Cover: Dave McKean

Sandman #42

Oct 1992 · DC · 1.50 USD; 1.85 CAD; 1.00 GBP

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“Two: It Always Rains on the Unloved - Wet Dreams - A Fishing Expedition - She Kisses Wyverns (The Disneyland Analogy) - Dinner Etiquette and Chocolate Lovers - Desire Swears by the First Circle - "Things Are Changing" - What Can Possibly Go Wrong?”

Part of Neil Gaiman's celebrated run, The Sandman #42 arrives in October 1992 as the second chapter of what the cover boldly announces as "Brief Lives." Dave McKean's striking typographic cover design arranges the story's title in a collage of letterforms interwoven with small, unsettling imagery — a heart, a fork, a key, a sun-face, scattered playing card suits — alongside a shadowy, atmospheric portrait that peers out from the darkness. With interiors illustrated by Jill Thompson and inked by Vince Locke, this issue promises the moody, layered storytelling that made this series essential reading in 1992.