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Issue: Sandman Special #1
Publication Date: November 1991
 
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Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: Suggested for Mature Readers
Publisher: FlagDC
Brand: DC [bullet]View Brand Images2
Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.
On Sale Date: 10/10/1991
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $4.25 CAD
£1.90 GBP
$3.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 17 (1 story, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Cover has 'glow-in-the-dark' elements painted over image.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-Stitched
Publishing Format: One-Shot
Format Notes:  
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
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Cover, Front
Original Artwork
Digital Edition
Adult Image
Title Page
Indicia on this Page
 
 
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Orpheus

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
fantasy
Orpheus; Eurydice
Reprinting
FlagEssential Vertigo: The Sandman #32 published March 1999
FlagThe Sandman [Sandman Library Edition] #6 [Second Printing] published August 1999
FlagThe Sandman #4 published December 2010
FlagDust Covers: The Collected Sandman Covers #[nn] published January 1998
as Sandman Special cover [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
 
Miscellaneous
1
The Song of Orpheus

Credits  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
typeset
Subject Matter
Orpheus; Eurydice
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Title page, credits and introductory text with a background image of the cover art, mirrored and reprinted in grayscale.
The Song of Orpheus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy
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 [Cynthia; Mildred; Mordred]; the Baccheae (villains)
Reprinting
FlagEssential Vertigo: The Sandman #32 published March 1999
FlagThe Sandman [Sandman Library Edition] #6 [Second Printing] published August 1999
FlagThe Sandman #4 published December 2010
 
Miscellaneous
48
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
fantasy
Sandman
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
[untitled]

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Large green block letters on a black background advertise the upcoming Batman / Dredd crossover by Alan Grant, John Wagner, and Simon Bisley.
A Gallery

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
List of Gallery images with credits and short notes on the character.
Destiny

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy, mystery, superhero
Destiny
Reprinting
FlagThe Sandman #4 published December 2010
 
Miscellaneous
1
From Gallery contents: Destiny is the oldest of the Endless, in the Beginning was the Word, and it was traced by hand on the first page of his book, before it was ever spoken aloud.
Death

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy
Death
Reprinting
FlagThe Sandman #4 published December 2010
 
Miscellaneous
1
From Gallery contents: I'm NOT blessed, OR merciful. I'm just me. I've got a JOB to do, and I DO it.
In Illustration: From dreams I conjure a handful of yellow grain...I throw the grain into the air and I hear the sound of her wings.
Dream

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy
Dream [Morpheus]
Reprinting
FlagThe Sandman #4 published December 2010
 
Miscellaneous
1
From Gallery contents: Dream accumulates names to himself like others make friends, but he permits himself few friends.
Desire

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy
Desire
Reprinting
FlagThe Sandman #4 published December 2010
 
Miscellaneous
1
From Gallery contents: Desire is everything you have ever wanted. Whoever you are. Whatever you are. Everything.
Despair

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy
Despair
Reprinting
FlagThe Sandman #4 published December 2010
FlagThe Sandman #4 published December 2010
 
Miscellaneous
1
From Gallery contents: Despair says little and is patient.
Delirium

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy
Delirium
Reprinting
FlagThe Sandman #4 published December 2010
 
Miscellaneous
1
From Gallery contents: Delirium was once Delight. And although that was long ago now, even today her eyes are badly matched.
Matthew and Eve

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy
Matthew; Eve
Reprinting
FlagThe Sandman #4 published December 2010
 
Miscellaneous
1
From Gallery contents: Matthew died in dreams as a man, and lives in dreams as a raven. Eve, if she ever lived or died, did it in the dawn times; now she is his lover, his mother, his wife--as she is for all men.
Cain and Abel

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
fantasy
Cain; Abel; Dream [Morpheus]
Reprinting
FlagThe Sandman #4 published December 2010
 
Miscellaneous
1
From Gallery contents: And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel, thy brother? And he said, I know not; am I my brother's keeper? --Genesis, Chapter 4, Verse 9
Letters in the Sand

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Letters in the Sand [l]
Dream [Morpheus]
Dear Mr. Gaiman...
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
Letters from readers: Andrej Panjkov and Jonathan Burns with responses from editorial. Also, a letter to the readers by Karen Berger and Alisa Kwitney.

Small pen & ink illustration of Dream incorporated into Letters in the Sand logo box.
Armageddon: The Alien Agenda

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Monarch; Roman soldiers
Monarch in Ancient Rome
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
DC ad for an upcoming Monarch comic called Armageddon: The Alien Agenda.
The Brave and the Bold

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
?
?
?
typeset
Subject Matter
Green Arrow [Oliver Queen]; The Question [Vic Sage]; The Butcher [John Butcher]
The Return of the Original Team-Up Title
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
A DC ad for The Brave and the Bold (DC Comics, 1991 series) with images of The Question, Green Arrow and the Butcher.

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