten years later, DC Comics reintroduced some of the mystery-men characters in new books, but reimagined them as super-heroes, characters such as [[Hal Jordan|Green Lantern]] and [[Hawkman (Katar Hol)|Hawkman]]. September 1961 saw the publication of "Flash of Two Worlds" in ''The Flash'' #123. This was the first new story using an original mystery-man character, namely, the [[Flash (Jay Garrick)]]. The concept of an Earth-1 and Earth-2 began to be developed and soon other 1940s characters were being used in modern stories. Sandy the Golden Boy was reintroduced to the public by writer [[Len Wein]] in ''Justice League of America'' #113 in 1974.<ref name="JLA113">{{cite comic|writer= [[Len Wein|Wein, Len]]|penciller= [[Dick Dillin|Dillin, Dick]]|inker= [[Dick Giordano|Giordano, Dick]]|story= The Creature in the Velvet Cage|title= [[Justice League|Justice League of America]]|issue= 113|date= September–October 1974}}</ref>
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===Sandy, the Golden Boy===
Sanderson Hawkins was originally the sidekick to the original [[The Sandman (DC Comics Golden Age)|Sandman]] going by the name of "Sandy, the Golden Boy." Like [[Batman]]'s [[Robin (comics)|Robin]], he was an orphan who was adopted by the hero he fought beside, although Sandy had one prominent surviving relative: Dian Belmont, the Sandman's love interest in the early [[Golden Age of Comic Books]] and in the ''[[Sandman Mystery Theatre]]'' series set in the same time period.


Len Wein wrote of his inspiration in the compilation book ''Crisis on Multiple Earths Volume 3'' (2004): "I had always been a fan of the Golden Age Sandman, and had always wondered why he'd been put back into his double-breasted Man of Mystery Gas-Mask outfit when he was revived, instead of the more traditional purple-and-yellow super-hero costume he'd worn in the latter days of the 1940s. This would make the perfect place to find out. Thus was born ''The Creature in the Velvet Cage''".<ref name="Wein2013">{{cite book|author=L. Wein|title=Crisis on Multiple Earths Vol. 3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f28pBgAAQBAJ|date=21 May 2013|publisher=DC Comics|isbn=978-1-4012-4583-2|page=5}}</ref>
[[Image:SandJSA2.jpg|150px|left|thumb|Three aspects of Hawkins on the cover to ''JSA'' #5 by [[Alan Davis]].]]
Sandy was a member of the Young All-Stars, a team that was later absorbed into the [[All-Star Squadron]]. He was later turned into a silicon-based monster by one of his mentor's failed experiments, a "silocoid gun" that exploded and bombarded him with radioactive silica particles. Sandy was kept in suspended animation for many decades while the Sandman searched for a cure.


In this story, it was revealed that, in the 1940s, Sandy had been transformed into a huge, sand-like creature when an experimental weapon Sandman was testing exploded. Wracked with guilt, Sandman stopped wearing the costume he'd worn as Sandy's partner and went back to his original outfit. The transformed Sandy had been kept in a glass cage for decades. In a later story (''[[DC Comics Presents]]'' #47, July 1982), Sandy was finally turned back into his human self and found that he hadn't aged in all that time; physically, he was still a teenager.<ref>{{cite comic|writer= [[Mike W. Barr|Barr, Mike W.]]|penciller= [[José Delbo|Delbo, José]]|inker= [[John Calnan|Calnan, John]]|story= Whatever Happened to Sandy the Golden Boy?|title= [[DC Comics Presents]]|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|issue= 47|date= July 1982}}</ref>
===Sand===
After being turned back to normal by Sandman and the [[Justice League]], Sandy found he had the ability to transform himself into [[sand]] as well as other powers over earth derived from his ability to control silica compounds and the generation and control of seismic energy. He changed his codename to Sand and led as the first chairman of the modern incarnation of the [[Justice Society of America|JSA]] for a time. As Sand, Hawkins uses a [[gas mask]] and 'gas gun' similar to that of his mentor. After Wesley Dodds' death, he also inherited his mentor's prophetic dreams.


===The 1980s and 1990s===
Due to his years in suspended animation, Sand has occasionally found it difficult to adjust to life in the 21st century and remains a somewhat withdrawn member of the superhero community. His home Dodds Mansion (also known as the JSA Brownstone) was inherited from his late mentor and has served as the headquarters for the modern Justice Society.
The 1980s saw writer [[Roy Thomas|Roy Thomas']] World War II era series ''[[All-Star Squadron|The All-Star Squadron]]'' (pre-Crisis) and the ''[[Young All-Stars]]'' (post-Crisis). Sandy was brought into the Squadron storyline during the ''Crisis'' crossover, beginning with issue #51 (Nov 1985). That book soon ceased printing and was replaced by the ''Young All-Stars'' (June 1987) where Sandy played a role in issues 2 through 8. This series states that Sandy is fourteen going on fifteen in the spring of 1942.


