Sandman Mystery Theatre: Sleep of Reason
DC · 2007 · 5 issues
About the series
John Ney Rieber and Eric Nguyen revived the spirit of DC’s pulp-noir Sandman Mystery Theatre for a five-issue miniseries in 2007, updating the 1930s detective Wesley Dodds for a modern, morally murky world. This time, the Gaslight-era vigilante is drawn into a chilling case involving a serial killer who is using the internet to broadcast his murders, forcing Dodds to confront a new kind of urban horror. Nguyen’s moody, expressionistic art and Rieber’s tense, character-driven script create a claustrophobic thriller that bridges the Golden Age of crime-fighting with the anxieties of the digital era. A dark, standalone chapter in the legacy of the original series, it’s a taut exploration of justice in an age of mediated violence.