(2011 [January 2012])

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Volume
5
Price
99.99 USD; 112.00 CAD
Pages
538
On-sale Date
2011-11-02
Publisher's Age Guidelines
Suggested for Mature Readers
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
Vertigo
ISBN
978-1-4012-3202-3 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781401232023 59999
Editing
Karen Berger (credited) (senior vp - executive editor, Vertigo and editor - original series); Shelly Bond (credited) (editor - original series); Pornsak Pichetshote (credited) (associate editor - original series); Jennifer Lee (credited) (assistant editor - original series); Mariah Huehner (credited) (assistant editor - original series); Ian Sattler (credited) (director editorial, special projects and archival editions); Scott Nybakken (credited) (editor)

Issue Notes

Unusual total page count due to the tissue guard page tipped into the book before the half-title page.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Sandman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dave McKean (credited)
Inks
Dave McKean (credited)
Colors
Dave McKean (credited)
Letters
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

blank page(s) / 5 pages (report information)


Indexer Notes

Inside front cover, front and back of the front endpage, and front and back of the tipped-in tissue guard page.

The Absolute Sandman, Volume Five (Table of Contents: 2)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dave McKean
Inks
Dave McKean
Colors
Dave McKean
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Half-title page.

The Absolute Sandman (Table of Contents: 3)

credits, title page / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Title page.

[Editorial Credits] (Table of Contents: 4)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dave McKean
Inks
Dave McKean
Colors
Dave McKean
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Shares an illustration with the following sequence.

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

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dave McKean
Inks
Dave McKean
Colors
Dave McKean
Letters
typeset

Introducing the Band (Table of Contents: 6)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Shelly Bond (credited)
Pencils
? (photos)
Inks
? (photos)
Colors
? (photos)
Letters
typeset

The Last Sandman Story (Table of Contents: 7)

Sandman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Neil Gaiman (credited)
Pencils
Dave McKean (credited)
Inks
Dave McKean (credited)
Colors
Dave McKean (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

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

Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
天野喜孝 (Yoshitaka Amano)
Inks
天野喜孝 (Yoshitaka Amano)
Colors
天野喜孝 (Yoshitaka Amano)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints
  • from The Sandman: Dream Hunters (DC, 1999)

The Dream Hunters (Table of Contents: 9)

Sandman / text story / 133 pages (report information)

Script
Neil Gaiman (credited)
Pencils
天野喜孝 (credited as Yoshitaka Amano)
Inks
天野喜孝 (credited as Yoshitaka Amano)
Colors
天野喜孝 (credited as Yoshitaka Amano)
Letters
typeset

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints
  • from The Sandman: Dream Hunters (DC, 1999)

Afterword (Table of Contents: 10)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Neil Gaiman (credited); 天野喜孝 (credited as Yoshitaka Amano)
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Reprints
  • from The Sandman: Dream Hunters (DC, 1999)

The Sandman: Endless Nights (Table of Contents: 11)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dave McKean
Inks
Dave McKean
Colors
Dave McKean
Letters
?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Dave McKean (credited)
Inks
Dave McKean (credited)
Colors
Dave McKean (credited)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

Chapter 1: Death - Death and Venice (Table of Contents: 13)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dave McKean
Inks
Dave McKean
Colors
Dave McKean
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Sandman / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script
Neil Gaiman (credited)
Pencils
P. Craig Russell (credited)
Inks
P. Craig Russell (credited)
Colors
Lovern Kindzierski (credited)
Letters
Todd Klein (credited)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Death
Reprints

Chapter 2: Desire - What I've Tasted of Desire (Table of Contents: 15)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dave McKean
Inks
Dave McKean
Colors
Dave McKean
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Sandman / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Neil Gaiman (credited)
Pencils
Milo Manara (credited)
Inks
Milo Manara (credited)
Colors
Milo Manara (credited)
Letters
Todd Klein (credited)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Desire
Reprints

Chapter 3: Dream - The Heart of a Star (Table of Contents: 17)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dave McKean
Inks
Dave McKean
Colors
Dave McKean
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 18)

Sandman / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Neil Gaiman (credited)
Pencils
Miguelanxo Prado (credited)
Inks
Miguelanxo Prado (credited)
Colors
Miguelanxo Prado (credited)
Letters
Todd Klein (credited)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Killalla; Dream [Morpheus]; Mizar; Desire; Rao; Sol; Death; Delight; Destruction; Destiny; Sto-oa; Despair
Reprints

Chapter 4: Despair - Fifteen Portraits of Despair (Table of Contents: 19)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dave McKean
Inks
Dave McKean
Colors
Dave McKean
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

Sandman / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dave McKean
Inks
Dave McKean
Colors
Dave McKean

Genre
fantasy-supernatural

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Sandman / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script
Neil Gaiman (credited)
Pencils
Barron Storey (credited); Dave McKean (credited) (design)
Inks
Barron Storey (credited)
Colors
Barron Storey (credited)
Letters
Todd Klein (credited)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Despair
Reprints

