Wesley Dodds

Wesley "Wes" Dodds is a fictional comic book superhero and "Mystery Man" who went by the code name of the Sandman. He is featured in comic book titles published by DC Comics and was introduced in New York World's Fair Comics #1 in April, 1939. He had his own recurring strip in issues of Adventure Comics beginning with issue #40 until issue #102. He also made recurring appearances in All-Star Squadron, Justice Society of America, Volume 1 and Justice Society of America, Volume 2. Wesley Dodds's Golden Age adventures were also re-tooled in the Sandman Mystery Theatre comic book series published under DC's Vertigo imprint, which ran for seventy issues from 1993 to 1999.

Powers

 * Prophetic dreaming: Wesley Dodds possessed the ability to dream of events that would then come to pass. This ability was bequeathed to him by Morpheus, aka Dream of the Endless. When Dodds died, he passed this ability onto his ward, Sanderson Hawkins.


 * Retarded aging: As a result of the JSA's battle with Ian Karkull, Wesley Dodds aged a slower rate than a normal human.

Skills

 * Business management
 * Chemistry
 * Criminology
 * Investigation
 * Mechanical engineering

Weapons

 * Gas gun: The Sandman employed a gun that could be outfitted canisters of sleeping gas. One dose from the gun could render an opponent unconscious for several hours.
 * Silicoid gun: During his "superhero" phase, Wesley Dodds invented a gun that could generate and control volumes of sand.
 * Wirepoon gun: This is not so much a weapon as it is a tool. The wirepoon gun was a grappling hook attached to a length of cable that could be fired at buildings or other objects, enabling Wesley Dodds to swing or rappel himself from one location to another.

Vehicles

 * Wesley Dodds drove a 1938 black Plymouth during his early years as a Mystery Man.

Notes & Trivia



 * "Sandman (Wesley Dodds) redirects to this page.


 * Although this character was originally introduced during DC's Golden Age Earth-Two era of publication, their existence following the events of the 1985–86 limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths remains intact. However, some elements of the character's Pre-Crisis history may have been altered or removed for Post-Crisis continuity, and no longer apply.


 * In the Pre-Crisis stories, Sandman's origin was never revealed.


 * In many of his Golden Age appearances, the Sandman's true name was given as Wes Dodd. In later stories, his surname was firmly established as Dodds.

Adversaries

 * Ivan Borloff - Fought him in Adventure Comics #61.

Appearances

 * Adventure Comics 61
 * JSA Secret Files & Origins 1
 * World's Finest Comics 3