Comic Title: Adventure Comics #69
Publisher: DC (Detective Comics, Inc.)
Address: 480 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY
Cover Date: December 1941
Approx. On Sale Date: October 31, 1941 Copyright Date October 29, 1941
Source: Library of Congress, Periodicals 1941
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 Case of the Giant Bees"
Pages: 8

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

Penciller: Paul Norris
Inker: Chad Grothkopf

Feature Character(s)

• Sandman (last appearance in All-Star Squadron #18; next appearance in Adventure Comics #70)

Supporting Character(s)

• Sandy the Golden Boy (Sandy Hawkins; first appearance; next appearance in Adventure Comics #70)

Villain(s)

• A group of giant bees (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Bess Buttsford and her father (no further appearances)

Comments:
The Sandman appears in his purple and yellow costume for the first time in this story. The explanation for the change as well as the fate of his girlfriend Dian Belmont is revealed in flashback in All-Star Squadron #18.

This story features the first meeting between Sandman and Sandy.

Sandy's last name is not given in this story. It was first revealed to be McGann in Adventure Comics #71, but beginning in Adventure Comics #72, his last name was given as Hawkins.

Synopsis:
While driving, Wes Dodds encounters a giant that is bigger than he is. After he kills the bee with his wirepoon, it shrinks back to normal size. A teenaged boy in a costume like the Sandman then approaches and explains that the bee was created using a super-thyroid extract by a man named Buttsford.

The boy, Sandy, leads the Sandman to Bess Buttsford who explains that the giant bees were created by her father. He wanted the giant bees to produce large quantities of honey, but instead they became dangerous to humans. Buttsford is now being held inside the bee hive.

The Sandman is joined by Sandy in a rescue attempt. Sandy is able to jump on the back of one of the bees to distract them long enough for the Sandman to free Buttsford. The humans then escape the hive and seal the entrance behind them. After the bees are killed, the Sandman offers to make Sandy his partner.