![]() ![]() This volume isn't the best of Sandman-some of the latter stories are unbelievably wonderful-however, if you are looking to be introduced to Sandman, Death, Cain, Abel, and many other characters that featured all throughout the Sandman saga, this is the place to start. Ultimately, these stories are about love, hate, forgiveness, repentance, death, life, fear, mystery, and understanding. Somehow, Gaiman has taken these wild ideas and created a narrative that is touching on a very human level. Until, that is, those dramas come crashing in. ![]() Gaiman effortlessly works Constantine into his epic world containing Gods, super-heroes, and average Joes and Janes living their out their lives oblivious to the supernatural dramas going on around them. ![]() ![]() The most memorable is John Constantine, the dry-witted Brit wizard of "Hellblazer" and "Swamp Thing" fame. I don't know much about DC comics, but a few DC and vertigo characters have cameos. But the Sandman has patience and he has time to plan his revenge. He’s trapped like a goldfish in a bowl for 70 years, a time when the sleepy sickness took over the earth. Here, Sandman has been rudely kidnapped by human magicians who trap him in a magic bubble and keep him from his realm, "the Dreaming." Ultimately, the stories in this volume revolve around Sandman's escape from his imprisonment and his quest to rebuild the dream-realm and find several magical items. A magus trying to capture Death captures her younger brother, Dream, instead. Here, Gaiman introduces his readers to Sandman, the tall, pale avatar of dreams and stories. I love the entire Sandman story! This volume sets the stage for what is to come. ![]()
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