Sandman

SANDMAN

Real Name: Wesley Dodds

Class: Human technology-user

Occupation: World Army soldier

Group Affiliation: World Army

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: The Sentinel, formerly Canada, Earth 2

First Appearance: Earth 2 #5 (December, 2012)

Powers: Sandman was a trained soldier armed with a gas gun that shot sleeping gas and a teleportation device.

History: (Earth 2 #5) - Wesley Dodds was the commanding officer of the Sandmen, an elite branch of the World Army. The Green chose Alan Scott as its’ champion Green Lantern to defend the world from a coming threat, and the Grey responded by waking its’ champion Solomon Grundy. Grundy’s revival caused plant life around the world to wither and die, and he attacked the White House to draw Green Lantern’s attention. Grundy went on a murderous rampage, saying the world had its' chance and it was time for life on the planet to end. Commander Amar Khan coordinated the World Army response, with Wesley Dodds and his Sandman extracting the President from the White House to safety.

(Earth 2 #7) - The World Army council made Terry Sloan their head of the World Army Science Directive over Khan’s objections. Amar disliked the degree of autonomy the council decided to give Sloan, and warned Terry he’d be keeping an eye on him. As part of his working agreement with the world Army Sloan revealed his various hidden bases and hideouts, but Khan suspected he was holding out on the World Army, and with the help of Sandman Wesley Dodds he located Sloan’s base in Paris. Wesley and his Sandman raided the base, which was protected by Mr. Terrific, who was now under Sloan’s control. The Sandman subdued him, copied the scientific work Sloan was working on, and then blew up the labs and scientific equipment in the base. Terry Sloan called the World Army Wonder Initiative a failure, and took over the Red Tornado project, assuring Khan that he could get her operational in no time. Sloan told Khan he’d outwitted him at every turn, and wondered if he was playing a game or just stupid, and Khan replied that his advantage was that if the world every found out that Terry Sloan was back people would be calling for his blood. Khan shared drinks with Sandman, reminding him that they were committing treason by going behind the World Army’s back to go after Sloan, and Sandman said that he was dedicated to building a better world, which didn’t involve working with mass murderers.

(Earth 2 #9) - Flash dropped his cell phone during his confrontation with the World Army and after ascertaining his identity Sandman visited his mother, Mrs. Garrick, and asked her to urge her son to turn himself in. Flash visited his mother to assure her he was safe when she told him about meeting the Sandman. The next thing they knew Atom ripped the roof off their home. Atom was accompanied by Major Sonia Sato and a group of World Army soldiers, who warned Flash to stand down. Flash fought them until Sandman teleported behind Mrs. Garrick and grabbed her by the neck. Flash was distracted enough for Sato to hit him with a sidekick, and Sandman said that if he didn’t surrender the world Army would charge Mrs. Garrick with aiding and abetting him. Khalid Ben-Hassin, who’d been keeping an eye on Flash, smashed a board over Sandman’s head, allowing Mrs. Garrick to get free. Khalid introduced himself and fled with Flash and Garrick with the World Army in pursuit, but they were whisked away to another dimension, the realm of Nabu. Sandman was befuddled and offered anyone who could tell him what he’d just witnessed a field promotion.

Comments: Created by James Robinson & Nicola Scott.