The Sandman — DC Comics, Vertigo
Issue: #1
Last valuation update: 2026-01-12
A group of magic-invoking men seeking immortality use a spell to capture Death, but instead they get her younger brother, Dream. This leads to seventy years keeping him entrapped, the world suffers greatly from these years without sleep, or with un-waking sleep but finally after seventy years, Dream escapes, and he's looking for revenge!
First appearances: Dream of the Endless (Morpheus), Alex Burgess, Ethel Cripps, John Hathaway, Mort Notkins, Paul McGuire, Roderick Burgess, Ruthven Sykes, Unity Kinkaid, Daniel Bustamonte, Ellie Marsten, Stefan Wasserman
Creators: Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth, Dick Giordano, Todd Klein, Dave McKean, Karen Berger, Art Young, Mike Dringenberg, Robbie Busch
Characters: Dream of the Endless (Morpheus), Alex Burgess, Colonel Sanders, Elvis Presley, Ethel Cripps, Jimmy Durante, John Hathaway, John Wayne, Marilyn Monroe, Mort Notkins, Paul McGuire, Roderick Burgess, Ruthven Sykes, Unity Kinkaid, Wesley Dodds, Daniel Bustamonte, Ellie Marsten, Stefan Wasserman
Story arcs: Preludes & Nocturnes