Chapter 5: Delirium - Going Inside (Table of Contents: 22)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dave McKean
Inks
Dave McKean
Colors
Dave McKean
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

Sandman / comic story / 19 pages (report information)

Script
Neil Gaiman (credited)
Pencils
Bill Sienkiewicz (credited)
Inks
Bill Sienkiewicz (credited)
Colors
Bill Sienkiewicz (credited)
Letters
Todd Klein (credited)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Delirium
Reprints

Chapter 6: Destruction - On the Peninsula (Table of Contents: 24)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dave McKean
Inks
Dave McKean
Colors
Dave McKean
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 25)

Sandman / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dave McKean
Inks
Dave McKean
Colors
Dave McKean

Genre
fantasy-supernatural

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 26)

Sandman / comic story / 17 pages (report information)

Script
Neil Gaiman (credited)
Pencils
Glenn Fabry (credited)
Inks
Glenn Fabry (credited)
Colors
Chris Chuckry (credited as Christopher Chuckry)
Letters
Todd Klein (credited)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Destruction; Delirium
Reprints

Chapter 7: Destiny - Endless Nights (Table of Contents: 27)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dave McKean
Inks
Dave McKean
Colors
Dave McKean
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 28)

Sandman / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
Neil Gaiman (credited)
Pencils
Frank Quitely (credited)
Inks
Frank Quitely (credited)
Colors
Lovern Kindzierski (credited)
Letters
Todd Klein (credited)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Destiny; Death; Dream [Morpheus]; Destruction; Despair; Desire; Delirium
Reprints

Sandman Midnight Theatre (Table of Contents: 29)

Sandman; Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Dave McKean (credited)
Inks
Dave McKean (credited)
Colors
Dave McKean (credited)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Wilfred Owen (credited)
Pencils
Dave McKean
Inks
Dave McKean
Colors
Dave McKean
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
If in some smothering dreams...

Sandman Midnight Theatre (Table of Contents: 31)

Sandman; Sandman / comic story / 64 pages (report information)

Script
Neil Gaiman (credited) (script and story); Matt Wagner (credited) (plot and story)
Pencils
Teddy Kristiansen (credited) (painting)
Inks
Teddy Kristiansen (credited) (painting)
Colors
Teddy Kristiansen (credited) (painting)
Letters
Todd Klein (credited)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural; superhero
Characters
Morpheus; Wesley Dodds; Dian Belmont; Annabel Forbes-Whitten; Reverend Hawsley
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 32)

Sandman / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
P. Craig Russell
Inks
P. Craig Russell
Colors
Lovern Kindzierski

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Sandman
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 33)

Sandman / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
P. Craig Russell
Inks
P. Craig Russell
Colors
Lovern Kindzierski

Genre
fantasy-supernatural

Sandman: The Dream Hunters (Table of Contents: 34)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
P. Craig Russell
Inks
P. Craig Russell
Colors
Lovern Kindzierski
Letters
typeset

[Part One] (Table of Contents: 35)

Sandman / comic story / 30 pages (report information)

Script
Neil Gaiman (credited) (original story); P. Craig Russell (credited) (adaptation)
Pencils
P. Craig Russell (credited)
Inks
P. Craig Russell (credited)
Colors
Lovern Kindzierski (credited)
Letters
Todd Klein (credited)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

[Part Two] (Table of Contents: 36)

Sandman / comic story / 30 pages (report information)

Script
Neil Gaiman (credited) (original story); P. Craig Russell (credited) (adaptation)
Pencils
P. Craig Russell (credited)
Inks
P. Craig Russell (credited)
Colors
Lovern Kindzierski (credited)
Letters
Todd Klein (credited)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

[Part Three] (Table of Contents: 37)

Sandman / comic story / 30 pages (report information)

Script
Neil Gaiman (credited) (original story); P. Craig Russell (credited) (adaptation)
Pencils
P. Craig Russell (credited)
Inks
P. Craig Russell (credited)
Colors
Lovern Kindzierski (credited)
Letters
Todd Klein (credited)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

[Part Four] (Table of Contents: 38)

Sandman / comic story / 31 pages (report information)

Script
Neil Gaiman (credited) (original story); P. Craig Russell (credited) (adaptation)
Pencils
P. Craig Russell (credited)
Inks
P. Craig Russell (credited)
Colors
Lovern Kindzierski (credited)
Letters
Todd Klein

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Characters
Sandman [Morpheus]
Reprints

A Sandman Miscellany, Volume Five (Table of Contents: 39)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Brian Bolland (credited, signed)
Inks
Brian Bolland (credited, signed)
Colors
Brian Bolland (credited, signed)
Letters
typeset

Indexer Notes

Illustrated with a piece created for a feature film proposal in 2005.