Also written by Roy Thomas, the one-issue special ''Last Days of the JSA'' published in 1986 depicts the departure of the JSA characters. Although taking place in the modern era (within weeks of the Crisis), Sandy is still depicted as a teenager wearing his World War II uniform of yellow-and-red. The story relates how he and other JSA members are taken into [[Ragnarok]] where they must fight forever. Published in 1992, the ''Armageddon Inferno'' miniseries written by [[John Ostrander]] takes the JSA members out of Ragnarok and brings them back to Earth, allowing writers to use them in future stories. Sandy is one of these characters.
For a while, Sand was involved in somewhat of a romantic triangle within the [[JSA]]. Kendra Saunders (aka [[Hawkgirl]]) confided in Sand that she was upset about the recent return of [[Hawkman]] and her apparent predestined fate to be his lover. As Sand attempted to comfort her, Kendra kissed him--both unaware that Carter Hall, the newly resurrected [[Hawkman]], was outside the window at the moment of the kiss. Later on, the three apparently resolved their differences, but it became quite apparent that Sand did in fact have strong feelings for Kendra.


The 1999 series ''JSA'' was preceded by a ''JSA Secret Files'' special. The special and the series reintroduced Sandy, but now as a young man calling himself Sand. This new and further development of the character was written by [[James Robinson (comics)|James Robinson]] and [[David S. Goyer]]. Issue 18 of the series, written by David Goyer and [[Geoff Johns]], introduced retconned history for the character including his "killing" of [[Johnny Sorrow]] in 1944 (Sandy shot Sorrow's dimension-shifting equipment and the damage trapped Sorrow in another dimension). The JSA–JSA storyline<ref>''JSA'' #68–72. DC Comics.</ref> has Sand time travel to 1951 and interact with The Sandman; writer Geoff Johns states the present-day age of the character as being "biologically 25", but his birth year is changed to 1926 (Roy Thomas had given the character an age of 14 in 1942 making the birth year 1928). The "Velvet Cage" story from the 1970s is also referenced and rewritten to an extent and the year of the silicoid accident is changed from 1947<ref>''JSA Secret Files'' #1. DC Comics.</ref> to 1945. Issue #83 (2006) is part of the [[One Year Later]] of the DC comics line; in this issue written by [[Paul Levitz]], Sand is no longer shown as a member of the JSA. Sand makes no more appearances in the series which ended with issue #87 (2006).
During the "Princes of Darkness" storyline in ''JSA'', Sand was thought to have been destroyed while preventing multiple earthquakes on Earth but was in actuality put into a limbo state. His body was trapped beneath the Earth while his soul was trapped in the fragment of Dreamtime once inhabited by the [[Sandman (DC Comics)|Silver Age Sandman]]. He was eventually saved and is now back with the JSA (part of his salvation lay with Hawkgirl; [[Dr. Fate]] informed her that she was Sand's mental bridge, due to his still-existent feelings for her). After his return, Sand seems to have much more control over his powers, using them in new and varied way that he didn't before including levitating rock and generating lava.


This book debuted in February 2007, written by Geoff Johns. The cover of this book shows the round table of the JSA surrounded by 17 heroes including Sanderson Hawkins, now wearing a black cape and fedora reminiscent of the original Sandman, but also gloves and a mask unlike any other incarnation of Sand or The Sandman- it appears to be a cross between the masks of Hawkins & Dodds, and mixed with designs borrowed from the Helm of Dream of the Endless. According to Geoff Johns' interview in ''[[Wizard Magazine|Wizard]]'' #180 (October 2006) Sand would become the JSA's "[[Reconnaissance|Recon]] Man" doing more detective work in the process. He was brought in on issue #3, appearing in a cloud of smoke and speaking of nightmares, attributes more recognizable of Wesley Dodds than for Sanderson Hawkins. Issue #5 shows this version of Hawkins as more sober and serious than previous incarnations. For about a year the character was not used in the series, nor were his face and name shown in the JSA roll call found framing the main story pages. He was not seen again until issue #14 (2008) where Johns portrayed him as tormented by perverse and horror-filled nightmares. He was briefly freed of these dreams by the powerful [[Gog (DC Comics)|Gog]], as part of a series of gifts Gog gave to those who confronted him,<ref>''Justice Society of America'' vol. 3 #17. DC Comics.</ref> but Sand came to reject this gift as he felt it made him a less effective investigator, discovering a dead child that he was sure he could have saved if he still had his dreams. When the JSA discovered that Gog was forming a parasitical bond to Earth that would make it impossible for him to leave without destroying the planet if he wasn't driven off now, Gog took back his gifts in a fit of pique.<ref>''Justice Society of America'' vol. 3 #21. DC Comics.</ref>
Sand was most likely given his current codename (as opposed to his mentor's title of "Sandman") to distance the character from the dream and sleep connotations of the previous name and focus more on the literal sand powers he now bears. It may also have been to differentiate him from DC/Vertigo's popular and critically acclaimed ''Sandman'' series by [[Neil Gaiman]].


