The Dreaming #1

Collecting the first arc of Simon Spurrier's series set in Neil Gaiman's Sandman Universe, this 2019 volume opens with Jae Lee's striking cover: a pale, ethereal figure adorned with a green pendant hovers at the center while an array of strange, winged, and fantastical dream-beings swirl outward around them in mesmerizing formation. Bilquis Evely's interior art brings the shifting landscape of the Dreaming to life across stories that draw on the full creative ensemble — including writers Kat Howard, Dan Watters, and Nalo Hopkinson — with colors by Mat Lopes lending the whole thing an otherworldly glow. A compelling entry point into a richly imagined corner of the DC/Vertigo cosmos.