([September] 1996)
DC,
1996 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 19.95 USD; 27.95 CAD
- Pages
- 356
- On-sale Date
- 1996-07-31
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Suggested for Mature Readers
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
DC Comics; Vertigo
- ISBN
-
1-56389-205-7
- Barcode
- 761941204536 00111
- Printer
- Printed in Canada
- Editing
- Bob Kahan (credited) (editor - collected edition); Karen Berger (credited) (editor - original series, executive editor); Shelly Bond (credited as Shelly Roeberg) (associate editor - original series)
- Color
- color
- Dimensions
- standard Modern Age US
- Binding
- softcover
- Publishing Format
- collected edition
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
- The Sandman: The Kindly Ones (DC, 1996 series) #[9] [Second Printing]
- The Sandman: The Kindly Ones (DC, 1996 series) #[9] [Third Printing]
- The Sandman: The Kindly Ones (DC, 1996 series) #9 [Fourth Printing]
- The Sandman: The Kindly Ones (DC, 1996 series) #9 [Fifth Printing]
- The Sandman: The Kindly Ones (DC, 1996 series) #9 [Sixth Printing]
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
[no title indexed]
Sandman / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Inks
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Colors
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Reprints
- in The Sandman: The Kindly Ones [preview] (DC, 1996 series) (August 1996 (see notes))
- in Dust Covers: The Collected Sandman Covers (DC, 1997 series) (1997 [January 1998]) which is reprinted
- in Dust Covers: The Collected Sandman Covers (DC, 1998 series) ([September] 1998)
- in The Absolute Sandman (DC, 2006 series) #4 (2008 [January 2009]) [cover sans title or trade dress]
- in Dust Covers: The Collected Sandman Covers (DC, 2014 series) (2014 [January 2015])
- in The Sandman (DC, 2018 series) #9 - The Kindly Ones ([August] 2019)
-
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Introduction
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 6 pages
- Script
- Frank McConnell
- Pencils
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Inks
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Colors
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Letters
- typeset
- Reprints
- from The Sandman: The Kindly Ones (DC, 1996 series) #[9] ([April] 1996)
- in The Sandman: The Kindly Ones [preview] (DC, 1996 series) (August 1996 (see notes))
-
The Castle (Prologue)
Sandman / comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Neil Gaiman (credited)
- Pencils
- Kevin Nowlan (credited)
- Inks
- Kevin Nowlan (credited)
- Colors
- Daniel Vozzo (credited); Android Images (credited) (separations)
- Letters
- Kevin Nowlan (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There's a dream in which huge faceless women with wolves astride them are chewing at my entrails and legs. They have sharp teeth.
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Lucien; Merv Pumpkinhead; Nuala; Matthew the Raven; Abel; Goldie; Cain; Dream [Morpheus]; an unnamed dreamer
- Reprints
- from Vertigo Jam (DC, 1993 series) #1 (August 1993)
- in The Sandman: The Kindly Ones [preview] (DC, 1996 series) (August 1996 (see notes))
-
- Keywords
- Dream's Castle; House of Mystery; House of Secrets; The Dreaming
[no title indexed]
credits, title page / 2 pages
- Pencils
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Inks
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Colors
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Reprints
- in The Sandman: The Kindly Ones [preview] (DC, 1996 series) (August 1996 (see notes))
-
[no title indexed]
Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Inks
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Colors
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Hecateae
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #57 (February 1994)
- in The Sandman: The Kindly Ones [preview] (DC, 1996 series) (August 1996 (see notes))
-
Part One
Sandman / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Neil Gaiman (credited)
- Pencils
- Marc Hempel (credited)
- Inks
- Marc Hempel (credited)
- Colors
- Daniel Vozzo (credited); Android Images (credited) (separations)
- Letters
- Todd Klein (credited)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- the Hecateae; Lyta Hall; Daniel Hall; Carla; Matthew the Raven; Merv Pumpkinhead; Nuala; Lucien; Dream [Morpheus]; the Corinthian; Eve; Mazikeen; Eric Needham; Lucifer; Harvey Ramsey; Vonda Ramsey
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #57 (February 1994)
- in The Sandman: The Kindly Ones [preview] (DC, 1996 series) (August 1996 (see notes)) [pp. 1-10 only]
-
[no title indexed]
Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Inks
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Colors
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Hecateae
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #58 (March 1994)
-
Part Two
Sandman / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Neil Gaiman (credited)
- Pencils
- Marc Hempel (credited)
- Inks
- Matt Brooker (credited as D'Israeli)
- Colors
- Daniel Vozzo (credited); Android Images (credited) (separations)
- Letters
- Todd Klein (credited)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Lyta Hall; Carla; Luke Pinkerton; Gordy Fellowes; Cluracan; Dream [Daniel]; Nuala; the Hecateae; Dream [Morpheus]
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #58 (March 1994)
-
[no title indexed]
Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Inks
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Colors
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Hecateae
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #59 (April 1994)
-
Part Three
Sandman / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Neil Gaiman (credited)
- Pencils
- Marc Hempel (credited)
- Inks
- Matt Brooker (credited as D'Israeli)
- Colors
- Daniel Vozzo (credited); Android Images (credited) (separations)
- Letters
- Todd Klein (credited)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Loki; Puck; Daniel Hall; Hob Gadling; Dream [Morpheus]; Destiny; Desire; Despair; Delirium; Lyta Hall; Eric Needham; Carla; Luke Pinkerton; Gordy Fellowes
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #59 (April 1994)
-
[no title indexed]
Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Inks
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Colors
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Hecateae
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #60 (June 1994)
-
Part Four
Sandman / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Neil Gaiman (credited)
- Pencils
- Marc Hempel (credited)
- Inks
- Matt Brooker (credited as D'Israeli)
- Colors
- Daniel Vozzo (credited); Android Images (credited) (separations)
- Letters
- Todd Klein (credited)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Remiel; Mazikeen; Lucifer; Duma; Lyta Hall; Rose Walker; Abel; Carla; Stheno; Euryale; Geryon; Dream [Morpheus]; the Corinthian; Azazel; Matthew the Raven; Merv Pumpkinhead; Abudah; Lucien
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #60 (June 1994)
-
[no title indexed]
Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Inks
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Colors
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Hecateae
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #61 (July 1994)
-
Part Five
Sandman / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Neil Gaiman (credited)
- Pencils
- Marc Hempel (credited)
- Inks
- Matt Brooker (credited as D'Israeli) (pp. 1-16, 19, 20); Marc Hempel (credited) (pp. 17, 18, 21-24)
- Colors
- Daniel Vozzo (credited); Android Images (credited) (separations)
- Letters
- Todd Klein (credited)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Stheno; Euryale; Lyta Hall; Rose Walker; Zelda; the Corinthian; Dream [Morpheus]; Matthew the Raven; Lucien; Titania; Nuala; Puck; Carla; Loki [Luke Pinkerton]
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #61 (July 1994)
-
[no title indexed]
Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Inks
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Colors
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Hecateae
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #62 (August 1994)
-
Part Six
Sandman / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Neil Gaiman (credited)
- Pencils
- Glyn Dillon (credited) (pp. 1-9, 18-24); Charles Vess (credited) (pp. 10-17)
- Inks
- Dean Ormston (credited); Charles Vess (credited) (pp. 10-17); Matt Brooker (credited as D'Israeli)
- Colors
- Daniel Vozzo (credited); Android Images (credited) (separations)
- Letters
- Todd Klein (credited)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Rose Walker; Jack Holdaway; Paul McGuire; Nurse Shore; Amelia Crupp; Magda Treadgold; Helena Kosmatos; the Hecateae; Alex Burgess
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #62 (August 1994)
-
[no title indexed]
Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Inks
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Colors
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Hecateae
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #63 (September 1994)
-
Part Seven
Sandman / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Neil Gaiman (credited)
- Pencils
- Marc Hempel (credited)
- Inks
- Marc Hempel (credited)
- Colors
- Daniel Vozzo (credited); Android Images (credited) (separations)
- Letters
- Todd Klein (credited)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Thessaly; Lyta Hall; Odin; Dream [Morpheus]; Loki; Sigyn; Huginn; Muninn; Delirium; Destiny; the Hecateae; Fiddler's Green; Matthew the Raven; the Corinthian; Assaracus; Mailure
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #63 (September 1994)
-
[no title indexed]
Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Inks
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Colors
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Hecateae
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #64 (November 1994)
-
Part Eight
Sandman / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Neil Gaiman (credited)
- Pencils
- Teddy Kristiansen (credited)
- Inks
- Teddy Kristiansen (credited)
- Colors
- Daniel Vozzo (credited); Android Images (credited) (separations)
- Letters
- Todd Klein (credited)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Dream [Morpheus]; Odin; Delirium; the Borghal Rantipole; Rose Walker; Jack Holdaway; Matthew the Raven; the Corinthian; Loki; the Hecateae; Mazikeen; Lucifer; Lyta Hall; Thessaly; Nuala; Cain; Abel; Merv Pumpkinhead; Lucien
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #64 (November 1994)
-
[no title indexed]
Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Inks
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Colors
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Hecateae
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #65 (December 1994)