In the "[[Watchmen]]" sequel "[[Doomsday Clock (comics)|Doomsday Clock]]", Hawkins returns alongside many other superheroes to the DC Universe when [[Doctor Manhattan]], inspired by [[Superman]], undoes the changes that he made to the timeline that erased the Justice Society and the [[Legion of Super-Heroes]].<ref>{{cite comic|writer= [[Geoff Johns|Johns, Geoff]]|penciller= [[Gary Frank (comics)|Frank, Gary]]|inker= Frank, Gary|story= Discouraged of Man|title= [[Doomsday Clock (comics)|Doomsday Clock]]|publisher=[[DC Comics]]|issue= 12|date= February 2020}}</ref>
Sand now wears a brown rain coat, in homage to his mentor.

===The New Golden Age===
In the pages of "[[The New Golden Age]]", Sandy's history of being Dian's nephew is still intact. Following the death of Wheeler Vanderlyle, Dian brings him to an almost-rebuilt Dodds Mansion where she introduces him to Wesley Dodds.<ref>''Wesley Dodds: The Sandman'' #6. DC Comics.</ref>


==Powers and abilities==
==Powers and abilities==
Like his mentor, Hawkins developed prophetic dreams. He later gained a silicon-based body that is elastic, highly durable, and able to transform into sand.
As a being of living silicon, Sand has a number of earth-based powers. He is able to shift his body into a pure silicon or sand-form, in which he is more malleable and is able to alter his shape and density. He can pass his molecules through solid objects that contain traces of silica and is able to travel through the earth as easily as one would swim through water. Sand can mentally manipulate the earth and soil in his vicinity, causing it to rumble, change shape, levitate, or burst forth to attack his enemies. He is also able to produce seismic waves which have the effect of small, localized earthquakes.


===Equipment===
Additionally, Sand possesses a limited form of precognition, which manifests as occasional prophetic dreams. This ability was psychically passed to him by his mentor, Wesley Dodds, and derives from a connection to the Dreaming, the realm of dreams in the DC Comics universe which was ruled by the literal Sandman of folklore, [[Daniel Hall (comics)|Daniel]].
Hawkins is proficient with many handgun-based weapons such as gas guns and wirepoon guns.


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==In other media==
Sand also uses his mentor's crimefighting equipment, including gas masks, gas guns, and a harpoon/grapple invention known as a "wirepoon" gun. These devices and his current uniform were constructed out of silica-compounds by the TylerCo company (owned by his teammate [[Hourman]]), allowing Sand to bring them with him when he alters his shape. Sand was trained as a detective, though this is an ability which he rarely utilizes.
* Sandy Hawkins / Sand makes non-speaking cameo appearances in ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' as a member of the [[Justice League]].{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}
* Sandy Hawkins / Sand received an action figure in [[Mattel]]'s [[DC Universe: Justice League Unlimited Fan Collection|''Justice League Unlimited'' toyline]].{{citation needed|date=October 2023}}


==References==
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==Appearances in other media==
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{{Justice Society of America}}
Sand has briefly appeared in a few episodes of the Cartoon Network animated series ''[[Justice League Unlimited]],'' making notable cameos in the stories "Initiation," "Clash" and "Panic In The Sky." His powers and origin are presumed to be the same as his comic book counterpart. Despite negligible screen time on the show, Sand is slated to be rendered as an action figure in Mattel's popular ''[[Justice League Unlimited]]'' line in early 2007.
{{All-Star Squadron}}
{{Earth-Two}}
{{GoldenAge}}
{{Sandman navbox}}