The Dream Hunters (Table of Contents: 40)

Sandman / illustration / 17 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
P. Craig Russell (credited, signed); Yuko Shimizu (credited); Mike Mignola (credited, signed); Paul Pope (credited); Joe Kubert (credited, signed)
Inks
P. Craig Russell (credited, signed); Yuko Shimizu (credited); Mike Mignola (credited, signed); Paul Pope (credited); Joe Kubert (credited, signed)
Colors
Lovern Kindzierski (credited); Yuko Shimizu (credited); Dave Stewart (credited); Paul Pope (credited); Pete Carlsson (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Covers, title page art, and preliminary artwork.

The Walls of Sleep (Table of Contents: 41)

Sandman / illustration / 7 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
天野喜孝 (credited as Yoshitaka Amano); Sam Kieth (credited) (layout); Mike Dringenberg (credited); Vincent Locke (credited as Vince Locke); Michael Zulli (credited); Tara McPherson (credited); Frank Quitely (credited)
Inks
天野喜孝 (credited as Yoshitaka Amano); Mike Dringenberg (credited); Vincent Locke (credited as Vince Locke); Michael Zulli (credited); Tara McPherson (credited); Frank Quitely (credited)
Colors
天野喜孝 (credited as Yoshitaka Amano); Vincent Locke (credited as Vince Locke); Michael Zulli (credited); Tara McPherson (credited); Frank Quitely (credited)
Letters
?; typeset

Genre
fantasy-supernatural

Indexer Notes

Posters.

The Heart of a Star (Table of Contents: 42)

Sandman / text story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Neil Gaiman (credited); ?
Pencils
Dave McKean (credited); Miguelanxo Prado (credited)
Inks
Dave McKean (credited)
Colors
Dave McKean (credited)
Letters
typeset

Genre
fantasy-supernatural

The Dolls' House (Table of Contents: 43)

Sandman / illustration / 6 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photos)
Inks
? (photos)
Colors
? (photos)
Letters
typeset

Genre
fantasy-supernatural

Indexer Notes

Figures and statues.

Afterwords by Neil Gaiman (Table of Contents: 44)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script
Neil Gaiman (credited)
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

Reprints

Indexer Notes

One reprinted and one new afterword.

Biographies (Table of Contents: 45)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 46)

Sandman / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?

Genre
fantasy-supernatural

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 47)

blank page(s) / 4 pages (report information)


Indexer Notes

The front and back of the rear endpage, the inside back cover, and the back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 48)

Sandman / insert or dust jacket / 0 pages (report information)

Pencils
Dave McKean (credited)
Inks
Dave McKean (credited)
Colors
Dave McKean (credited)

Genre
fantasy-supernatural
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Slipcase.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Sandman
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. The Absolute Sandman, Volume Five
  4. 3. The Absolute Sandman
  5. 4. [Editorial Credits]
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
  7. 6. Introducing the Band
  8. 7. The Last Sandman Story
    Sandman
  9. 8. [no title indexed]
    Sandman
  10. 9. The Dream Hunters
    Sandman
  11. 10. Afterword
  12. 11. The Sandman: Endless Nights
  13. 12. [no title indexed]
    Sandman
  14. 13. Chapter 1: Death - Death and Venice
  15. 14. [no title indexed]
    Sandman
  16. 15. Chapter 2: Desire - What I've Tasted of Desire
  17. 16. [no title indexed]
    Sandman
  18. 17. Chapter 3: Dream - The Heart of a Star
  19. 18. [no title indexed]
    Sandman
  20. 19. Chapter 4: Despair - Fifteen Portraits of Despair
  21. 20. [no title indexed]
    Sandman
  22. 21. [no title indexed]
    Sandman
  23. 22. Chapter 5: Delirium - Going Inside
  24. 23. [no title indexed]
    Sandman
  25. 24. Chapter 6: Destruction - On the Peninsula
  26. 25. [no title indexed]
    Sandman
  27. 26. [no title indexed]
    Sandman
  28. 27. Chapter 7: Destiny - Endless Nights
  29. 28. [no title indexed]
    Sandman
  30. 29. Sandman Midnight Theatre
    Sandman; Sandman
  31. 30. ["If in some smothering dreams..."]
  32. 31. Sandman Midnight Theatre
    Sandman; Sandman
  33. 32. [no title indexed]
    Sandman
  34. 33. [no title indexed]
    Sandman
  35. 34. Sandman: The Dream Hunters
  36. 35. [Part One]
    Sandman
  37. 36. [Part Two]
    Sandman
  38. 37. [Part Three]
    Sandman
  39. 38. [Part Four]
    Sandman
  40. 39. A Sandman Miscellany, Volume Five
  41. 40. The Dream Hunters
    Sandman
  42. 41. The Walls of Sleep
    Sandman
  43. 42. The Heart of a Star
    Sandman
  44. 43. The Dolls' House
    Sandman
  45. 44. Afterwords by Neil Gaiman
  46. 45. Biographies
  47. 46. [no title indexed]
    Sandman
  48. 47. [no title indexed]
  49. 48. [no title indexed]
    Sandman
This issue was modified by
  • Gregory Fischer
  • Ramon Schenk
  • Jim Van Dore