The Sandman helped revolutionize comics in the late 1980s and 1990s. Along the way, Dream will be aided by his sister Death (Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Killing Eve), the Lady Johanna Constantine (Jenna Coleman, Doctor Who), Matthew the Raven ( Patton Oswalt, The King of Queens), and Mervyn Pumpkinhead (voiced by the legendary Mark Hamill). The series picks up as a something of a hybrid between a mad scientist and a petty magician named Burgess (Charles Dance) captures Dream for decades, leaving his kingdom in ruins.Īs he tries to restore his powers and kingdom, Dream must contend with those who have enjoyed his absence, including the madman John Dee (David Thewlis, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban) and the Corinthian (Boyd Holbrook, Logan), a nightmare who escaped into our world. The Netflix series stars Tom Sturridge as Dream aka Morpheus aka Sandman, ruler of the Dreaming and master of Dreams. Dead Boy Detectives #1 (of 6) debuts December 27, and the fifth volume in the massive new DC Sandman reprint project is coming February 7 - collecting The Sandman: Endless Nights, Sandman MIdnight Theater #1, and the prose edition of The Sandman: Dream Hunters.After years of development, the long-awaited adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman finally comes to screens. That would certainly be a good place to continue this teasing.Ĭan't stand the wait? The six issues of Nightmare Country are on sale now, with a hardcover collection due out April 4. On November 22, DC is organizing an exclusive virtual Q&A for comic book shops with the writers behind Nightmare Country and Dead Boy Detectives, James Tynion IV and Pornsak Pichetshote respectively. Look for more information in the coming weeks. Heaven knows, Lucien isn't returning our calls asking for a library card.īut given DC already has one new Sandman Universe comic books in production, it's easy to assume there could be room for a second - or a third. At the least possibly this future features more collections of out-of-print Sandman and Sandman-adjacent comics from the '90s and '00s. What could this be? Let's not set our hopes too high just yet, as there's a myriad of possibilities to choose from.

In a message sent out privately to comic shop managers, DC spoke about those two series but also portended something else, referring to 'the as-yet-unrevealed future of the Sandman Universe, unfolding in 2023' That's in addition to the recent Nightmare Country limited series (which was originally announced as an ongoing), and the Dead Boy Detectives limited series debuting in December 2022.

It seems good news comes in pairs, as just days after Netflix officially greenlit a second season of the live-action Sandman TV series, we have the glimmer of more Sandman comics in the new year.

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