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Issue: Sandman Mystery Theatre #2
Publication Date: December 2004
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Issues: #2 of 8 Issues (9 Printings)
Title: The Face and the Brute
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Suggested for Mature Readers
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: VertigoView Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics
On Sale Date: 10/27/2004
Volume: 2
Pages: 212
ISBN: 1401203450
UPC/EAN: 76194124428000111
Price: $30.95 CAD
$19.95 USD
Indicia Frequency: Suggested for Mature Readers
Content Items: 17 (8 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: color
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: cardstock cover
Binding: squarebound; trade paperback
Publishing Format: collected edition
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Genres: superhero
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The Face, 1 of 4

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Genres: mystery, superhero
Character(s): Sandman [Wesley Dodds]
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The Face, Act One

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Genres: mystery, superhero
Character(s): Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Dian Belmont; D.A. Lawrence Belmont; The Face; Herman Ross; Jimmy Shan [Zhang Chai Lao]; Wu Sung; Master Bei; Ling Hoon; Eldridge Benson
Synopsis: In Chinatown, someone is employing a vicious psychopath to cause a tong war between rival Chinese gangs by beheading members of both sides. The Sandman tries to find out why, and who is behind it.
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The Face, 2 of 4

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Genres: mystery, superhero
Character(s): Sandman (doll)
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The Face, Act Two

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Genres: mystery, superhero
Character(s): Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Dian Belmont; D.A. Lawrence Belmont; The Face; Herman Ross; Jimmy Shan [Zhang Chai Lao]; Commissioner Irving Davis; The Mayor; Carol Swanson; Hsu Chang
Synopsis: Jimmy Shan tries to convince his Lei Feng tong that recent beheadings are not the acts of Huo Yibai tong but he is ignored and the group decides to continue their war. After another beheading, the Sandman tells Jimmy to again try to get his tong to stand down as he is on the trail of the killer. After his latest kill, The Face returns to his apartment, removes his disguise, and babbles to himself in the mirror.
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The Face, 3 of 4

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The Face, Act Three

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Genres: mystery, superhero
Character(s): Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Dian Belmont; D.A. Lawrence Belmont; The Face; Jimmy Shan [Zhang Chai Lao]; Hsu Chang; Herman Ross; Eldridge Benson; Detective Burke; Officer Reynolds; Officer McDaniels; Humphries
Synopsis: Jimmy Shan’s tong boss, Hsu Chang, refuses to stop the tong war. Dian gets further involved with Jimmy, who has been ordered killed by The Face’s unknown employer. The Sandman finds The Face’s hidden hideout.
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The Face, 4 of 4

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The Face, Final Act

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Character(s): Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Dian Belmont
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The Brute, 1 of 4

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The Brute, Act One

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Genres: mystery, superhero
Character(s): Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Dian Belmont; District Attorney Lawrence Belmont; Lieutenant Ross O'Donald; Judge Thomas Schaeffer; Arthur Reisling; ‘Rocket’ Eddie Ramsey; The Brute; Emily Ramsey; Dennis Reisling; Charles Reisling; Tobias Reisling; Mel (Ramsey’s trainer); “Iron Dog’ Stinson (boxer)
Synopsis: Wesley Dodds contemplates involving himself in a business venture with so-called philanthropist and increasingly shady fight promoter Arthur Reisling, unaware he has a brutish killer at his beck and call.
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The Brute, 2 of 4

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The Brute, Act Two

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Character(s): Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Dian Belmont; District Attorney Lawrence Belmont; Arthur Reisling; Francesco Gamboni; ‘Rocket’ Eddie Ramsey; The Brute; Emily Ramsey; Wilbur Schenk; Dennis Reisling; Charles Reisling; Tobias Reisling; Humphries; Murphy; Pauley; Stevie; Katherine Hepburn (movie poster cameo); Cary Grant (movie poster cameo)
Synopsis: The Sandman learns that Reisling has purchased a huge load of heroin from the Gamboni family and has new, untapped markets to sell it in. Reisling continues to use the Brute as his enforcer.
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The Brute, 3 of 4

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The Brute, Act Three

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Character(s): Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Dian Belmont; Arthur Reisling; Francesco Gamboni; ‘Rocket’ Eddie Ramsey; The Brute; Emily Ramsey; Wilbur Schenk; Dennis Reisling; Wallace (Reisling thug); Miss Barnes (Reisling’s secretary); Mel (fight promoter)
Synopsis: Sandman secretly listens to Arthur Reisling plead with Francesco Gamboni for an extra week to come up with money for the heroin buy. After being beaten by the Brute, Ramsey makes his way back to his daughter only to find Emily has been savaged in the worst way by so-called friend Wilbur Schenk.
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The Brute, 4 of 4

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The Brute, Final Act

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Genres: mystery, superhero
Character(s): Sandman [Wesley Dodds]; Dian Belmont; District Attorney Lawrence Belmont; Arthur Reisling; Francesco Gamboni; ‘Rocket’ Eddie Ramsey; The Brute [Maria Reisling]; Emily Ramsey; Wilbur Schenk; Dennis Reisling; Charles Reisling; Tobias Reisling; Humphries; Wallace (Reisling thug); Carlo (Gamboni thug)
Synopsis: Ramsey exacts revenge against Schenk for ravaging his daughter. Sandman learns The Brute is actually Arthur Reisling’s daughter Maria, the near-mindless victim of severe parental neglect as a child. During the Reisling - Gamboni drug deal Ramsey enters and despite the presence of Sandman a bloody shootout erupts where few survive.
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