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*[http://www.mykey3000.com/cosmicteams/profiles/sandman.html Profile of Sand and the Sandman]
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Sandy Hawkins
Cover to Justice Society of America, Volume 2 #5 (2007), art by Alex Ross
Publication information
PublisherDC Comics
First appearanceAdventure Comics #69 (December 1941)
Created byMort Weisinger (writer)
Paul Norris (artist)
In-story information
Alter egoSanderson "Sandy" Hawkins
SpeciesMetahuman
Team affiliationsJustice Society of America
All-Star Squadron
Young All-Stars
Justice League
Notable aliasesSandy the Golden Boy, Sand, Sandman
Abilities
  • Prophetic dreams
  • Armed combat
  • Silicon-based body

Sanderson "Sandy" Hawkins, formerly known as Sandy the Golden Boy, Sands, Sand and currently known as Sandman, is a character appearing in comics published by DC Comics. He was created by writer Mort Weisinger and artist Paul Norris, he first appeared in Adventure Comics #69.[1] After being unutilized for several years, he was reintroduced by writers David S. Goyer and Geoff Johns in the comic JSA in the late 1990s and with a greatly expanded set of powers and responsibilities. He eventually took on the name of Sandman, succeeding his former mentor.

Publication history

[edit]

Golden Age

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The character of Sandy the Golden Boy was created as a sidekick to the Sandman.[2] Created by Mort Weisinger and Paul Norris, the nephew of The Sandman's girlfriend Dian Belmont, the character debuted as a tights-wearing youth (in the same vein as Robin the Boy Wonder) in Adventure Comics #69 (Dec 1941).[3] This same issue also showcased a new yellow-and-purple costume for The Sandman.

Silver Age

[edit]

The flourish of mystery-men comic books came to an end in the late 1940s. About ten years later, DC Comics reintroduced some of the mystery-men characters in new books, but reimagined them as super-heroes, characters such as Green Lantern and Hawkman. September 1961 saw the publication of "Flash of Two Worlds" in The Flash #123. This was the first new story using an original mystery-man character, namely, the Flash (Jay Garrick). The concept of an Earth-1 and Earth-2 began to be developed and soon other 1940s characters were being used in modern stories. Sandy the Golden Boy was reintroduced to the public by writer Len Wein in Justice League of America #113 in 1974.[4]

Len Wein wrote of his inspiration in the compilation book Crisis on Multiple Earths Volume 3 (2004): "I had always been a fan of the Golden Age Sandman, and had always wondered why he'd been put back into his double-breasted Man of Mystery Gas-Mask outfit when he was revived, instead of the more traditional purple-and-yellow super-hero costume he'd worn in the latter days of the 1940s. This would make the perfect place to find out. Thus was born The Creature in the Velvet Cage".[5]

In this story, it was revealed that, in the 1940s, Sandy had been transformed into a huge, sand-like creature when an experimental weapon Sandman was testing exploded. Wracked with guilt, Sandman stopped wearing the costume he'd worn as Sandy's partner and went back to his original outfit. The transformed Sandy had been kept in a glass cage for decades. In a later story (DC Comics Presents #47, July 1982), Sandy was finally turned back into his human self and found that he hadn't aged in all that time; physically, he was still a teenager.[6]

The 1980s and 1990s

[edit]

The 1980s saw writer Roy Thomas' World War II era series The All-Star Squadron (pre-Crisis) and the Young All-Stars (post-Crisis). Sandy was brought into the Squadron storyline during the Crisis crossover, beginning with issue #51 (Nov 1985). That book soon ceased printing and was replaced by the Young All-Stars (June 1987) where Sandy played a role in issues 2 through 8. This series states that Sandy is fourteen going on fifteen in the spring of 1942.

Also written by Roy Thomas, the one-issue special Last Days of the JSA published in 1986 depicts the departure of the JSA characters. Although taking place in the modern era (within weeks of the Crisis), Sandy is still depicted as a teenager wearing his World War II uniform of yellow-and-red. The story relates how he and other JSA members are taken into Ragnarok where they must fight forever. Published in 1992, the Armageddon Inferno miniseries written by John Ostrander takes the JSA members out of Ragnarok and brings them back to Earth, allowing writers to use them in future stories. Sandy is one of these characters.

