Dates
- Cover date
- April 1993
- On sale
- February 11, 1993
- Pages
- 36
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Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Story arc: The Tarantula
This is part 1 of 4. Reading order by cover month and on-sale date; arc records can be incomplete.
- Sandman Mystery Theatre #1
- Sandman Mystery Theatre #2
- Sandman Mystery Theatre #3
- Sandman Mystery Theatre #4
Creators
Stories
- The Tarantula Act One · 26 pages
"The Tarantula" has been kidnapping and killing his victims in 1938 New York. Dian Belmont, socialite daughter of D.A. Lawrence Belmont, meets the odd Wesley Dodd at one of retired Judge Shaffer's parties, and is attracted to his non-conventional manner. Dodd, using sleeping gas and a goggled gas mask, has been snooping on gangster Albert Goldman and his associates. Brought to the precinct as her father is called in to investigate the possible murder of Dian's friend Catherine, Dian walks into a darkened lady's room and is shocked when a figure in a gas mask rises and approaches her.
Publisher’s description
The film-noir style series kicks off with an opening arc following Wesley Dodds as he tracks the Tarantula, a mysterious kidnapper who wants the last dance on every young woman's card!
Reprinted in
Sandman Mystery Theatre (1995), Vertigo: First Offenses (2005), Sandman Mystery Theatre (2016), Sandman Mystery Theatre Compendium (2023)