Sandman #5
(May 1989)

DC, 1989 Series
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Price
1.50 USD; 1.85 CAD; 0.80 GBP
Pages
36
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1989-03-30
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Suggested for Mature Readers
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics Inc.
Brand
DC [bullet]
Editing
Karen Berger (credited) (editor); Art Young (credited) (assistant editor)

Issue Notes

Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Sandman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dave McKean (signed) (painting)
Inks
Dave McKean (signed) (painting)
Colors
Dave McKean (signed) (painting)
Letters
typeset
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Mister Miracle [Scott Free]
Reprints
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

DC Publishorial / in-house column / 1 page (report information)

Passengers [Master of Dreams Part 5] (Table of Contents: 2)

Sandman / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Neil Gaiman (credited)
Pencils
Sam Kieth (credited)
Inks
Malcolm Jones III (credited)
Colors
Robbie Busch (credited)
Letters
Todd Klein (credited)
Job Number
G-4624
First Line of Dialogue or Text
And now it's 2:15 a.m., April 1st, and the "Funeral March for a Marionette" tells us that...
Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Doctor Destiny [John Dee]; Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane]; Rosemary Kelly; Mister Miracle [Scott Free]; Granny Goodness; Zep; Bravo; Weldun; Auralie; Dream [Morpheus]; Martian Manhunter [J'onn J'onnz]; Merv Pumpkinhead; Amazo
Synopsis
Morpheus seeks the last of his lost tools, a ruby, which John Dee also endeavors to find.
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Keywords
Arkham Asylum; Mayhew Storage; Stone of Binding (a ruby)

Lex Luthor The Unauthorized Biography (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Lex Luthor / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Aquaman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Sandman / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

Script
Neil Gaiman
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset
Job Number
L-3721
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hello. Neil Gaiman here.
Characters
Dream [Morpheus]

Indexer Notes

Letters by Thomas Alan Holmes, Kevin Sharp, Malcolm Bourne, Mike Bailey, and John Ellis.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6) (Expand) /

Superman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7) (Expand) /

Hawk & Dove / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Sandman / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Sandman
  2. 1. ["I was late on my publishorial and my editor Mike Gold was putting the..."]
    DC Publishorial
  3. 2. Passengers [Master of Dreams Part 5]
    Sandman
  4. 3. Lex Luthor The Unauthorized Biography
    Lex Luthor
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Aquaman
  6. 5. ["Hello. Neil Gaiman here."]
    Sandman
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Superman
  8. 7. [no title indexed]
    Hawk & Dove
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Sandman
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