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Editorial Reviews
From School Library Journal
Grade 12 Up–This third volume in the series has a film-noir feel, with hard-boiled detectives, 1930s-style parties, and a vigilante hero who wears a trench coat, a fedora, and a gas mask. Behind The Sandman's mask is mild-mannered Wesley Dodds. The Vamp is a woman who lures men to her bed and then kills them. This is an adult story with mature themes. The explicit artwork is vital to the story but not always appropriate for most YA collections. There are a few racial slurs (in keeping with time period).–Melissa T. Jenvey, New York Public Library
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From Booklist
The hero of Sandman Mystery Theatre shares little more than a moniker with Neil Gaiman's Sandman, star of one of the most successful graphic novel series ever, but those who prefer the down and dirty to the airy and fantastic may also prefer SMT, which features the comics' original Sandman, millionaire Wesley Dodds, who, clad in trench coat and gas mask and armed with sleep-inducing gas, fought criminals in the 1940s. Wagner backtracks Dodds to pre-World War II New York City and models Dodds' adventures less on superhero comics than on 1930s pulp magazines. He and cowriter Steven T. Seagle create twisted crime stories--the arc this volume collects involves a series of grisly murders--that Guy Davis illustrates by expertly evoking the period looks of the pulps. SMT story lines are far franker than their 1930s inspirations. This one depicts, besides the killings, a circle of lesbian lovers, and the dialogue is R-rated. Although it hasn't matched the popularity of Gaiman's creation, SMT is one of the most successful revivals of a vintage costumed crime fighter. Gordon Flagg
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
Grade 12 Up–This third volume in the series has a film-noir feel, with hard-boiled detectives, 1930s-style parties, and a vigilante hero who wears a trench coat, a fedora, and a gas mask. Behind The Sandman's mask is mild-mannered Wesley Dodds. The Vamp is a woman who lures men to her bed and then kills them. This is an adult story with mature themes. The explicit artwork is vital to the story but not always appropriate for most YA collections. There are a few racial slurs (in keeping with time period).–Melissa T. Jenvey, New York Public Library
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
From Booklist
The hero of Sandman Mystery Theatre shares little more than a moniker with Neil Gaiman's Sandman, star of one of the most successful graphic novel series ever, but those who prefer the down and dirty to the airy and fantastic may also prefer SMT, which features the comics' original Sandman, millionaire Wesley Dodds, who, clad in trench coat and gas mask and armed with sleep-inducing gas, fought criminals in the 1940s. Wagner backtracks Dodds to pre-World War II New York City and models Dodds' adventures less on superhero comics than on 1930s pulp magazines. He and cowriter Steven T. Seagle create twisted crime stories--the arc this volume collects involves a series of grisly murders--that Guy Davis illustrates by expertly evoking the period looks of the pulps. SMT story lines are far franker than their 1930s inspirations. This one depicts, besides the killings, a circle of lesbian lovers, and the dialogue is R-rated. Although it hasn't matched the popularity of Gaiman's creation, SMT is one of the most successful revivals of a vintage costumed crime fighter. Gordon Flagg
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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