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Viz ⋅ 1996

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Viz ⋅ 1996

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Viz ⋅ 1996

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Viz ⋅ 1996

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Viz ⋅ 1997

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Sanctum #1

Non-Key

Humanoids ⋅ 2002

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Sanctum #2

Non-Key

Humanoids ⋅ 2003

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Humanoids ⋅ 2017

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Paperfilms ⋅ 2017

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Viz ⋅ 2003

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Hardcover ⋅ SelfMadeHero ⋅ 2013

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Key Facts

112-page hardcover, French graphic novel

Thirteen strangers on the same beach discover a dead body and try to determine how the woman died

Adapted into a movie by M. Knight Shyamalan titled 'Old', premiered July 31, 2021

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Final Simon and Kirby collaboration

1st appearance of Sandman, Garrett Sandford

1st appearance of Brute and Glob, later to appear in Neil Gaiman's Sandman series

DC Vertigo ⋅ 1989

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1st appearance of Dream aka Morpheus

1st appearance of Unity Kincaid

1st appearance of Roderick Burgess

1st appearance of Ethel Cripps

Variant ⋅ DC Vertigo ⋅ 2006

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Variant ⋅ DC Vertigo ⋅ 2013

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TPB ⋅ DC Vertigo ⋅ 2022

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Collected edition of the first Sandman story arc, ‘Preludes & Nocturnes’

San Diego Comic Con 2022 exclusive

Reprint ⋅ DC Vertigo ⋅ 2022

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Reprint of Sandman #1

Error ⋅ DC ⋅ 1974

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Purple background

Facsimile ⋅ DC Vertigo ⋅ 2022

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Facsimile reprint of Sandman #1

Canceled/Delayed

Sandman #2

Non-Key

DC ⋅ 1975

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DC Vertigo ⋅ 1989

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2nd appearance of Dream

1st appearance of Goldie the Gargoyle

Sandman #3

Non-Key

DC ⋅ 1975

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DC Vertigo ⋅ 1989

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Part 3: Preludes and Nocturnes

Sandman #4

Non-Key

DC ⋅ 1975

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DC Vertigo ⋅ 1989

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1st appearance of Lucifer Morningstar

1st appearance of demon Azazel, Choronzon and Beezlebub in fly form

1st cameo appearance of Nada, a former lover of Dream

Sandman #5

Non-Key

DC ⋅ 1975

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DC Vertigo ⋅ 1989

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1st cameo appearance of Merv Pumpkinhead

Sandman #6

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DC ⋅ 1976

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DC Vertigo ⋅ 1989

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Part 6: Preludes & Nocturnes '24 Hours' - Dr. Destiny holds the patrons of a diner captive for 24 hours and uses Dream's stolen artifacts to terrorize, torture and commit mass murder

DC Vertigo ⋅ 1989

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1st appearance of Destiny in the Sandman title - first appeared in Weird Mystery Tales #1 (1972)

DC Vertigo ⋅ 1989

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1st appearance of Death, Dream’s sister

Variant ⋅ DC Vertigo ⋅ 1989

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Editorial variant by former DC editor and Vertigo co-founder, Karen Berger

There are rumored to be approximately 600 copies that were printed

Interior front cover is headlined with the text 'The stuff that Dreams are made of...'

Foil ⋅ DC Vertigo ⋅ 2025

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Facsimile ⋅ DC Vertigo ⋅ 2025

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Facsimile ⋅ DC Vertigo ⋅ 2025

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DC Vertigo ⋅ 1989

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Key Facts

1st full appearance of Nada, a former lover of Dream

DC Vertigo ⋅ 1989

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The Doll’s House part 1

1st appearance of The Corinthian, a nightmare with teeth for eyes that escaped into our reality

1st appearance of Desire and Despair of the Endless

1st appearance of Rose Walker

1st appearance of Fiddler's Green, as a location

DC Vertigo ⋅ 1989

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1st full appearance of Fiddler's Green, in human form

1st appearance of Matthew the Raven, formerly introduced as Matt Cable in Swamp Thing #1 (1972)

DC Vertigo ⋅ 1989

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DC Vertigo ⋅ 1990

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1st appearance of Lady Johanna Constantine, a sorceress and ancestor of John Constantine

1st appearance of Hob Gadling, a man granted immortality by Morpheus whom he visits throughout the centuries

DC Vertigo ⋅ 1990

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DC Vertigo ⋅ 1990

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DC Vertigo ⋅ 1990

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DC Vertigo ⋅ 1990

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Stand-alone story ‘Calliope’

DC Vertigo ⋅ 1990

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Stand-alone story ‘A Dream of a Thousand Cats’

Error ⋅ DC Vertigo ⋅ 1990

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Error edition - first three panels are colored blue instead of yellow

DC Vertigo ⋅ 1990

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Interior story inspired by Shakespeare’s A Midsummer’s Night Dream

[July 2024 - Jack Gleeson aka Joffrey from Game of Thrones has been cast as the malevolent faerie, Puck in season 2 of Sandman]

Error ⋅ DC Vertigo ⋅ 1990

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Key Facts

Error edition: page 19 comes before page 18

Remastered ⋅ DC Vertigo ⋅ 2024

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