Comic Title: Golden Age Sandman Archives Vol. 1 HC
Publisher: DC
Cover Date: 2004
On Sale Date: October 20, 2004 Direct Market Date October 27, 2004
Source: Previews, Vol. 14 #8 (#188)

Direct Market Date October 20, 2004
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, October 20, 2004

Cover Price: $49.95
Page Count: 224
Editor: Dale Crain

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "Common Cold -- Uncommon Crime"
Pages: 10

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

Writer: Gardner F. Fox
Artist: Creig Flessel

Reprinted From:
Adventure Comics #49 (1940)

Feature Character(s)

• Sandman (last appearance in Adventure Comics #48; next appearance in Adventure Comics #50)

Villain(s)

• A gang of unnamed crooks (no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Doctor Lovejoy (no further appearances)
• Lovejoy's assistant (dies in this story; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story was not originally titled; the title shown here was given on the contents page of The Golden Age Sandman Archives Vol. 1 in which this story is reprinted.

Synopsis:
Wesley Dodds witnesses a man die in the street. He learns the man is the second assistant of Doctor Lovejoy to die in a week. Suspicious, Wes investigates as the Sandman. The Sandman meets the doctor who explains that he has invented a cure for the common cold. The crooks want the formula to use for profit. The crooks then kidnap the doctor. Sandman rescues Lovejoy and turns the gang over to police.