- "A spider will prey, its web taut with schemes but cannot escape the Sandman's dark dream"
- ―The Sandman
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| Sandman Mystery Theatre | |
| Title: | "The Tarantula: Act II" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Cover price: | $1.95 |
| Cover date: | May, 1993 |
| Publisher: | DC Comics Vertigo |
| Credits | |
| Writers: | Matt Wagner |
| Pencilers: | Guy Davis |
| Inkers: | Guy Davis |
| Cover artists: | Gavin Wilson |
| Cover inker: | Gavin Wilson |
| Cover colorist: | Gavin Wilson |
| Colorists: | David Hornung |
| Letterers: | John Costanza |
| Assistants: | Shelly Roeberg |
| Editors: | Karen Berger |
| Navigation | |
| Previous: | Sandman Mystery Theatre #1 |
| Next: | Sandman Mystery Theatre #3 |
"The Tarantula: Act II" is the second issue of the Sandman Mystery Theatre ongoing comic book series published by DC Comics under their Vertigo imprint. The story was written by Matt Wagner with artwork and inks by Guy Davis. It was colored by David Hornung and lettered by John Costanza. The cover illustration was rendered using digital compositions with photographic elements by Gavin Wilson. The story was edited by Karen Berger with Shelly Roeberg as assistant editor. This issue shipped with a May, 1993 cover date and carries a cover price of $1.95 per copy (US).
Appearances[]
Featured characters
Supporting characters
Villains
Minor characters
- Albert Goldman
- Carlo
- Catherine van der Meer
- Celia Goldman
- Charlie Malloy
- Leslie Humphries (Behind the scenes only)
- Ross O'Donald
- Thomas Schaffer
Organizations
Races
Locations
Items
Vehicles
Powers
Miscellaneous
- Bondage
- Detective
- Dreams
- Hotel
- Morgue
- Organized crime
- Profanity
- Restaurant
- Severed hand
- Smoking
- Torture
Notes & Trivia[]
- Sandman Mystery Theatre is an ongoing series published under DC Comics' Vertigo imprint. Each issue is marked with a "Suggested for Mature Readers" warning.
- The character of the Sandman was created by Gardner Fox and Creig Flessel. By 1942, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby pulled the Sandman away from his pulp-noir roots, providing him with a colorful, purple and yellow super-hero costume, and a boy sidekick named Sandy.
- This issue shipped to retailers on March 18th, 1993.
- This issue is reprinted in the Sandman Mystery Theatre: The Tarantula trade paperback collection.
- This is the first appearance of police detective Tony Burke.