The Granular Guardians, the Sentinels of Sleep, the Nocturnal Knights. The Sandmen, Garrett Sanford and Wesley Dodds, saved many lives during their costumed careers. And on one occasion, they protected the POTUS, the President of the United States!
On June 28, 1941, attorney Richard Nixon and his wife Pat were on a Caribbean cruise which left the future president sea sick. At least, that’s all that happened to the Earth-One Nixon. The Earth-Two Nixons experienced a violent storm, caused by a shadow entity from a Dark Dimension directed by Ian Karkull. Karkull’s goal was to slay all current and future presidents of the U.S.A., only to be confronted by members of the Justice Society of America. While Wesley-Sandman along with the Atom saved the life of John F. Kennedy, their JSA teammate Doctor Fate rescued the Nixons.
Decades later, in 1973, the Earth-One Richard Nixon was kept in a sleeping comatose state, afflicted by shadows from the Dream Dimension. Enlisting the aid of renowned specialist on sleep studies, Doctor Garrett Sanford, the U.S. government equipped the scientist with a costume and devices allowing Garrett to enter the Dream Dimension and retrieve the submerged conscience of the President. Sanford as the Sandman a permanent resident in this nocturnal realm, except one hour a day when he could return to Earth-One.
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