![]() The visual content improves when former inker Mike Dringenberg takes over the art. As good as he’s been elsewhere, initial artist Sam Kieth’s reaction to Sandman is quoted in Gaiman’s afterword as “I feel like Jimi Hendrix in the Beatles.” He’s right. This is an awkward start to a classic series. ![]() Once freed, he sets about recovering his accoutrements via some familiar faces. A human lifespan is negligible for Morpheus, so he merely sits out his captivity awaiting Burgess’ inevitable demise. Gaiman finally revealed how this situation came to pass over 25 years later in Overture. ![]() Roderick Burgess seeks immortality, believes he’s trapped Death, and will trade freedom for his desires. Sandman is an immensely powerful mystical force known as both Morpheus and Dream, and yet he’s been confined by a human magician. In the light of what it became, these early episodes are very much groping in the dark, blending fantasy and horror, and nipping around the outer fringes of the DC Universe. This is the collection of material that introduced Neil Gaiman’s Sandman to the comic reading public. ![]()
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