Work · Comic series · 1989-1996

The Sandman

Neil Gaiman, writer · Sam Kieth, artist (launch) · Mike Dringenberg, artist · Jill Thompson, artist · Marc Hempel, artist · Charles Vess, artist · Kelley Jones, artist · Todd Klein, letterer

Publisher: DC Comics / Vertigo
Units: 75 issues plus The Sandman Special, collected in ten volumes

Neil Gaiman's 75-issue run following Dream of the Endless, imprisoned for decades and then forced to rebuild his realm and his relationships across a run of standalone and serialized stories, collected in ten volumes from Preludes & Nocturnes to The Wake.

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Comic series 1989-1996 → TV series 2022-2025 · Direct adaptationThe SandmanSeason 1 adapts Preludes & Nocturnes and The Doll's House issue by issue, plus two of Dream Country's four stories. Season 2 draws on four non-contiguous volumes, skips A Game of You and most of Fables & Reflections, and ends with Dream's death and Daniel's succession as the comics do.80whole run · editorial

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