The Corinthian

The Corinthian is a nightmare created by Dream (Morpheus) to reflect humanity's darkness back at itself — a serial killer given form, distinguished by his unsettling eye-mouth sockets. He operates within the Sandman Universe's dream mythology alongside figures like Daniel Hall.

Few figures in the Sandman Universe carry an aura quite like The Corinthian, who steps back into the spotlight in The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country beginning in 2022, brought to vivid life by creator Yanick Paquette. A Modern Age presence haunting the darker corridors of DC's dream mythology, this character moves through a world populated by the likes of Daniel Hall, Madison Flynn, and The Sandman himself — rarefied company that signals just how deep into the heart of the Sandman Universe these stories reach. With appearances spread across Nightmare Country and its follow-up The Glass House, the run is compact but unmistakably significant for anyone who loves their comics atmospheric, strange, and beautifully rendered. If you're drawn to the eerie, literary end of DC's catalogue, The Corinthian is exactly the kind of figure worth tracking down.