Comic Title: Adventure Comics #84
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: March 1943
Approx. On Sale Date: January 22, 1943 Copyright Date January 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: Monthly
Cover Price: $0.10
Page Count: 64
Contains: Ownership Statement
Editor: Jack Schiff

Title: "Crime Carnival"
Pages: 10

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

Writer/Penciller: Jack Kirby
Inker: Joe Simon

Reprinted In:
Forever People #5 (1971)
Adventure Comics #495 (1983)
Sandman by Joe Simon & Jack Kirby HC (2009)

Feature Character(s)

• Sandman (last appearance in All-Star Comics #15; next appearance in Adventure Comics #85)

Supporting Character(s)

• Sandy the Golden Boy (last appearance in All-Star Comics #15; next appearance in Adventure Comics #85)

Villain(s)

• Samson, Stretcho, Presto, and Midge (criminal carnival workers; no further appearances)

Synopsis:
Four men begin a robbery spree, using carnival talents in their crimes. Sandman investigates, but the criminals give him the slip using a convertible van. Sandman deduces that they are members of a carnival and catches up to them again. This time he sees through their ruse of the trick van and captures them.