Comic Title: Adventure Comics #73
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: April 1942
Approx. On Sale Date: February 27, 1942 Copyright Date February 24, 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: "Bells of Madness"
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 All-Star Squadron #5; next appearance in Adventure Comics #74)

Supporting Character(s)

• Sandy the Golden Boy (last appearance in Adventure Comics #72; next appearance in Adventure Comics #74)

Villain(s)

• Ernest Mansfield (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Lois Mansfield and Martha Mansfield (sisters; Martha dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Frank Scata (a bodyguard; no further appearances)
• Al Carter (behind-the-scenes on the telephone; a newspaperman; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Wes Dodds saves the life of Lois Mansfield. The woman explains that she and other members of her family have been driven insane because they constantly hear the sound of bells. When Lois's sister Martha kills herself, the Sandman begins to suspect her bodyguard Frank Scata. However, further investigation leads him to Ernest Mansfield, the girls' brother. He was cut out of the family estate, so he drove the girls insane by planting a device in their hats that made the bell sounds. With the girls dead he could collect the family fortune. However, the Sandman exposes his scheme and saves Lois again.