-
Part Nine
Sandman / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Neil Gaiman (credited)
- Pencils
- Marc Hempel (credited)
- Inks
- Marc Hempel (credited) (p. 23); Richard Case (credited) (pp. 1-22, 24)
- Colors
- Daniel Vozzo (credited); Android Images (credited) (separations)
- Letters
- Todd Klein (credited)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Rose Walker; Paul McGuire; Desire; the Corinthian; Matthew the Raven; Dream [Morpheus]; Loki; the Hecateae; Cain; Eve; Fiddler's Green; Thessaly; Lyta Hall; Noah's Raven; Daniel Hall
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #65 (December 1994)
-
[no title indexed]
Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Inks
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Colors
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Hecateae
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #66 [Direct Sales] (January 1995)
-
Part Ten
Sandman / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Neil Gaiman (credited)
- Pencils
- Marc Hempel (credited)
- Inks
- Richard Case (credited)
- Colors
- Daniel Vozzo (credited); Android Images (credited)
- Letters
- Todd Klein (credited)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Corinthian; Daniel Hall; Puck; Loki; Odin; Thor; Sigyn; Abel; Goldie; the Hecateae; Cluracan; Titania; Nuala; Merv Pumpkinhead; Abudah; Lucien; Dream [Morpheus]; Delirium; the Borghal Rantipole; Rose Walker; Celia Cripps
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #66 (January 1995)
-
[no title indexed]
Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Inks
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Colors
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Hecateae
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #67 (February 1995)
-
Part Eleven
Sandman / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Neil Gaiman (credited)
- Pencils
- Marc Hempel (credited)
- Inks
- Richard Case (credited)
- Colors
- Daniel Vozzo (credited); Android Images (credited) (separations)
- Letters
- Todd Klein (credited)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Corinthian; Daniel Hall; Cain; Goldie; Dream [Morpheus]; Nuala; Rose Walker; Mrs. Burrows; Barnabas; Lucien; Destiny; the Hecateae; Lyta Hall; Remiel; Duma; Mazikeen; Thessaly
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #67 (February 1995)
-
[no title indexed]
Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Inks
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Colors
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Hecateae
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #68 (May 1995)
-
Part Twelve
Sandman / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Neil Gaiman (credited)
- Pencils
- Marc Hempel (credited) (pp. 1-12, 19-24); Richard Case (credited) (pp. 13-18)
- Inks
- Richard Case (credited)
- Colors
- Daniel Vozzo (credited); Android Images (credited) (separations)
- Letters
- Todd Klein (credited)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Dream [Morpheus]; Daniel Hall; Matthew the Raven; Delirium; the Borghal Rantipole; Mazikeen; Vixen; Mary; Rose Walker; Hal Carter; Lucifer; the Hecateae; Nuala; Puck; Cluracan; the Corinthian; Death; Lucien
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #68 (May 1995)
-
[no title indexed]
Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Inks
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Colors
- Dave McKean (credited) (mixed media)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- The Hecateae
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #69 (July 1995)
-
Part Thirteen
Sandman / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Neil Gaiman (credited)
- Pencils
- Marc Hempel (credited)
- Inks
- Marc Hempel (credited)
- Colors
- Daniel Vozzo (credited); Android Images (credited) (separations)
- Letters
- Todd Klein (credited)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Dream [Morpheus]; Death; Matthew the Raven; the Corinthian; Nybbas; Lucien; Daniel Hall; Lyta Hall; Delirium; Nuala; Loki; the Hecateae; Titania; Puck; Cluracan; Barnabas; Lucifer; Mazikeen; Hal Carter; Rose Walker; Nurse Shore; Alex Burgess; Thessaly; Dream [Daniel]
- Reprints
- from Sandman (DC, 1989 series) #69 (July 1995)
-
Was It a Bear, or a Russian, or What?
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Script
- Neil Gaiman (credited)
- Letters
- typeset
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
-
0.
[no title indexed]
Sandman -
1.
Introduction
-
2.
The Castle (Prologue)
Sandman -
3.
[no title indexed]
-
4.
[no title indexed]
Sandman -
5.
Part One
Sandman -
6.
[no title indexed]
Sandman -
7.
Part Two
Sandman -
8.
[no title indexed]
Sandman -
9.
Part Three
Sandman -
10.
[no title indexed]
Sandman -
11.
Part Four
Sandman -
12.
[no title indexed]
Sandman -
13.
Part Five
Sandman -
14.
[no title indexed]
Sandman -
15.
Part Six
Sandman -
16.
[no title indexed]
Sandman -
17.
Part Seven
Sandman -
18.
[no title indexed]
Sandman -
19.
Part Eight
Sandman -
20.
[no title indexed]
Sandman -
21.
Part Nine
Sandman -
22.
[no title indexed]
Sandman -
23.
Part Ten
Sandman -
24.
[no title indexed]
Sandman -
25.
Part Eleven
Sandman -
26.
[no title indexed]
Sandman -
27.
Part Twelve
Sandman -
28.
[no title indexed]
Sandman -
29.
Part Thirteen
Sandman -
30.
Was It a Bear, or a Russian, or What?
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- Andrew S. Troth
- Jim Van Dore
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