Next, Book Two comes with issues #21-37, which includes the arcs “Season on Mysts,” and “A Game of You,” plus some of the one-off tales originally found in “Fables and Reflections.” This collection also includes The Sandman Special #1 and Vertigo: Winter’s Edge #1-3. In this period, Dodds also appears in Boy Commandos (1942) #1 (in Winter 1942) and a Boy Commandos story in Detective Comics (1937) #76 (in June 1943), both by Kirby. Dodds later appears in Adventure Comics (1939) #461-462, 466, & 498 in the title’s late-70s revival.

Levitz, Paul (2010). "The Dark Age 1984–1998". 75 Years of DC Comics The Art of Modern Mythmaking. Cologne, Germany: Taschen. p.567. ISBN 978-3-8365-1981-6. The Sandman Deluxe Edition Book Four, collecting The Sandman #51–69 and Vertigo Jam #1. Published November 2021. Destiny is the only Endless who has appeared independently of Dream and Death in the DC Universe. As a pre-existing DC character, he is seemingly immune to the unstated Gaiman-Embargo where all of his appearances must be explicitly approved. The Kindly Ones collecting The Sandman #57–69 and Vertigo Jam No. 1, 1993–1995: In the longest Sandman story, Morpheus becomes the prey of the Furies, avenging spirits who torment those who spill family blood. Fleming, Mike Jr. (December 1, 2014). "David S. Goyer Taps Kevin Turen President As Superhero Vet Takes Indie Turn". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on August 1, 2015 . Retrieved December 1, 2014.Collects #38-56 and and material from Vertigo Preview (1992) #1 (which is almost the exact contents of the third Absolute, minus some of the bonus material). Manning "1980s" in Dolan, p. 240: "Neil Gaiman, aided by penciller Mike Dringenberg, introduced the character Death to a fascinated readership... Death was an instant hit and arguably became more popular than the Sandman himself." The Absolute Sandman, Vol. 1, collecting The Sandman #1–20 ( Preludes and Nocturnes, The Doll's House, and Dream Country). Extras include Gaiman's original series pitch, character designs charting the visual development of Dream, script and pencils for The Sandman #19 ("A Midsummer Night's Dream"), and Gaiman's prose summary of the first seven issues from The Sandman #8, which features story beats not in the original comics. [68] Published November 2006. To promote the volume, DC issued a refurbished edition of the first issue of the series. Delirium appears in The Sandman (1989) #21, 31, 41-49, 55-56, 59, 63-64, 66, 68-72 & Special, The Sandman: Overture (2013) #3 & 6, and The Sandman: Endless Nights.

includes the acclaimed miniseries Death: The High Cost of Living and Death: The Time of Your Life, the graphic novels Sandman Midnight Theatre and The Sandman: Endless Nights, the prose and comics versions of The Sandman: The Dream Hunters and the award-winning miniseries The Sandman: Overture, together with the artistic showcases of A Death Gallery, The Sandman: A Gallery of Dreams and The Endless Gallery [77] 2022 reprint [ edit ] a b Thomas, Roy; Thomas, Dann( w),Bair, Michael; Manna, Lou( p),Downs, Bob( i)."A Death in the Family" Infinity, Inc.,no.51(June 1988). Collects #17-31, Special, and short stories from Vertigo: Winter’s Edge (1998) #1-3. (This is only about half of the second Absolute, plus Special from Vol. 3 and the Winter’s Edge tales which are scattered across multiple volumes. Or, trades Vol. 3-4 and some of 6 plus Winter’s Edge.) Fleming, Mike Jr. (June 29, 2015). "Vertigo DC Movies Like Sandman Going To New Line; Warner Bros Keeps Batman, Superman, Justice League, Other DC Titles". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on August 3, 2015.

Morpheus very rarely has been written by anyone other than Gaiman, and always with Gaiman’s explicit approval. His full appearances are detailed below. Daniel Hall, The Dream King The Sandman' by Neil Gaiman to Become an Audible Original". Audible. March 4, 2020 . Retrieved May 14, 2020. The Sandman: Overture heralds New York Times best-selling writer Neil Gaiman’s return to the art form that made him famous, ably abetted by artistic luminary JH Williams III ( Batwoman, Promethea), whose lush, widescreen images provide an epic scope to the Sandman’s origin story. From the birth of a galaxy to the moment that Morpheus is captured, The Sandman: Overture features cameo appearances by fan-favorite characters such as the Corinthian, Merv Pumpkinhead and, of course, the Dream King’s siblings: Death, Desire, Despair, Delirium, Destruction and Destiny.

Prior to Sandman, he also appears in DC Special Series (1977) #21, The Best of DC (1979) #5 , Superman (1939) #352, The New Teen Titans (1984) #8-9, History of the DC Universe (1986) #1, Elvira’s House of Mystery (1986) Special & #11 The New Classics: Books". Entertainment Weekly. June 18, 2007. Archived from the original on January 10, 2014 . Retrieved April 20, 2011. Sharkey, Rodney (2008). "' Being' Decentered in Sandman: History, Dreams, Gender, and the 'Prince of Metaphor and Allusion. '" ImageText: Interdisciplinary Comics Studies 4 (1).Parker, Sabadino (2007). Dream's Odyssey: A Jungian Analysis of Neil Gaiman's 'Sandman' . Hartford, CT: Trinity College. The Absolute Death, collecting The Sandman #8 and #20, Death: The High Cost of Living #1–3, Death: The Time of Your Life #1–3, "A Winter's Tale" from Vertigo: Winter's Edge #2, "The Wheel" from 9–11: The World's Finest Comic Book Writers & Artists Tell Stories to Remember, and "Death and Venice" from The Sandman: Endless Nights. Extras include the "Death Talks About Life" AIDS pamphlet, script and pencils for The Sandman #8 ("The Sound of Her Wings"), a complete reproduction of A Death Gallery (a one-shot of Death-inspired art), a section on the collectibles inspired by Death, and sketches by Chris Bachalo. Published November 2009.

Cancelled Comic Cavalcade printed the story intended for issue #7; another version of this appears in The Best of DC (1979) #22. The Sandman is both a somewhat obscure Golden Age hero revived by the Justice Society for modern audiences and one of the most widely-read characters in the history of American comics. Though this happens long in the past (during Morpheus’s imprisonment), in terms of story placement it should be read between #71-72.The Endless were introduced by Neil Gaiman in The Sandman, though one of them was a pre-existing character. They are a group of seven siblings that are the embodiment of eternal, everlasting aspects of life, the universe, and everything – the eternal family of Destiny, Death, Dream, Destruction, Desire, Despair, and Delirium. Morpheus is the third-eldest of the siblings.