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  Sandman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Sandman (DC Comics Golden Age), Wesley Dodds, a superhero first appearing in the 1940s whose costume is a business suit and gas mask (and later purple-and-gold tights); a member of the Justice Society of America
The Sandman (DC Comics Silver Age), a superhero created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby in the 1970s; he lives in the Dream Dimension and protects children in their dreams
The Sandman (DC Comics Modern Age), the king of dreams and one of the "Endless", in the series written by Neil Gaiman
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sandman   (563 words)

  
 The Sandman (DC Comics Modern Age) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Sandman was a comic book series written by Neil Gaiman and published by DC Comics for 75 issues from 1988 until 1996.
It became the flagship of DC's Vertigo imprint, and is kept in print as a series of ten graphic novels.
Sandman: Midnight Theatre (1995), in which Wesley Dodds, the Golden Age Sandman, meets Lord Morpheus of The Endless, the Modern Age Sandman.
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 Oa - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Oa is a fictional planet located at the center of the universe in DC Comics.
One of the oldest planets, Oa serves as the home and headquarters to a race of blue-skinned powerful humanoids who have dubbed themselves the Guardians of the Universe who administer the Green Lantern Corps.
According to the story "Heart of A Star" in the Sandman: Endless Nights graphic novel, Oa's star is called Sto-Oa (the Light of Oa) by the inhabitants.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Oa   (497 words)

  
 BBC - h2g2 - Neil Gaiman's Sandman - A188606
The Sandman is based on the old bedtime story that parents used to tell their children, hoping it would help them sleep.
DC were keen that he resurrect one of their defunct characters and he bought back little known Black Orchid.
While the original concept of the Sandman story is very old, a tale from classic mythology and folklore, Gaiman has honoured this and the many different versions of the Sandman throughout the series, just as he honours the complexities of storytelling as a whole.
www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/alabaster/A188606   (2237 words)

  
 Enter The Golden Age Sandman
First appearing in New York World’s Fair Comics in 1939 in a story by Gardner Fox and Bert Christman, Wesley Dodds was a millionaire inventor who invented a gas gun that would force those exposed to the gas to tell the truth.
One of the first costumed characters to emerge from DC Comics after the success of Superman, the Sandman seems as much a pulp magazine character as a super-hero as we think of them.
The Sandman briefly was popular when comics were new, appearing as a charter member of the Justice Society in 1940 and appearing in the following 29 issues of Adventure Comics in his unusual costume.
www.onceuponadime.com /hist/sandman.htm   (1389 words)

  
 Justice Society Profile: Sandman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
As it would be nearly fifty years before Neil Gaiman would create his Sandman, Morpheus, the idea that Wesley somehow contained part of the essence of the Lord of Dreams himself was not part of the Golden Age Sandman.
The Sandman possessed only his keen detective skills, his gas gun (a rather realistic gadget even by today's standards), and his frightening demeanour (the gas mask, chilling vocalisms, and poetry) with which to battle crime.
In the Simon and Kirby run of the Sandman series the focus continued to be on action, although Simon and Kirby employed a dream motif which set it apart from most superhero comic strips of the day.
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 The Nightmare and the Dream: A Literary Survey of Watchmen and Sandman
Comics are the synergy of pictures and words; great comics, though, are the synergy of art and literature.
In response to the public outrage against comics brought on by Fredrick Wertham's Seduction of the Innocent, the industry elected to self-regulate by means of the agreed upon elements of the Comics Code.
DC Comics had acquired the rights to the characters of Charlton comics such as the Blue Beetle and the Question.
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 Facts about fables and reflections   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Fables and Reflections (1993) is the sixth collection of issues in the DC Comics series, The Sandman.
It belongs with the third collection, Dream Country, and the eighth, Worlds' End, as collections of separate short stories which mostly do not contribute directly to the overall story arc of the series, although it does contain the story "Orpheus", which is in fact central to the main story.
This is perhaps the most perfect single story in the Sandman series, a brilliantly written and illustrated piece about the value of dreams (and, of course, stories).
www.supercrawler.com /Facts/fables_and_reflections.html   (960 words)

  
 Movie Poop Shoot - COMICS 101
Although the series was by definition a little formulaic, with the team unfailingly meeting up at the beginning of each issue, meeting up with adversity in individual chapters, then reuniting to achieve victory in the final chapter, the stories had a surprising degree of social consciousness, championing such issues as democracy, charity, tolerance and brotherhood.
DC Comics (formerly National) editor Julius Schwartz decided to give superheroes another shot in 1956, with the revival of the Flash in the pages of SHOWCASE #4.
Some readers (and comics professionals) felt the whole thing horribly convoluted and needlessly complex, while others embraced the notion of the Multiverse, and the wide variety of story possibilities it allowed.
www.moviepoopshoot.com /comics101/8.html   (2126 words)

