The Sandman  (1988)

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The Sandman #1

DC Vertigo • 1989 • Vol. 2
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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

The Sandman #1

DC Vertigo • 1988 • Vol. 2
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8.5 in. x 11 in. black and white retailer preview of Vertigo's Sandman series

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The Sandman #1

DC Vertigo • 2006 • Vol. 2
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The Sandman #1

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The Sandman #1

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

San Diego Comic Con 2022 exclusive

The Sandman #1

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Reprint of Sandman #1

The Sandman #1

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Facsimile reprint of Sandman #1

Canceled/Delayed

The Sandman #2

DC Vertigo • 1989 • Vol. 2
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2nd appearance of Dream

1st appearance of Goldie the Gargoyle

The Sandman #3

DC Vertigo • 1989 • Vol. 2
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Part 3: Preludes and Nocturnes

The Sandman #4

DC Vertigo • 1989 • Vol. 2
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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

The Sandman #5

DC Vertigo • 1989 • Vol. 2
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1st cameo appearance of Merv Pumpkinhead

The Sandman #6

DC Vertigo • 1989 • Vol. 2
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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

The Sandman #7

DC Vertigo • 1989 • Vol. 2
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1st appearance of Destiny in the Sandman title - first appeared in Weird Mystery Tales #1 (1972)

The Sandman #8

DC Vertigo • 1989 • Vol. 2
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1st appearance of Death, Dream’s sister

The Sandman #8

DC Vertigo • 1989 • Vol. 2
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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...'

The Sandman #8

DC Vertigo • 2025 • Vol. 2
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The Sandman #8

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The Sandman #8

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The Sandman #9

DC Vertigo • 1989 • Vol. 2
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1st full appearance of Nada, a former lover of Dream

The Sandman #10

DC Vertigo • 1989 • Vol. 2
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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

The Sandman #11

DC Vertigo • 1989 • Vol. 2
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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)

The Sandman #12

DC Vertigo • 1989 • Vol. 2
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The Sandman #13

DC Vertigo • 1990 • Vol. 2
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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

The Sandman #14

DC Vertigo • 1990 • Vol. 2
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The Sandman #15

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The Sandman #16

DC Vertigo • 1990 • Vol. 2
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The Sandman #17

DC Vertigo • 1990 • Vol. 2
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Stand-alone story ‘Calliope’

The Sandman #18

DC Vertigo • 1990 • Vol. 2
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Stand-alone story ‘A Dream of a Thousand Cats’

The Sandman #18

DC Vertigo • 1990 • Vol. 2
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Error edition - first three panels are colored blue instead of yellow

The Sandman #19

DC Vertigo • 1990 • Vol. 2
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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]

The Sandman #19

DC Vertigo • 1990 • Vol. 2
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Error edition: page 19 comes before page 18

The Sandman #19

DC Vertigo • 2024 • Vol. 2
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The Sandman #20

DC Vertigo • 1990 • Vol. 2
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The Sandman #21

DC Vertigo • 1990 • Vol. 2
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1st appearance of Delirium, one of The Endless, formerly Delight before she went insane

[December 2022 - Neil Gaiman hints at Delirium appearing in Sandman season 2]

The Sandman #22

DC Vertigo • 1991 • Vol. 2
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1st appearance of Mazikeen, demon servant loyal to Lucifer

1st appearance of Daniel Hall, later becomes the second Dream

The Sandman #23

DC Vertigo • 1991 • Vol. 2
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The Sandman #23

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The Sandman #24

DC Vertigo • 1991 • Vol. 2
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The Sandman #25

DC Vertigo • 1991 • Vol. 2
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1st appearance of the Dead Boy Detectives, the ghosts of two murdered boys who investigate mysteries

An adaptation of this property premiered on Netflix in 2024

The Sandman #26

DC Vertigo • 1991 • Vol. 2
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1st appearance of Nuala, a faerie

The Sandman #27

DC Vertigo • 1991 • Vol. 2
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The Sandman #28

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The Sandman #29

DC Vertigo • 1991 • Vol. 2
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The Sandman #30

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The Sandman #31

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The Sandman #32

DC Vertigo • 1991 • Vol. 2
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1st cameo appearance of Thessaly, a witch

The Sandman #33

DC Vertigo • 1991 • Vol. 2
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1st full appearance of Thessaly, a witch

The Sandman #34

DC Vertigo • 1991 • Vol. 2
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The Sandman #35

DC Vertigo • 1991 • Vol. 2
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The Sandman #36

DC Vertigo • 1992 • Vol. 2
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