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The Annotated Sandman #3
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This third volume of The Annotated Sandman collects issues #40-56 of Neil Gaiman's landmark DC Vertigo series, covering the 'Brief Lives' and 'Worlds' End' story arcs. The oversized hardcover presents each original comic page alongside extensive annotations that unpack mythological references, literary allusions, and behind-the-scenes context from Gaiman and editor Leslie S. Klinger. A definitive edition for readers seeking deeper insight into the narrative's intricate layers and thematic richness.
Contains 19 stories
Fear of Falling
JanetTodd FaberDream [Morpheus]Matthew the Raventhe Hecateae
The Parliament of Rooks
Lyta HallDaniel HallGregoryMatthew the RavenEveAbelGoldieCainAdamLilithDeathDream [Morpheus]
The Song of Orpheus
Orpheus (featured)Aristaeus (antagonist)Calliope (Orpheus's mother, supporting)Eurydice (supporting, death)the Endless [Dream [Morpheus/Oneiros] (Orpheus's father)Death [Teleute]Delirium [Mania]Destiny [Potmos]Desire [Epithumia]Despair [Aponoia]Destruction [Olethros]] (featured)Charon (guest)Cerberus (guest)Hades (supporting)Persephone (supporting)Ixion (guest)Tityus (guest)Tantalus (guest)the Hecateae [CynthiaMildredMordred]the Baccheae (villains)
Blossom for a Lady - Rain in the Doorway - Not Her Sister - Want/Not Want - The View from the Backs of Mirrors - Journal of the Plague Year - "The Number You Have Dialed..."
Andros RhodocanakisKrisOrpheusMary CanbyDeliriumLisaDesireDespairDestruction
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?
Dream [Morpheus]LucienNualaMerv PumpkinheadMatthew the RavenAbelGoldieDeliriumTaramisDesireDelightDestruction
The People Who Remember Atlantis - Concerning Mammoths, and Falling Walls - Who Controls Transportation? - Bored, She Makes Little Frogs - Truth or Consequences, and Other Places - Ancestral Voices Prophesying - The Dogs of Art - "When I Dream..."
Bernie CapaxDeathDeliriumDream [Morpheus]MarieAisleenPharamondEtainDestructionBarnabasChloe RussellRuby DeLonge
Four: The Other Side of the Sky - A Bear and His Shadow - Departed Secrets - "Twinkle's a Nice Word. So's Viridian." - Three Keys - A Treatise on Optics - The Perils of Smoking in Bed?
Leib-OlmaiDream [Morpheus]DeliriumRuby DeLongeDanny CapaxTiffany CalhounIshtarNancyRogerLucienDestructionthe CorinthianDickon Hawksthorne
Five: The Things We Do to Be Loved - Her Hands Do Not Go to the Moon - The Driving Instructor - Tiffany Watches I - White Knights and/or Pond Scum - Are Dalmations Flowers? - Nancy Displays Her Erudition - Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am - Tiffany Watches II.
Tiffany CalhounIshtarDeliriumDream [Morpheus]Tom FlahertyMatthew the RavenNancyDanRogerJay MusgraveMurray BrownShep CayceDesire
Six: Life Isn't Pleasant, Petrified - The Parting of the Ways - The Trouble with Mortals - Dreamings of Meeting of Meetings of Dreaming? - The Trouble with Gods - Mervyn Sets Him Straight - "Have You Got Anything with a Happy Ending?" - Tempus Frangit.
DestructionBarnabasDeliriumDream [Morpheus]Matthew the RavenNualaLucienPharamondBastMerv PumpkinheadDeath
Seven: Cooking Considered as One of the Fine Arts - "My Envelope Isn't Any Good Anymore" - Where All Mazes Meet - The Other Side of the Coin - Life as a Glass of Bitter Wine - Cherries Are Counted, and a Bargain Is Made - An Unlikely Growth.
DestructionBarnabasDeliriumDream [Morpheus]DestinyDeathDesireDespairthe CorinthianDream [Daniel]KrisAndros Rhodocanakis
Eight: Journey's End - Brains, a Heart, a Ride in a Balloon - Dinner - Something New - The Illusion of Permanence - A Wreath of Bright Stars - Echoes of Darkness - Up. Out.
Dream [Morpheus]DeliriumDestructionBarnabas
Nine: Farewells - Answered Prayers - The Flowers of Romance - Journey's End - The Gates of Horn - Things Unlooked For - Brief Lives.
EurydiceOrpheusDeliriumDream [Morpheus]BarnabasDespairDesireAndros RhodocanakisNualaLucienMerv PumpkinheadMary CanbyChloe RussellDanny CapaxTom FlahertyTiffany CalhounKris
Ramadan
Haroun al RaschidZubaidah bint Ja`farJafar the BarmakidIshakDream [Morpheus]MasrurHassan
A Tale of Two Cities
Charlene MooneyBrant TuckerChironCluracanMister GaherisRobertDream [Morpheus]
Cluracan's Tale
Brant TuckerKlaprothCluracanCharlene MooneyTitaniaBrother CabrioletInnocent XICarys XXXVOthoNualaDream [Morpheus]
Hob's Leviathan
JimBrant TuckerCharlene MooneyCluracanHerbert BurgraveHob GadlingNathaniel DawningCampbellCanbyRaja Bharthari
The Golden Boy
Brant TuckerPrez RickardBoss SmileyRichard NixonJohn BelushiKathyWildcat [Ted Grant]MarthaDeathDream [Morpheus]
Cerements
Brant TuckerKlaprothCharlene MoodyChironCluracanPetrefaxKyrielleEucrasiaLystraPolycarpHermasBilly ScuttMigScroyleDestructionDestinyDeathDream [Morpheus]DesireDeliriumVeltisJim
How They Met Themselves
Desireunnamed artist and poetLizzieAlgernon
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↩ Reprints Sandman Special #1 (1991), Sandman #40 (1992), Sandman #41 (1992), Sandman #42 (1992), Sandman #43 (1992), Sandman #44 (1992), Sandman #45 (1993), Sandman #46 (1993), Sandman #47 (1993), Sandman #48 (1993), Sandman #49 (1993), Sandman #50 (1993), Sandman #51 (1993), Sandman #52 (1993), Sandman #53 (1993), Sandman #54 (1993), Sandman #55 (1993), The Sandman: Fables and Reflections #[6] (1993), The Sandman: Brief Lives #[7] (1995), Sandman #72 (1995), Vertigo: Winter's Edge #3 (2000)
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