  
 : RevolutionSF - Neil Gaiman's Sandman : Review
DC's Vertigo line was launched with the intention of bringing a line of titles to grown-ups who still wanted to read comics.
Sandman was launched in 1988, and nearly immediately garnered critical praise, followed soon by a fairly large fan base.
It is not a comic book in the classic sense, featuring a villain or earth-threatening catastrophe that spans an issue or two, but rather a number of short stories featuring the title character in graphic novel form.
www.revolutionsf.com /article.html?id=37   (552 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Sandman : King of Dreams (Sandman): Books: Alisa Kwitney,Neil Gaiman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It reminded me of my days as an editor for DC Comics, when I used to sit next to Neil Gaiman at conventions, watching as fans broke into cold sweats as they drew closer to their favorite author.
The Sandman library consists of ten story arcs - penned by best-selling and critically acclaimed author Neil Gaiman - that tell the saga of the Sandman, who is also known as Morpheus and Dream.
Alisa Kwitney was a one time editor of the comic series and brings wonderful anecdotes about the writers, artists and characters that I have not heard anywhere else.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0811835928?v=glance   (2514 words)

  
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DC Comics Presents 1 1978 Superman Whitman Variant
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DC Comics This is Wild Dog Part 1 of 4 Part Mini-Series
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 Comics Continuum
The sprawling mini-series chronicling the dawn of the DC Universe's Silver Age continues.
The conclusion to the "Extinction" trilogy by comics legend Dennis O'Neil and Tan Eng Huat.
Former lover of The Sandman, Thess is embroiled in her most impossible situation yet as the ruthlessly practical witch finds herself the unwitting -- and unwilling -- dispatcher of demons, beasts, and other arcane monstrosities.
www.comicscontinuum.com /stories/0311/18/dcindex.htm   (6135 words)

  
 Neil Gaiman, The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes and The Doll's House
This is Death's younger brother, the Sandman, the Oneiromancer, the Prince of Stories, His Darkness Lord Dream of the Endless.
Now she has a cast of weird housemates herself, including the lesbian couple upstairs (one of whom is haunted by what was, and the other by what may be), the several-thousand-year-old witch, the preoperative male-to-female transsexual, and the minion of her dream-adversary.
The Sandman is slowly sinking into the consciousness — and unconscious — of a generation, and providing them with a framework for examining themselves and their worlds.
www.greenmanreview.com /book/book_gaiman_sandmanseries.html   (8989 words)

  
 Comic-Book Superstore: Neil Gaiman
It his revamp of a little-known superheroine who is a hybrid of human and orchid, with the ability to control minds with the use of scent.
From the pages of THE SANDMAN LIBRARY, Neil Gaiman tells the story of the one day every hundred years when Death, older sister of The Sandman, walks among humans to gain a better understanding of the lives she takes.
All comics, characters, and related indicia are copyright © their respective creators, unless otherwise indicated.
www.zianet.com /comic-booksuperstore/collected/gaiman.html   (1361 words)

  
 Comic-Book Superstore: DC Comics PVC figures
The set contains seven of the key characters from the realm of the Sandman, including both Cain, the host of "House of Mystery" and Abel, the host of "House of Secrets" (the latter with Goldie perched on his fez).
Along with the Dreaming PVC set, this collection will be very appealing to fans of Gaiman's comic book, which has offered one of the most sophisticated and complex narratives in the field (how many comic books needed annotation?).
This is one of the best DC Direct PVC Sets because the Metal Men are all given a lot more attitude than you will find on most others.
www.zianet.com /comic-booksuperstore/merchandise/dc-pvc.html   (879 words)

  
 Comic Book Resources - CBR News - The Comic Wire
DC Comics has provided CBR News with their solicitation text and cover images for comics and product shipping in June of 2005.
Hidden far beneath the modern city is London Below, a strange alternate world of swirling colors, casual magic and gothic danger, populated by misfit characters who have, quite literally, fallen through the cracks of the workaday world above.
Collecting the fourth story arc (issues #13-16) from the acclaimed reimagination of the original Golden Age Sandman, THE VAMP continues the story of Wesley Dodds and his soon-to-be paramour (and narrator) Dian Belmont as they become entangled in mystery from two different directions.
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 sandman - OneLook Dictionary Search
Sandman : Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
Sandman, sandman : LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
Phrases that include sandman: characters in the sandman, charles w sandman, mark sandman, mister sandman, mr.
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 NPR : 'The Sandman' Creator Neil Gaiman
Talk of the Nation, September 18, 2003 · The Sandman isn't your typical comic book.
It's dark, geared towards adults and praised by the likes of Norman Mailer and Stephen King.
Neil Gaiman, the comic book's creator, joins host Neal Conan for a discussion on gods, myths and dreams.
www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=1435177   (159 words)

  
 eBay UK Shop - AL RIO ART: Original Art, Modern Age Comics, DC Comics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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 Amazon.com: Sandman: King of Dreams: 40 Collectible Postcards: Books: Chronicle Books LLC Staff   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Amazon.com: Sandman: King of Dreams: 40 Collectible Postcards: Books: Chronicle Books LLC Staff
Publisher: learn how customers can search inside this book.
Sandman: King of Dreams: 40 Collectible Postcards [BOX SET] (Stationery)
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 Corinthian
Corinthians F.C., a former English amateur football club, now part of Corinthian-Casuals F.C. Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, a professional football club in Brazil named from the English club
The Corinthian a character in The Sandman (DC Comics Modern Age)
The Corinthian style of helmet worn by hoplites in classical Greece.
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