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    The Sandman: Overture #1

    The Sandman: Overture » The Sandman: Overture #1 - Chapter One released by DC Comics on December 2013.

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    Chapter One last edited by gravenraven on 05/30/23 03:54AM View full history

    Twenty-five years since THE SANDMAN changed the landscape of modern comics, Neil Gaiman's legendary series is back! THE SANDMAN: OVERTURE heralds New York Times best-selling writer Neil Gaiman's return to the art form that made him famous, ably abetted by artistic luminary JH Williams III (BATWOMAN, PROMETHEA), whose lush, widescreen images provide an epic scope to The Sandman's origin story. From the birth of a galaxy to the moment that Morpheus is captured, THE SANDMAN: OVERTURE will feature cameo appearances by fan-favorite characters such as The Corinthian, Merv Pumpkinhead and, of course, the Dream King's siblings: Death, Desire, Despair, Delirium, Destruction and Destiny. 'People have often asked me what happened to Morpheus to make it possible for him to be captured in THE SANDMAN #1,' Gaiman said. 'And now they get to find out. And finding out, they get to learn secrets of the Endless that I've kept to myself for 25 years. Family secrets. And I should warn you: one of the Endless dies on page five.' The first issue of this 6-issue, bimonthly miniseries features a stunning double-page interior foldout.

    List of covers and their creators:

    CoverNameCreatorsSidebar Location
    ACover AJ.H. Williams III1
    BCover BDave McKean3
    C1:100 Black & White Variant CoverJ.H. Williams III4
    D1:200 Black & White Variant CoverDave McKean5
    REComic Book Legal Defense Fund Exclusive Variant CoverJim Lee6
    ComboCombo Pack Edition CoverJ.H. Williams III7
    Var3-D motion cover, NYCCJ.H. Williams III2
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    We're back in the world of dreams. 0

    I am not a die-hard Sandman fan I’ve only read the first volume, but when this was announced I was immediately interested and even the first volume is enough to grab your attention, it’s a beautiful comic filled with more imagination that most comics out at the minute by a mile and the prospect of more grabbed my attention and then there’s the fact it’s drawn by J.H Williams. This is a prequel and there is always a lot of stigma towards prequels in comics and prequels in general because there g...

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