The 1999 series JSA was preceded by a JSA Secret Files special. The special and the series reintroduced Sandy, but now as a young man calling himself Sand. This new and further development of the character was written by James Robinson and David S. Goyer. Issue 18 of the series, written by David Goyer and Geoff Johns, introduced retconned history for the character including his "killing" of Johnny Sorrow in 1944 (Sandy shot Sorrow's dimension-shifting equipment and the damage trapped Sorrow in another dimension). The JSA–JSA storyline[7] has Sand time travel to 1951 and interact with The Sandman; writer Geoff Johns states the present-day age of the character as being "biologically 25", but his birth year is changed to 1926 (Roy Thomas had given the character an age of 14 in 1942 making the birth year 1928). The "Velvet Cage" story from the 1970s is also referenced and rewritten to an extent and the year of the silicoid accident is changed from 1947[8] to 1945. Issue #83 (2006) is part of the One Year Later of the DC comics line; in this issue written by Paul Levitz, Sand is no longer shown as a member of the JSA. Sand makes no more appearances in the series which ended with issue #87 (2006).

This book debuted in February 2007, written by Geoff Johns. The cover of this book shows the round table of the JSA surrounded by 17 heroes including Sanderson Hawkins, now wearing a black cape and fedora reminiscent of the original Sandman, but also gloves and a mask unlike any other incarnation of Sand or The Sandman- it appears to be a cross between the masks of Hawkins & Dodds, and mixed with designs borrowed from the Helm of Dream of the Endless. According to Geoff Johns' interview in Wizard #180 (October 2006) Sand would become the JSA's "Recon Man" doing more detective work in the process. He was brought in on issue #3, appearing in a cloud of smoke and speaking of nightmares, attributes more recognizable of Wesley Dodds than for Sanderson Hawkins. Issue #5 shows this version of Hawkins as more sober and serious than previous incarnations. For about a year the character was not used in the series, nor were his face and name shown in the JSA roll call found framing the main story pages. He was not seen again until issue #14 (2008) where Johns portrayed him as tormented by perverse and horror-filled nightmares. He was briefly freed of these dreams by the powerful Gog, as part of a series of gifts Gog gave to those who confronted him,[9] but Sand came to reject this gift as he felt it made him a less effective investigator, discovering a dead child that he was sure he could have saved if he still had his dreams. When the JSA discovered that Gog was forming a parasitical bond to Earth that would make it impossible for him to leave without destroying the planet if he wasn't driven off now, Gog took back his gifts in a fit of pique.[10]

In the "Watchmen" sequel "Doomsday Clock", Hawkins returns alongside many other superheroes to the DC Universe when Doctor Manhattan, inspired by Superman, undoes the changes that he made to the timeline that erased the Justice Society and the Legion of Super-Heroes.[11]

The New Golden Age

[edit]

In the pages of "The New Golden Age", Sandy's history of being Dian's nephew is still intact. Following the death of Wheeler Vanderlyle, Dian brings him to an almost-rebuilt Dodds Mansion where she introduces him to Wesley Dodds.[12]

Powers and abilities

[edit]

Like his mentor, Hawkins developed prophetic dreams. He later gained a silicon-based body that is elastic, highly durable, and able to transform into sand.

Equipment

[edit]

Hawkins is proficient with many handgun-based weapons such as gas guns and wirepoon guns.

In other media

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ Mitchell, Kurt; Thomas, Roy (2019). American Comic Book Chronicles: 1940-1944. TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 73. ISBN 978-1605490892.
  2. ^ Nevins, Jess (2013). Encyclopedia of Golden Age Superheroes. High Rock Press. p. 231. ISBN 978-1-61318-023-5.
  3. ^ Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Korte, Steve; Manning, Matt; Wiacek, Win; Wilson, Sven (2016). The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe. DK Publishing. p. 258. ISBN 978-1-4654-5357-0.
  4. ^ Wein, Len (w), Dillin, Dick (p), Giordano, Dick (i). "The Creature in the Velvet Cage" Justice League of America, no. 113 (September–October 1974).
  5. ^ L. Wein (21 May 2013). Crisis on Multiple Earths Vol. 3. DC Comics. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-4012-4583-2.
  6. ^ Barr, Mike W. (w), Delbo, José (p), Calnan, John (i). "Whatever Happened to Sandy the Golden Boy?" DC Comics Presents, no. 47 (July 1982). DC Comics.
  7. ^ JSA #68–72. DC Comics.
  8. ^ JSA Secret Files #1. DC Comics.
  9. ^ Justice Society of America vol. 3 #17. DC Comics.
  10. ^ Justice Society of America vol. 3 #21. DC Comics.
  11. ^ Johns, Geoff (w), Frank, Gary (p), Frank, Gary (i). "Discouraged of Man" Doomsday Clock, no. 12 (February 2020). DC Comics.
  12. ^ Wesley Dodds: The Sandman #6. DC Comics.
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